Branding the City: Questioning Mega Malls as New Magnets of Socio-economic Vitality in New Cities Around Cairo

2018 ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Mennat-Allah Elhusseiny ◽  
Karim Kesseiba
Keyword(s):  
Economic Vitality ◽  
The City

A Gift of a Pagoda, the Presence of a Prominent Citizen, and the Possibilities of Hospitality

10.1068/d347t ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wun Fung Chan
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
The City

To counter accusations that ethnic minorities in Britain are a problem, there is an emerging discourse that has begun to celebrate diversity as an asset, which contributes towards the nation's cultural and economic vitality. However, although this reevaluation of ethnic differences has proved to be a useful defence of the presence of ethnic minorities, the types of contributions and their significance have been left unexplored. In this paper I closely examine one such contribution, a Chinese pagoda, which was given to the City of Birmingham by an ethnic entrepreneur. By carefully analysing the views of the gift giver, planning documents, and public discourse on the pagoda, I argue that the different narratives—which encompass the themes of representing an ethnic community, hospitality, and gift giving—are discontinuous. In doing so, I illustrate some of the limits to Birmingham's hospitality and mark out a series of informal obligations of citizenship that are written into Birmingham's public space. I conclude by suggesting that if a gift of hospitality is to be given it is necessary to consider the other of the ethnic minority as an asset, citizenship, and presence.

scholarly journals KARAKTERISTIK PERMUKIMAN KUMUH DI SEPADAN SUNGAI INDRAGIRI, RENGAT, RIAU

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Pedia Aldy ◽  
Mira Dharma S
Keyword(s):  
Research Finding ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Property Development ◽  
Area Growth ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
Industry Area ◽  
The City

Rengat, a capital of Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu, is a developing city in Riau. Development of the city was followed by increasing of population and growth of housing and residential area. Growth of housings and residential area in Rengat City are along Sungai Indragiri. Along this river, housings and residential area have degradation quality and disordered pattern. The purpose of this research was to identify the characteristic of slums area along Indragiri’s river. There are 6 Desa (villages) which are been taken to this study, namely Desa Kuantan Baru (industry area), Desa Kuantan Baru, Desa Kampung Dagang, Desa Kampung Besar Kota, Desa Pasar Kota and Desa Sekip Hulu. This research used criteria parameter assessment for slums area. The criteria consist of: non-economic vitality criteria, economy area vitality criteria, land ownership, infrastructures and facilities, and government commitment. This research finding that from 6 villages, Desa Kampung Besar Kota is a slums area, based on parameter assessment. Property Development approach was conducted to handling slums area of Desa Kampung Besar.  

scholarly journals Paradigmatic Rejuvenation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
William Conway
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Lincoln University

<p>In 2010 Neil Challenger, Head of the School of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, stated that the malls surrounding Christchurch drove the life out of the inner city of Christchurch. His economic and sociological concerns were expressed even before the earthquake occurred, and this forms the current hesitation on the rebuilding of Christchurch’s inner city.  The position of this research proposal is to establish whether an urban architectural intervention can address these economic and sociological concerns and the potentially devastating effects the suburban mall has had on urban life within Christchurch.  The thesis specifically asks whether establishing a mall typology as a landmark building within the inner city can strategically engage the damaged historic buildings of post-earthquake Christchurch in ways that actively preserve these historic remnants.  The main intention of this research is to engage the damaged historic buildings of post-earthquake Christchurch in ways that actively preserve these remnants and are also economically viable. By preserving the remnants as active, working elements of the urban fabric, they act as historic reminders or memorials of the event and associated loss, while also actively participating in the regrowth of the city. The thesis argues that contemporary architecture can play a strategic role in these imperatives.  Overall this research argues that there exists a distinct requirement for large-scale retail in the inner city urban environment that recognises and responds to the damaged cultural and historic architecture of inner city Christchurch. The objective of the thesis is to propose means to rejuvenate not only the economic vitality of central Christchurch,but also its historic character.</p>

Cyborg Agonistes: Disaster and Reconstruction in the Digital Electronic Era

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Mitchell ◽  
Anthony M. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Service Provider ◽  
Urban History ◽  
Internet Service Provider ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Lewis Mumford ◽  
The City

Palma Nova near Venice, with its famous star-shaped fortifications, is a city of two tales. You can read complementary narratives from the plan. One tale is of enclosure. The walls, as in other ancient, medieval, and Renaissance cities, protected the concentrations of assets and settled populations within from nomadic bandits and mobile armies without. In addition, as Lewis Mumford cogently put it, “[T]he power of massed numbers in itself gave the city a superiority over the thinly populated widely scattered villages, and served as an incentive to further growth.” Density and defended walls provided safety, economic vitality, and long-term resilience. At the extreme, under siege, the gates were closed, soldiers manned the battlements, and the city became selfcontained for the duration. To attack it, one needed some technology to breach the defensive perimeter—Joshua’s trumpet, Achilles’ wooden horse, Francesco di Giorgio’s tunnel beneath the walls of Castel Nuovo, a battering ram, or a siege engine. The second tale is of connection. The central piazza, surrounded by public buildings, is both the focus of the internal street network and the local hub of a road network that extends through the gates and out into the countryside, linking the city to others. The piazza is—like the server of a local Internet service provider (ISP)—a node at which nearby and larger communities are connected. When the gates are open, the city functions as a crossroads rather than as a sealed enclosure, a place of interaction rather than one of exclusion. Urban history is, from one perspective, a struggle of these narratives for dominance. Eventually, the network won. Mumford associated this victory with the rise of capitalism—a new constellation of economic forces that “favored expansion and dispersal in every direction, from overseas colonization to the building up of new industries, whose technological improvements simply canceled out all medieval restrictions.” For cities, “[T]he demolition of their urban walls was both practical and symbolic.” Superficially, modern Manhattan resembles a scaled-up version of Palma Nova; it is a regularized street grid, surrounded by water, and accessed by a limited number of bridges and tunnels.

scholarly journals MODEL REVITALISASI RETROFITTING PADA KAWASAN WISATA KAMPUNG MADRAS MEDAN

NALARs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Dwi Lindarto ◽  
Devin Defriza Harisdani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
Stake Holder ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
Cultural District ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK. Aglomerasi kawasan budidaya ditandai terkelompoknya kegiatan wisata kota, yang pada kenyataannya justru menurunkan daya tarik wisata kota itu sendiri. Kampung Madras di Kota Medan termasuk salah satu wilayah wisata kota lama yang mengalami penurunan vitalitas wisata berupa degradasi penampilan dan sedikitnya aktivitas wisata. Penelitian ini bertujuan menyusun model revitalisasi kawasan wisata berbasis retrofitting sub-urban. Metode Kualitatif Deskriptif dilakukan untuk mengungkap potensi genius loci sebagai unsur revitalisasi menjadikan Kampung Madras sebagai kawasan wisata Little Indian District kota Medan. Model revitalisasi Kampung Madras sebagai Cultural District City dapat diterapkan melalui 3 (tiga) cara antara lain: (1) melalui penataan fasada bangunan yang dibuat bercorak khas, dynamic skyline serta penataan pedestrian menjadi 3 jalur (window shopping lane, circulation lane, amenity lane) (2) Indian bridge and street carnival (3) Foodcourt Pagaruyung. Model revitalisasi ini memerlukan dukungan dan partisipasi para stake holder terutama masyarakat Tamil setempat berupa kegiatan culinary, occasion dan event khas meningkatkan vitalitas ekonomi dan pembentukan suasana Hindustan Kampung Madras. Kata kunci: Kampung Madras, Revitalisasi, Retrofitting, Wisata Kota ABSTRACT. Agglomeration cultivation area is centralized city tourism activities, which in fact worsened the city tourist attraction itself. Kampung Madras in Medan, one of the old town tourist area decreased vitality in an example, degradation of appearance and minimal tourist activity. This research aims to develop a revitalization model of the tourist area based on the sub-urban retrofitting concept. Qualitative Methods Descriptive conducted to revealed the genius loci potential as an element of revitalization to make Kampung Madras be a tourist area Little Indian District of Medan. Revitalization model of Kampung Madras as the Cultural District City can be applied through three ways, among others: (1) through the arrangement of buildings facade typical patterned, dynamic skyline and pedestrian (window shopping lane, circulation lane, amenities lane) (2) Indian bridge and street carnival (3)Pagaruyung foodcourt. These revitalization models require the support and participation of stakeholders, especially the local Tamil community in the act of culinary activity, occasion and event that increase economic vitality and the establishment of Kampung Madras Hindustan atmosphere. Keywords: Kampung Madras, Revitalization, Retrofitting, City Tourism

scholarly journals Paradigmatic Rejuvenation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
William Conway
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Lincoln University

<p>In 2010 Neil Challenger, Head of the School of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, stated that the malls surrounding Christchurch drove the life out of the inner city of Christchurch. His economic and sociological concerns were expressed even before the earthquake occurred, and this forms the current hesitation on the rebuilding of Christchurch’s inner city.  The position of this research proposal is to establish whether an urban architectural intervention can address these economic and sociological concerns and the potentially devastating effects the suburban mall has had on urban life within Christchurch.  The thesis specifically asks whether establishing a mall typology as a landmark building within the inner city can strategically engage the damaged historic buildings of post-earthquake Christchurch in ways that actively preserve these historic remnants.  The main intention of this research is to engage the damaged historic buildings of post-earthquake Christchurch in ways that actively preserve these remnants and are also economically viable. By preserving the remnants as active, working elements of the urban fabric, they act as historic reminders or memorials of the event and associated loss, while also actively participating in the regrowth of the city. The thesis argues that contemporary architecture can play a strategic role in these imperatives.  Overall this research argues that there exists a distinct requirement for large-scale retail in the inner city urban environment that recognises and responds to the damaged cultural and historic architecture of inner city Christchurch. The objective of the thesis is to propose means to rejuvenate not only the economic vitality of central Christchurch,but also its historic character.</p>

The work of hope: Spiritualizing, hustling and waiting in the creative industries in Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2096281
Author(s):  
Ana Alacovska ◽  
Thilde Langevang ◽  
Robin Steedman
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Economic Action ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
The Future ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Analytical Category ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper examines the dynamics of hope in creative industries in the city of Accra in Ghana. Building on theoretical insights from geography, anthropology and sociology that have mobilized the concept of hope as an analytical category, we examine the economic actions and entrepreneurial behaviour of creative entrepreneurs working in “precarious geographies”, i.e. locations where precarity is not a deviation from the norm but a constant and longstanding feature. Drawing on in-depth interviews, we contend that in conditions of radical and pervasive precarity, hope represents a distinct form of work in which the potentialities of the moment extend the present into the future, while the future, however hazy and unimaginable, affects the economic vitality of the present. By unpacking three dominant practices of hopeful orientation to futurity enacted by creative workers in Accra, namely hustling, waiting, and spiritualizing, we demonstrate the usefulness of hope as a concept in analysing economic action and labour dynamics.

scholarly journals KAJIAN KONSEP PENATAAN KAWASAN KOTA LAMA KENDARI BERDASARKAN IDENTITAS DAN CITRA KOTANYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Nurjannah
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Port City ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
Image Improvement ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Suitable Concept ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
The City ◽  
Town Area

