Decline and revitalization in post-communist urban context: A case of the Polish city—Gdansk

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Polanska
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The City ◽  
Deprived Areas

This paper examines how different social, economic, historical and physical conditions coincide in the formation of space and processes of decline in the period of transformation in Poland. The focus lies on a specific residential area in the centre of the Polish city of Gdansk and the question why no improvements have been done in this particular area to stop its successive decline. It is among other things argued that clear urban policy together with improved urban planning and clear legislation on ownership are needed in order to improve conditions in this and other deprived areas of the city.

Traditional Urban Planning Approaches and Sustainable City

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Syful Islam
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
City Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Planning Approaches

The quality of city life and well being of city dwellers is central goal of urban planning approaches. Nevertheless, unsystematic and short-term planning approaches of cities have produced incomprehensible sprawl, which deteriorates social, economic and ecological sustainability of the city. The need to alleviate or remove these problems systematically for improving the social, ecological, spatial and economical components of the city is contemporary issue, though most of the planning systems do not yet explicitly address those issues of sustainability. This paper considers Urban planning as a key term as it has the capability to reveal the implications of land use strategies, policies and programmes for the social, economic and physical components of environment. In addition, all the traditional urban planning approaches have outlined to explore their soundness in the sustainable city planning, discuss the main approach followed for sustainable city planning, and outline emerging approach in both theory and sustainable city planning practice.

scholarly journals Verification of urban policy instruments in the Campos dosGoytacazes City Plans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronaldo de Sousa Araújo Ronaldo de Sousa Araújo ◽  
Eugênio Bartnig de Oliveira Abreu ◽  
Juliana Landim Gomes Siqueira ◽  
Zélia Maria Peixoto Chrispim
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Methodological Aspect ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City

The Urban Policy of Brazil, established with the Federal Constitution and the City Statute, brought to light a series of instruments to be used by municipalities in their urban planning. The objective of this research was to verify the use of these instruments in the laws of the cityplans of 2008 and 2020 in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, state of Rio de Janeiro. In the methodological aspect, online meetings through Google Meet were fundamental for bibliographical and documental survey, comparative analysis of the laws of cityplans, elaboration of a table with results and elaboration of an article. With the study it was possible to analyze the use of urban policy instruments in the analyzed cityplans. It was found that in the two cityplans, several instruments are included in the law in a bureaucratic way, without elements that indicate possibilities of application. It was concluded that the use of urban policy instruments in the analyzed cityplans happened in a similar way. The difficulty of applying many instruments was evident in both studied plans

scholarly journals Pensando la inmigración desde las instituciones de la ciudad

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Kayamba Tshitshi Ndouba
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
The City

This paper conducts a bibliographic review of the main theoretical formulations that make migration processes dialogue with urban dynamics. From this, two records of academic literature arise. The first one, from a sociological approach, problematizes not only the modalities of gradual integration of immigrants into urban space but also the challenges resulting from the forms of occupation and transformation of the social, economic, cultural, and symbolic spaces of the city. The second one has a political science approach that explores the new analytical perspectives that reconstruct and reformulates the problems of the urban management of immigration, examining the different scenarios and factors that influence and shape the governance of immigration and cultural diversity in cities. These two approaches are significantly useful and have undeniable heuristic value to construct a modern immigration theory in the urban context.

scholarly journals URBAN ENVIRONMENT DESIGN: NEW METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES BASED ON THE BIOSPHERE COMPATIBILITY PARADIGM (PART 2)

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
V. A. Ilyichev ◽  
V. I. Kolchunov ◽  
N. V. Bakaeva ◽  
A. A. Kormina
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
City Life ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
Urban Function ◽  
The City

Statement of the problem. New challenges of our time significantly affect the methodology of urban planning. The development of new principles of city life, regulating the biosphere compatibility of cities and the development of human capital, should be considered an urgent scientific task that requires identifying the patterns of functioning of urban elements of planning structures (residential areas). Results. The paper develops the methodological foundations of urban planning, design and evaluation of design options for residential planning units of the city (quarter, neighborhood, residential area) on the principles of the paradigm of biosphere compatibility of cities and settlements that develop people. A conceptual model of the functional and planning organization of the territory- the hierarchy of city functions - is proposed. An algorithm for evaluating variants of residential area planning projects based on the index of urban function provision has been developed. For each of the functions of the city, the necessary and sufficient composition of indicators for evaluating design decisions is identified. The article discusses the prospect of quantifying the social well-being of the population of residential areas of a biosphere-compatible city as an alternative condition for the formation of a comfortable urban environment.Conclusion. The numerical evaluation of the design solution and a comparative analysis of the level of favorability of a residential neighborhood using the principles of the biosphere compatibility paradigm show what changes are required in the composition of urban planning solutions not only to achieve the quality of the material environment of life, but also human development in all respects.

scholarly journals Urban Policy And Heritage Planning: The Disproportionate Designation Of Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs) In The City Of Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chante Barnwell
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Planning History ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Prioritization Process ◽  
Heritage Planning ◽  
The City

