scholarly journals A more sustainable urban future calls for action: the city of Lahti as European Green Capital 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian MacGregor-Fors ◽  
Michelle García-Arroyo ◽  
D Johan Kotze ◽  
Elina Ojala ◽  
Heikki Setälä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ecological Improvement ◽  
The City ◽  
Small Urban Center ◽  
Future Plans

Abstract In 2020, a small urban center from southern Finland, the City of Lahti, was awarded the 2021 European Green Capital, which recognizes and rewards local efforts that seek to improve the urban environment, together with its economy and the quality of life for its inhabitants, further posing ambitious goals for ecological improvement. In this commentary, we describe some of the key elements that made Lahti the 2021 European Green Capital, as well as some of the future plans for the city. We also highlight the importance of research-based knowledge as the foundation for achieving better outcomes in urban decision making.

scholarly journals Smart cities and robotic technologies for a model of integrated growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-252
Author(s):  
Elena Laudante
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Human Scale ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The City

The paper focuses on the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence inside of the new urban contexts in which it is possible to consider and enhance the different dimensions of quality of life such as safety and health, environmental quality, social connection and civic participation. Smart technologies help cities to meet the new challenges of society, thus making them more livable, attractive and responsive in order to plan and to improve the city of the future. In accordance with the Agenda 2030 Program for sustainable development that intends the inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable city, the direction of growth and prosperity of urban environments is pursued by optimizing the use of resources and respecting the environment. In the current society, robotic technology is proposed as a tool for innovation and evolution in urban as well as industrial and domestic contexts. On the one hand the users-citizens who participate dynamically in the activities and on the other the new technological systems integrated in the urban fabric. Existing urban systems that are “amplified” of artificial and digital intelligence and give life to smart cities, physical places that allow new forms of coexistence between humans and robots in order to implement the level of quality of life and define “human centered” innovative solutions and services thus responding to the particular needs of people in an effective and dynamic way. The current city goes beyond the definition of smart city. In fact, as said by Carlo Ratti, it becomes a "senseable city", a city capable of feeling but also sensitive and capable of responding to citizens who define the overall performance of the city. The multidisciplinary approach through the dialogue between designers, architects, engineers and urban planners will allow to face the new challenges through the dynamics of robot integration in the urban landscape. The cities of the future, in fact, will be pervaded by autonomous driving vehicles, robotized delivery systems and light transport solutions, in response to the new concept of smart mobility, on a human scale, shared and connected mobility in order to improve management and control of the digitized and smart city. Automation at constant rates as the keystone for urban futures and new models of innovative society. Through the identification of representative case studies in the field of innovative systems it will be possible to highlight the connections between design, smart city and "urban" robotics that will synergically highlight the main "desirable" qualities of life in the city as a place of experimentation and radical transformations. In particular, parallel to the new robotic solutions and human-robot interactions, the design discipline will be responsible for designing the total experience of the user who lives in synergy with the robots, thus changing the socio-economic dynamics of the city.

REVITALIZATION OF CHINATOWN AREA AS SUSTAINABLE URBAN HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF MANADO

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verry Lahamendu ◽  
Judy O. Waani ◽  
Aristotulus E. Tungka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

China Village or Town is an urban region with Chinese as majority of the community. The China Town is located at the old part of the city of Manado and is well known as one of the oldest trade centres in Manado. As one of the urban heritage in the city of Manado, the Chinatown has unique landmarks with temples that are religious buildings for the Chinese community. With time, the quality of the environment has degraded and the image of the Chinatown has become vague.This paper investigates the existing condition of the town through site observation. It then proposes several suggestions with regard to the revitalisation of the Chinatown without discarding its existing function as a one of the trade centres in Manado. It is hoped that the revitalisation of the town would improve the quality of its urban environment that at the end would positively impact the quality of life of its dwellers, and construct the image of the city as a whole.

scholarly journals The sustainable urban design on the example of Oświęcim

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 00080
Author(s):  
Krystyna Paprzyca
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Spatial Management ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

The quality of the urban environment determines a lasting relationship between a man and his place of residence. Sustainable management of the urban spaces is crucial as it directly affects their quality. The article analyses the results of the sustainability regarding spatial, socio-economic, technical and environmental aspects, which are one of the many conditions that contribute to the proper functioning of urban life. They also influence the quality of life and residence in the urban environment. There are different ways of expressing the development of the cities defined by specific indicators. They focus mainly on development of the quality of life - social, economic and environmental development. The sustainable urban design is related to issues connected with the form and spatial management. This topic is presented on the example of the city of Oświęcim - the Old Town district with the surrounding area.

scholarly journals The Way of Improvement of Quality of Life of Older Persons as Users and Maintainers of Technical Means

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 520-528
Author(s):  
Andrzej Wieczorek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multidisciplinary Model ◽  
The Way

Abstract In the article the way of improvement quality of life as users and maintainers of technical means is presented. It is assumed that it is necessary to keep the fundamental of sustainable development. Therefore the application of the scheme of the process of satisfying needs is shown. It helps establish the activities necessary to achieve this goal and enables to plan required information resources. In the range of exploitation and design tasks the application of original strategy of exploitation by older persons was proposed. This strategy uses 6R method which in the future will be supplemented on elements commonly executed strategies and policies of exploitation. Decision making in accordance with proposed strategy will be possible by performing calculations and simulation with the use of multidisciplinary model, whose conception was indicated in the article and which uses matrix of assessment of the quality of life.

scholarly journals Economic Aspects Analysis in Calculation and Application of the Urban Environment Quality Index

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 01002
Author(s):  
D M Suvorov ◽  
L. A. Suvorova ◽  
T V Baibakova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
The City

The goal of the study is to make a comparative analysis of the dynamics of indices of economic indicators and sufficiency indicators used to calculate an urban environment quality index of a Russian municipality. The city of Kirov, Russia, was taken as a sample for the study, which went on from 2012 through 2018. The analysis demonstrated practically no statistically significant correlations in the dynamics of indices of individual subgroups of indicators, as well as in the dynamics of indices of individual indicators, although with a few exceptions. The results of the study confirm the need to improve the methodology of calculating the integral indices of cities and regions. These indices are related to urban ecology, quality of life, and sustainable development issues. The results also demonstrated the inadequacy of such tools for systematic and comprehensive international analysis of today urbanization problems.

ISSUES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN NOVOSIBIRSK AND WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
E.B. Lerman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Large City ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Private Car ◽  
The City

This article discusses the organizational and economic problems of the functioning of public transport in the city of Novosibirsk using the example of the Municipal treasury enterprise ‘Passenger Motor Transport Enterprise No. 4’. The main objective of the study is to find ways to solve problems which arise at this enterprise and which are common for urban passenger transport in a large city. The article analyzes the results of the enterprise, as well as the transport situation in Novosibirsk. The growth of the private car fleet significantly worsened the state of the urban environment in most cities of Russia and created a number of difficult to solve problems. Based on the study of solutions to similar problems in other cities and countries, the conclusion is drawn about the need for the accelerated development of urban passenger transport in comparison with other modes of transport. The search for effective ways to influence the behavior of transport users will make it possible to create a ‘healthy city’ that forms the necessary safety and quality of life for citizens.

scholarly journals Research on Greening Design Based on Urban Landscape

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04036
Author(s):  
Zheng Jia-Xin ◽  
Tu Hao-Ran ◽  
Lee Kun-Fa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Internal Space ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
The City

Garden landscape is the basic construction of a city, which can effectively improve the ecological environment of a city, highlight the urban cultural characteristics and the quality of life of the residents. The landscape design project uses the internal space of the garden to improve the quality of the city, protect the ecological environment, improve the greening of the city and improve the quality of the urban living environment, and continue to develop green landscapes to improve the urban environment and improve the living comfort of living.

scholarly journals Socio-urban aspects of the pandemic crisis in Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-863
Author(s):  
Jelena Božilović ◽  
Jelena Petković
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
The City

The paper deals with the discussion of cities from a socio-ecological perspective, from the standpoint of health and quality of life from the time of the first industrialisation to the current social crisis. Rethinking the connection between health and life in the city in modern social theory has resulted in new constructive concepts of the city, and some ideas of such concepts in the current situation may be guidelines for the development of cities of the future. The second segment of the paper is based on the analysis of selected results of the broader empirical research conducted in 2020 by anonymous online survey and applying comparative-analytical and statistical methods. The respondents' views on the quality of life in the city and countryside at the time of the pandemic generally show that, despite the fact that the respondents evaluate the countryside more positively than the city, their attitude is such that minority of them agree with the fact that the experience with the pandemic will direct people to life outside cities in the future.

A qualitative exploration of family carer’s understandings of people with dementia’s expectations for the future

Dementia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147130122092954
Author(s):  
Sheridan T Read ◽  
Christine Toye ◽  
Dianne Wynaden
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Background There is little evidence that outlines how family carers understand the person with dementia’s perspective, values and anticipated future needs. Whilst people with dementia should be consulted about their own quality of life and care values, carers – otherwise known as care partners – require such understandings to ensure that the support the person receives into the future upholds their quality of life and is consistent with what they desire. Aim This research aimed to explore and describe family carers’ experience of supporting the person with dementia to maintain their quality of life by understanding how carers developed an awareness and understanding of the person with dementia’s expectations for the future and what they believed was important for the person to whom they provided care. Method Using an application of the grounded theory method, data were collected from 21 carers during semi structured interviews and analysed using constant comparative analysis. Findings Four categories emerged from the data: Knowing the person, Process of decision making, Maintaining normalcy and quality of life and Out of their control. Discussion This study provides insights into how carers developed awareness of the expectations of people with dementia. Findings also illuminate carers’ perspectives of the changing nature of decision making during the dementia trajectory. Conclusion Understanding the perspective of the person living with dementia is essential to facilitate advocacy and support that is ‘person centred’ now and into the future. Assisting carers to incorporate this perspective into caring has the potential to be better facilitated by health professionals and merits further investigation.

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