scholarly journals A novel social distancing analysis in urban public space: A new online spatio-temporal trajectory approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 102765
Author(s):  
Jie Su ◽  
Xiaohai He ◽  
Linbo Qing ◽  
Tong Niu ◽  
Yongqiang Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Trajectory Approach ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Trajectory

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Urban Public Space Perception in the New Normal Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yordan Kristanto Dewangga ◽  
Sita Yuliastuti Amijaya ◽  
Hoseo Viadolorosa
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Space Perception ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Questionnaire Online ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The coronavirus pandemic or Covid-19 has happened in several countries, including Indonesia. This condition has an impact not only on public health but also on all sectors. Yogyakarta, a province in Indonesia, receives the impact of this pandemic, especially the Malioboro as a famous public area in the city. The Malioboro area, as an urban public space, becomes quieter due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new normal policy, which the government implemented through the adaptation of new habits, gradually bringing back the activities in the Malioboro area. Health protocols to maintain social distancing keep on encouraged with direct and written persuasive methods. The purpose of this study is to explore people's perceptions of urban public spaces in the new normal era in Malioboro. The method used was conducting a direct survey in Malioboro and giving a closed questionnaire online to the public. The discussion was performed by examining the results of a closed questionnaire with the current situation in Malioboro. The conclusions obtained that the community has received information to maintain social distancing. However, many people ignore the health protocols so that no difference with the situation before the pandemic. This condition does not change the spatial patterns and layouts related to space at the public scale and the distance of social interactions. Keywords: Covid-19; public spaces; social distancing; social interaction

scholarly journals Urban soundscape maps modelled with geo-referenced data

Noise Mapping ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Lavandier ◽  
Pierre Aumond ◽  
Saul Gomez ◽  
Catherine Dominguès
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Sound Quality ◽  
Acoustic Measurements ◽  
Propagation Models ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe noise maps that are currently proposed as part of the EU Directive are based on the calculation of the Lday, Levening and Lnight. These levels are calculated from emission and propagation models that are expensive in time. These noise maps are criticized for being distant from the perception of city users. Thus, calculation models of sound quality have been proposed, for being closer to city users’ perception. They are either based on perceptual variables, or on acoustic measurements, or on georeferenced data, the latter being often already integrated into the Geographic Information Systems of most French metropolises. Considering 89 Parisian situations, this article proposes to compare the sound quality really perceived, with those from models using geo-referenced data. It also looks at the modeling of perceptual variables that influence the sound quality, such as perceived loudness, the perceived time ratio of traffic, voices and birds. To do this, such geo-referenced data as road traffic, the presence of gardens, food shops, restaurants, bars, schools, markets, are transformed into core densities. Being quick and easy to calculate, these densities predict effectively sound quality in the urban public space. Visualization of urban soundscape maps are proposed in this paper.

scholarly journals Where the Sidewalk Ends: Automobility and Shame in Tbilisi, Georgia

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perry Maxfield Waldman Sherouse
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Physical Barriers ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

In recent years, cars have steadily colonized the sidewalks in downtown Tbilisi. By driving and parking on sidewalks, vehicles have reshaped public space and placed pedestrian life at risk. A variety of social actors coordinate sidewalk affairs in the city, including the local government, a private company called CT Park, and a fleet of self-appointed st’aianshik’ebi (parking attendants) who direct drivers into parking spots for spare change. Pedestrian activists have challenged the automotive conquest of footpaths in innovative ways, including art installations, social media protests, and the fashioning of ad hoc physical barriers. By safeguarding sidewalks against cars, activists assert ideals for public space that are predicated on sharp boundaries between sidewalk and street, pedestrian and machine, citizen and commodity. Politicians and activists alike connect the sharpness of such boundaries to an imagined Europe. Georgia’s parking culture thus reflects not only local configurations of power among the many interests clamoring for the space of the sidewalk, but also global hierarchies of value that form meaningful distinctions and aspirational horizons in debates over urban public space. Against the dismal frictions of an expanding car system, social actors mobilize the idioms of freedom and shame to reinterpret and repartition the public/private distinction.

scholarly journals Stadi Derby and the Securitization of Urban Public Space

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-55
Author(s):  
Miira Kuvaja ◽  
Pia Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Fan Culture ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Football Match ◽  
Securitization Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

Stadi Derby is a local football match played in Helsinki, Finland appreciated for its atmosphere and excitement. Simultaneously, the negative characteristics connected to the international football fan culture have become familiar also to those living in the capital area and especially in the surroundings of the stadium. The threat of violence is visible e.g. in the media coverage reporting about the derby. All this has also effect on the way the city dwellers experience the urban public space. In our article, we ask what kind of discourses can be found concerning the relationship between Stadi Derby and the right to public space and what kind of consequences i.e. reactions these discourses create among those city dwellers not involved in the football culture. In order to understand the ways these events and the media coverage over them have effect on urban dwellers we apply securitization theory. We look for speech acts from the media coverage and analyse the ways people respond to these speech acts through material produced via Facebook and a focus group interview. The division between insiders and outsiders to the football culture is clear: The outsiders feel distress, even fear, in consequence of media materials.

scholarly journals Mask-wearing and social distancing: Evidence from a video-observational and natural-experimental study of public space behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasse Suonperä Liebst ◽  
Peter Ejbye-Ernst ◽  
Marijn de Bruin ◽  
Josephine Thomas ◽  
Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Protective Measure ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
False Sense ◽  
Dutch Cities ◽  
Natural Experimental Study

Background: Face masks have been widely employed as a personal protective measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, concerns remain that masks create a false sense of security that reduces adherence to other public health measures, including social distancing. Purpose: This paper tested whether mask-wearing was negatively associated with social distancing compliance. Methods: In two studies, we combined video-observational records of public mask-wearing in two Dutch cities with a natural-experimental approach to evaluate the effect of an area-based mask mandate. Results: We found no observational evidence of an association between mask-wearing and social distancing (Study 1: p = .398; Study 2: p = .511), but found a positive link between crowding and social distancing violations (Study 1: p < .001; Study 2: p < .001). Our natural-experimental analysis showed that an area-based mask mandate did not significantly affect social distancing or crowding levels (Study 2: p = .781 and p = .126, respectively). Conclusions: Our results alleviate the concern that mask use reduces social distancing compliance or increases crowding levels. On the other hand, crowding reduction may be a viable strategy to mitigate social distancing violations.

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