<div>This Major Research Paper (MRP) examines the disproportionate designation of Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs) within the City of Toronto, which are predominantly located in the City's downtown core, compared to the City's inner suburban areas. To illustrate the discrepancies in HCD designation, two potential HCDs in Scarborough, one of three inner suburbs in Toronto, are chronologically examined. Both Agincourt and Midland Park’s HCD represent the most recent examples of heritage designation in the inner suburb, which stands as the only area in the City that has zero HCDs. Before the case studies are discussed, the effects of Toronto's 1998 amalgamation, select timeframes of the City's planning history and recent changes to Provincial planning legislation that govern municipalities' heritage approach are examined. It is determined that a series of factors contribute to the disproportionate designation of HCDs in the City of Toronto. These factors include the incremental designation of heritage properties post amalgamation, the lengthy heritage designation process, the intergovernmental nature of municipal heritage policies, the lack of public education on the benefits of heritage and a complex HCD prioritization process all contribute to the disproportionate designation of HCD’s in the City of Toronto. Four key recommendations are offered to help resolve the heritage designation issue in the City of Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div>Keywords: Heritage Conservation Districts; Toronto; Urban Planning, Urban Policy, Heritage Urbanism.</div>

scholarly journals Kolozsvár történelmi belvárosának társadalmi fenntarthatósága

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
József Benedek
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Social ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
Current Characteristics ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City

The author examines the social sustainability of Kolozsvár's historic city center, pointing out the historic, social, geographic, economic and politic features that shape the current characteristics and potentials of the city. He concludes that in Kolozsvár, just like in any other city of Romania, social sustainability constitutes a problematic issue for urban planning, urban policy, and the privatization of estates and services in the context of politic and economic transition

Urban Environment Design: New Methodological Approaches Based on the Biosphere Compatibility Paradigm (Part 2)

2021 ◽  
pp. 159-173
Author(s):  
В. А. Ильичев ◽  
В. И. Колчунов ◽  
Н. В. Бакаева ◽  
А. А. Кормина
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
Urban Function ◽  
The City

Постановка задачи. Новые вызовы современности существенным образом влияют на методологию градостроительства. Актуальной научной задачей, требующей выявления закономерностей функционирования городских элементов планировочных структур (жилых районов), следует считать разработку новых принципов жизнедеятельности города, регламентирующих биосферную совместимость городов и развитие человеческого капитала. Результаты. В работе получили развитие методологические основы градостроительного планирования, проектирования и оценки вариантов проектных решений жилых планировочных единиц города (квартала, микрорайона, жилого района) на принципах парадигмы биосферной совместимости городов и поселений, развивающих человека. Предложена концептуальная модель функционально-планировочной организации территории - иерархия функций города. Разработан алгоритм оценки вариантов проектов планировки жилых районов на основе индекса обеспеченности городскими функциями. Для каждой из функций города определен необходимый и достаточный состав индикаторов оценки проектных решений. Обсуждается перспектива количественной оценки социального благополучия населения жилых районов биосферосовместимого города как безальтернативного условия формирования комфортной городской среды. Вывод. Выполненная численная оценка проектного решения и сравнительный анализ уровня благоприятности жилого микрорайона с использованием принципов парадигмы биосферной совместимости показывают, какие изменения требуются в составе градостроительных решений не только для достижений качества материальной среды жизнедеятельности, но и для развития человека во всех отношениях. Statement of the problem. New challenges of our time significantly affect the methodology of urban planning. The development of new principles of city life, regulating the biosphere compatibility of cities and the development of human capital, should be considered an urgent scientific task that requires identifying the patterns of functioning of urban elements of planning structures (residential areas). Results. The paper develops the methodological foundations of urban planning, design and evaluation of design options for residential planning units of the city (quarter, neighborhood, residential area) on the principles of the paradigm of biosphere compatibility of cities and man-made settlements.. A conceptual model of the functional and planning organization of the territory-the hierarchy of city functions is set forth. An algorithm for evaluating variants of residential area planning projects based on the index of urban function provision has been developed. For each of the functions of the city, the necessary and sufficient composition of indicators for evaluating design decisions is identified. The article discusses the prospect of quantifying the social well-being of the population of residential areas of a biosphere-compatible city as an alternative condition for the formation of a comfortable urban environment. Conclusion. The numerical evaluation of the design solution and a comparative analysis of the level of favorability of a residential neighborhood using the principles of the biosphere compatibility paradigm show what changes are required in the composition of urban planning solutions not only to achieve the quality of the material environment of life, but also for human development in all respects.

scholarly journals Further Urban Development from the Beginning of the Century to the End of the 30s

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Eftiola Thanas
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
The Press ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City

The years 20 - 30 of the last century brought great economic development for our country, and in particular for the city of Korca. In this period, urban planning and especially its implementation received great attention. At this time Korca was thinking of changing and improving its existing urban structure. The citizens and intellectuals of Korça, through numerous discussions that took place in the press of the time, provided their solutions to the main urban problems, such as the city river, electrification, roads and boulevards, forestation, etc. The introduction of new ideas for solving the urban problems that the city faced in that period turned Korca into a reference point for their implementation. Making it the center and reference point for the urban developments that he was conceiving and using in that period. This was the Korca of the 20s and 30s, the city of ideas, development, and social, economic, architectural, and urban change.

Monastic Pathways on the Fourth and Fifth Hills of Constantinople (Eleventh–Fifteenth Centuries)

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-154
Author(s):  
Nicholas Melvani
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Monastic Life ◽  
The City

Abstract The area between the so-called Fourth and Fifth hills of Constantinople is known for its monasteries, especially those from the Komnenian and Palaiologan periods. In general, this part of the city was less urbanised and was therefore suitable for monastic life, but it was intimately connected with various aspects of social, economic, and scholarly activity. The present article examines monuments and itineraries in this area within the urban context and the ceremonial topography of medieval Constantinople in order to highlight the place of these monastic neighborhoods in the Byzantine capital’s public life.

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