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. 2021 Apr 19;198:107883. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107883

Table 2.

Modeling indicators and explanation.

Latent Variable Manifest Variable(abbreviation) Explanation
Number of confirmed cases in community Confirmed Cases(Cases) Image 13 Statistics of infected persons
Suitability of community human settlement Housing Price(Price) Image 14 Average price per m2
[36] Construction Year(Year) Image 15 Completion time of community
Residential density of community Population Density(Density) Image 16 GPW sampling
[22] Community Housing (House) Image 17 Num. of household
Community Buildings(Building) Image 18 Num. of building
Convenience of community living Peripheral Park POI(Park) Image 19 Num. of surrounding park
[37] Peripheral Shop POI(Shop) Image 20 Num. of surrounding shop
Peripheral Transport POI(Transport) Image 21 Num. of surrounding transport
Peripheral Hospital POI(Hospital) Image 22 Num. of surrounding hospital
Peripheral Education POI(Education) Image 23 Num. of surrounding education
Green rate of community ecology Visible Green Index(VGI) Image 24 Here we define the proportion of the
[38] sky within the field of view
Sky rate of community environment Sky View Factor(SVF) Image 25 Here we define the proportion of the
[27] vegetation within the field of view
[39] Property Fee(Fee) Image 26 Property cost per m2

Note1: natural condition Image 27; built condition Image 28; social condition Image 29; other Image 30.

Note2: We represent this community with the median of VGI/SVF.

Note3: POIs within a 500-m buffer zone around the community are included in the statistics.