Seclusion boundaries as interface in contemporary Istanbul housing

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Canay Tunçer Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City ◽  
Housing Units

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test and present the level of introversion/extroversion of the urban housing in Istanbul in three periods – traditional, modern and contemporary. It intends to examine changes in the boundaries between housing and urban environment in the city by evaluating housing interfaces and their components. Design/methodology/approach By adopting literature review, observation and comparison methods, the hypothesis that houses in Istanbul are becoming introvert in contemporary period is stated and tested. The qualifications of housing interfaces and their components are examined in the context of three different periods of housing – traditional, modern and contemporary. Common components of interfaces in all periods are identified and different housing types from all periods are compared accordingly. Findings The results of the comparison made within the study shows that contemporary housing units are much more introvert than previous periods in Istanbul, while housing units of modern period have the most potentiality to be extrovert. It is seen that the analysis method comparing interfacial components and its results are compatible with the hypothesis of the study. Originality/value Considering recent and great number of urban problems in Istanbul, the subject of introversion–extroversion in contemporary urban housing gains importance, which lacks in the literature and needs studying. Introversion of housing units affects both domestic life and their urban environment. Developing contemporary housing projects with a human ecological perspective would cure both interior and exterior of urban boundaries.

POSTMODERN DÖNEMDE TÜKETİCİYİ ANLAMAK, REKLAMLARDA KULLANILAN ARKETİPLERİN POSTMODERN TÜKETİCİ İLE İLİŞKİSİ: TÜRKİYENİN EN DEĞERLİ 20 MARKASININ YOUTUBE REKLAMLARININ ÖRNEĞİ

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 454-481
Author(s):  
Engincan Doğmuş
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Production ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Consumption Change ◽  
World Environment

Postmodern culture, which developed after the modern period, is in a structure in which postfordist consumption understanding is adopted instead of fordist consumption and consumption for image purposes is at the forefront. In this context, brands create their images in order to be remembered in the current culture and to create a lifestyle for the continuity of consumption. The creation process of images, on the other hand, is through advertisements where the continuous production and consumption of high reality and commodities is made, and it shows a common development with postmodern culture brand images. Within the scope of the study, a descriptive approach and content analysis method were preferred in order to make sense of how brand images are produced through advertisements in the postmodern period and to deal with the constructing dimension. Accordingly, the top 10 brands in the ranking of the Brand Finance 2021 Turkey Report were selected as a sample and the ads of the selected brands between 1 June 2021 and 5 June 2021 with the theme of world environment day were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, within the framework of advertising and consumption; brand images in the postmodern period, where there are higher realities, fragmented consumer structure, production and consumption change places and the subject is decentralized; Impressions can be evaluated in various ways such as symbolism, personification, meanings and messages and psychological elements. Looking at the general position, it has been concluded that the structural features of postmodernity are effective in creating and creating brand image characters, and in this respect, it shapes brand images.

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.

Can Lean eliminate waste in urban logistics? A field study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Escuder ◽  
Martin Tanco ◽  
Andres Muñoz-Villamizar ◽  
Javier Santos
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lean Principles ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Transportation Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeUrban logistics presents a series of challenges, as the interests of the different stakeholders are not always aligned. The aim of this research is to explore the potential of applying Lean principles to reduce waste in urban logistics.Design/methodology/approachAs a structure for “going to gemba,” the authors implemented the shadowing technique to better understand the perspective of companies distributing products in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. Then, meetings were conducted to validate the observations by the people shadowed.FindingsThe results show that most of shipper's time is dedicated to waiting (59%), which is followed by driving (22%), and only a small section of time was dedicated to unloading and verification activities (19%). Although collaborative solutions are needed along with the different stakeholders, this research highlights how deploying Lean thinking can improve significantly urban logistics achieving up to 25% improvement in the number of stores served per shift.Practical implicationsFrom an academic point of view, this study emphasizes the importance of continue applying and evaluating the Lean practices into transportation contexts. From a company's perspective, the authors have presented a list of propositions that can be implemented for carriers in order to reduce waste and/or improve the efficiency of the urban transportation process.Originality/valueBased on the literature review carried out, the subject study of Lean and its application to urban logistics remains mostly unexplored in the scientific literature.

The physician of Packingtown: the life and impact of Dr Caroline Hedger

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. McLarty ◽  
Peter A. Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Journal Articles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Subject ◽  
American Society ◽  
Working And Living Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to illustrate the instrumental role of physician Caroline Hedger during the first half of the twentieth century, with her emphasis on worker health, which influenced American society and helped to improve working and living conditions of people across the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on archival newspaper clippings, original journal articles and books written by the subject, historical manuscripts and other labor history resources, this manuscript pulls together information on this topic in a unique way to give a broad view of the impact of Hedger and her important role not only for the city of Chicago, but the nation as a whole. Findings – This research concludes that Hedger was an instrumental force and tireless advocate for the improvement of public health and social change. She was a constant driver for the creation of better living and working conditions of poor laborers, especially immigrants and women, desired the enhancement of child welfare, and was also helpful in supporting the labor movement and educating those involved in the process. Originality/value – This is the first manuscript to explore the role played by Caroline Hedger in relation to her impact on the importance of the health of workers and their families. Her story is a testament to the powerful effect of a single person in a dynamic world, and demonstrates how understanding a worker's health contributes to greater insights about management history.

scholarly journals Abordagem interdisciplinar da problemática ambiental urbano-metropolitana: esboço metodológico da experiência do doutorado em MA&D da UFPR sobre a RMC - Região Metropolitana de Curitiba

