Decoding public sentiment topics in google map reviews on urban infrastructure development of belt and road initiative.

ABSTRACT: Despite the broad scope of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects and deep intertwine with urban development, there is a lack of quantitative research utilizing crowd-sourced data to understand public perceptions, particularly from both spatial and temporal perspectives. This study analyzes 144,210 Google reviews from 352 BRI urban infrastructure projects between 2012 and 2023, encompassing six urban infrastructure categories. Using the Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reasoner for sentiment analysis and Multi-grained Latent Dirichlet Allocation for topic modeling, the study reveals that sentiment for BRI projects is generally positive, especially in upper-middle-income countries. Discussion topics can be clustered into professional function (44%), benefits/disbenefits (24%), servic

SUBMITTER: Xiong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12216057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature