Quantifying the relationship between airborne pollen and vegetation in the urban environment

Aerobiologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Charalampopoulos ◽  
Maria Lazarina ◽  
Ioannis Tsiripidis ◽  
Despoina Vokou
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Airborne Pollen ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Relationship between Symptom Flare of Atopic Dermatitis and Airborne Japanese Cedar and Cypress Pollen Counts: A Self-Scoring Diary Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruko Nishie ◽  
Mariko Kato ◽  
Shiori Kato ◽  
Hiroshi Odajima ◽  
Rumiko Shibata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Pollen Season ◽  
Airborne Pollen ◽  
Japanese Cedar ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Pollen Counts ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

Background. With an increase in Japanese cedar and cypress (JC) pollinosis, the relationship between JC pollen and atopic dermatitis (AD) has been studied. Some reports suggest that JC pollen can be one exacerbating factor for AD, but there has been no report that discusses JC pollen counts relating to AD symptom flare although actual airborne JC pollen counts can widely fluctuate throughout the pollen season. Objective. The relationship between symptom flare of AD and airborne JC pollen counts was examined. Methods. We monitored JC pollen counts in real time and divided the counts into low and high level. We then analyzed self-scored “itch intensity” recorded by 14 AD patients through a self-scoring diary. Results. Among the 14 patients, 7 had significantly higher itch intensity while the pollen counts were high. Conclusion. Even during the pollen season, actual airborne pollen counts can widely fluctuate. Our study suggested that symptom flare of AD could be influenced by the actual pollen counts.

Mapping the urban environment using real-time physiological monitoring

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitra Dritsa ◽  
Nimish Biloria
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Contextual Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Stress

PurposeThis paper presents a critical review of studies which map the urban environment using continuous physiological data collection. A conceptual model is consequently presented for mitigating urban stress at the city and the user level.Design/methodology/approachThe study reviews relevant publications, examining the tools used for data collection and the methods used for data analysis and data fusion. The relationship between urban features and physiological responses is also examined.FindingsThe review showed that the continuous monitoring of physiological data in the urban environment can be used for location-aware stress detection and urban emotion mapping. The combination of physiological and contextual data helps researchers understand how the urban environment affects the human body. The review indicated a relationship between some urban features (green, land use, traffic, isovist parameters) and physiological responses, though more research is needed to solidify the existence of the identified links. The review also identified many theoretical, methodological and practical issues which hinder further research in this area.Originality/valueWhile there is large potential in this field, there has been no review of studies which map continuously physiological data in the urban environment. This study covers this gap and introduces a novel conceptual model for mitigating urban stress.

scholarly journals LIFESTYLE, ARCHITECTURE AND QUALITY OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-168
Author(s):  
Viktor P. GENERALOV ◽  
Elena M. GENERALOVA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Compact City ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Typological Structure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The study reveals the aspects that defi ne the concept of “lifestyle”, including the main categories: standard of living, lifestyle, quality of life and lifestyle. Insuffi cient knowledge of the mutual infl uence of people’s “lifestyle” on the typological structure of apartments and residential buildings, on the quality of the urban environment is emphasized. The infl uence of the level of urbanization of the city territory on the characteristics of the “urban lifestyle” is considered. Problematic issues are raised related to the debate on the relationship between building density and comfort and the quality index of the living environment. The main directions of fundamental research in the fi eld of architecture, aimed at the development of new types of buildings, are touched upon. The emphasis is made on the methods of using high-rise buildings for the humanization of the urban environment and the formation of a modern “compact city”.

scholarly journals Growing Value: Describing The Nature Of The Relationship Between Street-Level Greenery and Housing Prices in Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Bridgwater
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Urban Forestry ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Developmental Context ◽  
Street Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Aerial Perspective

The role of urban forestry has become increasingly important in the context of sustainability, both from an environmental context, and from a developmental context. Greenery in an urban environment has demonstrable implications for health, air quality, aesthetics, and land value, as described broadly across the literature. Until recently, studies on green urban canopies and housing prices have been limited in their methodology by using aerial-perspective data. The MIT Senseable City Lab in 2015 developed the Treepedia project, which uses Google Street View images to quantify greenery levels in urban environments. Using the green view index (GVI) data from the Treepedia project, street-level greenery densities were compared against housing prices across Toronto. Models for different property types, accounting for characteristic, locational, and demographic variables, were estimated. It was determined that a statistically significant relationship between street-level greenery and housing prices exists in Toronto for detached homes, semi-detached homes, row/townhouse units, condo apartments, and condo townhouses.

scholarly journals The Relationship between High-Rise Building and Urban Environment

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Shujun Shi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Development Direction ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Development Prospects

<p>High-rise buildings have become an inevitable trend in future building development. Since today’s building theories and technologies have not fully matured, we should perform a comprehensive analysis by combining urban environmental conditions in order to promote sustainable development of high-rise buildings. This study will discuss development prospects and problems of high-rise buildings via the relationship between urban environment and high-rise buildings, in order to form a more comprehensive and mature understanding of future development direction and the focus of high-rise building, and to propose appropriate countermeasures to the negative impacts of high-rise buildings on the development of urban environment.</p>

Space Syntax Approach for Articulating Space and Social Life

2019 ◽  
pp. 223-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Urban Models ◽  
Spatial Measures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

This chapter sets out to provide a detailed description of the relationship between space and society. It begins by discussing how people co-live in spaces and how such spaces co-live as communities. Understanding the relationship between space and society requires shedding light on how (1) communities emerge and work and (2) people build their social network. The chapter's main premise is that spatial configuration is the container of activities and the way we construct our cities influences our social life. Therefore, the urban environment should be analyzed mathematically using urban models in order to evaluate and predict future urban policies. The chapter reviews a space-people paradigm, Space Syntax. It defines, elaborates, and interprets its main concepts and tools, showing how urban space is modelled and described in terms of various spatial measures including connectivity, integration, depth, choice, and isovist properties.

scholarly journals Built environment and autism: towards a set of spatial requirements for autism friendly cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Tola ◽  
V Talu ◽  
J Lindert
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Functional Organization ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Planning And Design ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spatial Needs

Abstract Background The opportunity for people functioning in an atypical way to autonomously and fully interact with the city is often compromised or denied, due to the gap between their specific spatial needs and the physical and functional organization of the urban environment. The need to reconsider the living environments taking into account the vast diversity of people gained an increasing importance in the overall debate and specifically in the field of urban planning and design. The research aims at investigating the relationship between the urban environment and people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods A scoping review of current available original studies research exploring the relationship between autism and built environment was conducted. PubMed, Scopus, PsychInfo and Web Of Science where searched. Studies included provided spatial requirements for designing autism friendly environment. Results In total, 801 studies were identified and 22 were included. Current researches and applications investigating the role of spatial configuration as a means for improving the autonomy of people with ASD almost exclusively focus on closed and dedicated spaces (residences, schools, care facilities, healing gardens) mostly devoted to children. Starting from this and the data collected, a first set of enabling urban spatial requirements addressing the atypical urban functioning of people with ASD - the reduction of sensory overload and the use of visual supports - in order to promote their possibility to walk autonomously and safely across the everyday city is proposed. Conclusions Despite the wide variability of the spectrum which makes it very difficult to define effective design criteria for all people with ASD, it's possible to identify a set of recurrent spatial needs. Furthermore, designing cities for people with ASD can also contribute to healthier and more inclusive urban environments for other groups of vulnerable inhabitants.

Digital media reflexivities: The Axel Springer Campus in Berlin

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gutzmer
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Media Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Current

This article reads the notion of mediatization through a current example of architectural practice: the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin. Based on current theories of mediatization, it shows how this architectural project for a media firm finds new ways for architecture itself to function as a medium. It argues that architect Rem Koolhaas developed an architectural design that has the capacity to mediate images and interpretations of the productivity of media practitioners, of the relationship between media firm and urban environment, as well as of more general transformations of media work in the digital age.

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