Kawasan Kota Lama Kendari dahulunya adalah pusat kota, kawasan ini juga dikenal sebagai kota pelabuhan yang merupakan salah satu identitas kawasan tersebut. Akibat mengalami penurunan kualitas lingkungan,yakni menurunnya estetika kawasan, bangunan historis yang mulai hilang, tata ruang yang tidak memenuhi syarat, aktifitas ekonomi masyarakat yang mulai berkurang, sertatidak adanya taman kota, sehingga kota ini dianggap sebagai kota mati. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa konsep penataan kawasan Kota Lama Kendari sehingga dapat menghidupkan serta mempertahankan identitas dan citra kotanya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan positivistik dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif melalui kegiatan survey literatur, observasi, wawancara, dan materi visual yang kemudian dilakukan kajian dan analisa sesuai dengan permasalahan berdasarkan teori penataan kawasansehingga dapat diketahui konsep penataan kawasan yang cocok untuk diterapkan. Penelitian ini menghasilkan: penataan kawasan(bangunan &lingkungan);peningkatan kualitas kawasan (penguatan karakter dan identitas kawasan) yang membentuk image;peningkatan vitalitas ekonomi kawasan; pengintegrasian komponen kawasan; danpenataan komponen perancangan secara terpadu.Kata-kata Kunci: Penataan Kawasan, Identitas Kota, Citra Kota. STUDY OF KENDARI’S OLD TOWN AREA ARRANGEMENT CONCEPT BASED ON THE IDENTITY AND IMAGE OF THE CITYThe Kendari’s Old Town was once the center of the city andhas been properly acknowledged as the port city, the eminent identity of the region. Due to the environmental degradation i.e. the ghastly decaying of aesthetics, lost of historical building, unqualified spatial, decreasing of economic activity of society, and the absence of city’s park, the area has been deemed as dead city. This study aims to analyze the concept of the Kendari’s Old Town area arrangement in reviving and maintaining the identity and image of the city. This research applied positivistic approach with descriptive qualitative type through literature study activity, observation, interview, and visual material followed by study and analysis in accordance with the problems based on the theory of the area arrangement, hence it might result on the suitable concept toward area arrangement that meets the requirements. Research findings are as follows: Area arrangement (buildings& environment), improvement of area’s quality (strengthening of character and identity of the area) that forms image, improvement of economic vitality, integration of component area; and the design of components in integrated manner.Keywords: Area Arrangement, City’s Identity, City’s Image REFERENCESAmar. (2009). Identitas Kota, Fenomena dan Permasalahannya. Jurnal “ ruang “ VOLUME 1 Nomor 1 September 2009. Jurusan Arsitektur Fakultas Teknik Universitas Tadulako.Budiharjo, E. (1982). Sejumlah Masalah Permukiman Kota. Bandung: Alumni Bandung.Nurjannah, Irma., Santi., (2011). Studi Morfologi Kota Kendari Sebagai Penentu Model Inovasi Perancangan Kota Masa Depan Berdasarkan Karakter Struktur Kotanya. Laporan Penelitian Hibah Kompetensi. Universitas Haluoleo. Kendari.Riski, C., Antariksa., Surjono., (2009). Pelestarian Kampung Kemasan Kota Lama Gresik. Arsitektur e-Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2. Universitas Brawijaya. Malang.Shirvani, Hamid (1985). The  Urban Design Process.  Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.Lynch, Kevin (1960). The Image of The City. MIT Press. Cambridge. MA

scholarly journals TIPOLOGI DAN POLA PENANGANAN PERMUKIMAN KUMUH DI KOTA BONTANG (The Typology and Patterns of Slum Improvement Management in Bontang City)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Amos Setiadi
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Treatment ◽  
Facility Conditions ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Reductive Treatment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Scale Category ◽  
Economic Vitality ◽  
The City ◽  
Slum Areas

Started as a fishing settlement area in Bontang Kuala Village, the City of Bontang has been growing very rapidly. However, despite this growth people's standard of living has been decreasing in terms of environmental quality, income as well as sheltering with the emergence of slum areas. These conditions greatly affect the physical, social, cultural and economic aspects of life. The management of slum areas in Bontang City becomes strategic because slums are integrated with the rest of the city including the downtown area and urban growth centers, as well as with the other areas in the vicinity, such as industrial, commercial, warehousing, and office areas. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the characteristics of the slum areas. The identification methods do not discriminate the distribution of slum areas. The criteria used include non-economic vitality, regional economic vitality, land ownership status, infrastructure and facility conditions, local government’s commitment, and handling priorities. Environmental assessment of the slums was done by assigning a weighting system to each of the above criteria. The determination of the weights of the criteria is relative and depends on the individual and group preferences in looking at the influence of each criterion. The improvement or treatment patterns appropriate to be applied in Bontang City should be in accordance with the site characteristics. Locations with high-scale slum category (HS) requires the curative pattern while those with moderate category (MS) should take reductive treatment, and slum areas with low-scale category (LS) will require preventive treatment.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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