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco MENDONÇA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
Interdisciplinary Perspective ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
The City

A cidade constitui-se num considerável desafio aos estudiosos do ambiente urbano, principalmente quando se trata de ambiente urbano-metropolitano. Abordá-la numa perspectiva interdisciplinar tendo os problemas ambientais como cerne das preocupações, impõe o exercício conjunto de diversos campos disciplinares. A metodologia de trabalho interdisciplinar, embasada num suporte teórico aliado a uma perspectiva empírica, tendo como objeto de estudo a cidade de Curitiba e a região metropolitana de Curitiba, foi uma rica experiência de estudo interdisciplinar de problemáticas ambientais urbano-metropolitanas levada a cabo no âmbito do Curso de Doutorado em Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento da UFPR, entre 1996 e 2000, cujo processo de elaboração e prática é objeto deste artigo. Indisciplinary approach of the urban-metropolitan environmental problematic: methodological scketch of the UFPR MA & D doctor’s program about RMC - Curitiba’s Metropolitan Region Abstract The city consists in a considerable challenge to the urban environment studious, principally when it repports to the urban-metropolitan environment. To approach this subject in a interdisciplinary perspective, the environmental problems in the center of interests, imposes the joint exercise of different disciplines. An interdisciplinary works methodology based on theoretical support and an empirical perspective wich Curitiba city and its metropolitan region was the object study, was created and experimented by the Environment and Development Doctors Program of UFPR from 1996 to 2000. That experience is the subject to this paper.

scholarly journals Housing the Fort Garry: Urban Housing for the Fort Garry Site

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Kelly ◽  
◽  
L. Scott Lambert ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Urban Pattern ◽  
The City

This project developed out of the intention to explore new ways of combining private and public spaces in an urban environment. It was felt that, in order for housing to truly become part of the city, it must engage itself with other functions on the ground plane. Thus, in developing this scheme of a mixture of residential, commercial, and recreational uses, it was decided to break from the typical urban pattern of public spaces on the lower levels and private spaces above. Instead, half of the ground plane was devoted to residential spaces grouped around semiprivate courtyards. The other half was assigned to large functions – a recreation center and a grocery store – which would be used not only by the residents of the development but also by members of the public who spend time downtown.

scholarly journals The role of residential fabric in the configuration of the city in Spain in the 1940s and 1950s. The case of Jaca

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimundo Bambó Naya
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Local Experience ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
City Structure ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

The housing problem was one of the fundamental concerns of the new State that emerged after the Civil War in Spain. Different official bodies were created to this end, facing the need for reconstruction of different cities and villages and the dwelling shortage. During the 1940s and 1950s there was a progressive shift of interest from rural housing to urban housing. A series of residential projects of different nature were developed in towns and cities, modifying their urban configuration. The objective of this work is to study different public housing projects carried out during the 1940s and 1950s in the city of Jaca by Lorenzo Monclús, municipal architect of the city, regional delegate of the National Housing Institute and urban planning technician. On the one hand, the study focuses on the theoretical models and international references on which they are based, the building types, the architectural language, and the design of the urban space. On the other hand, on the adaptability of these models to the existing city structure and its planning: a 1917 extension project according to nineteenth century models, carried out after the demolition of the city walls, and revised on successive occasions during the studied period. This analysis of a local experience is part of a wider debate: that of the urban culture in Spain during the postwar period. Despite all the limitations, modern functionalist urbanism was assimilated through public housing projects and urban extensions with open edification in smaller settlements, with techniques akin to those used in larger cities throughout the country.

scholarly journals About some changes in the material culture of the modern urban population of Azerbaijan (based on materials from the city of Sumgayit)

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Sevda Amirshakhova
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Ethnic Culture ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Interior Decoration ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Color Scheme ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The City

The article is devoted to the changes taking place in the field of ethnic culture in the cities of Azerbaijan on the example of the city of Sumgait. In cities, social and cultural processes are more intense than in villages. As a result of constant migration processes in cities, different cultures and ways of life come into interaction with each other, sometimes conflict, and in many cases assimilate. As a result of these processes, a specific lifestyle is formed that is characteristic of each city and is determined by the ethnic culture of its main population. The main objective of the study is to identify ethnocultural changes taking place in the lifestyle and material culture of the population of Sumgait, the second largest and industrial city of Azerbaijan. As the results of the survey of urban housing in Sumgayit show, despite the standardized appearance of modern city apartments, local ethnocultural features are preserved in the subject environment, structure and color scheme of the interiors. The study suggests that, despite the intense interaction between the various sociocultural groups that made up the population of Sumgayit, at present the city has not formed common stereotypes of urban culture and lifestyle typical for the whole city. In this regard, the interior decoration of residential buildings often does not correspond to the characteristics and traditional ideas of different population groups. It was found that the interior of the apartments as a whole and their specific ethnic characteristics often depend on the type of housing. The study suggests that the popular culture, which is rapidly spreading in Sumgait and in Azerbaijan as a whole, determines the spread of a globalized, mainly Western way of life and modern stereotypes of behavior.

scholarly journals Framing a Mosque Project as a Sunni–Shia Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-354
Author(s):  
Teemu Pauha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Newspaper Article ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Environment Committee

Abstract In January 2015, the City of Helsinki received a proposal for the construction of ‘a grand mosque’. In December 2017, the Urban Environment committee rejected the proposal. In the interim, the proposed mosque was the subject of intense public debate. A key point of dispute was whether the mosque would increase tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Finland. This article explores the ways in which the mosque project became framed as a Sunni–Shia conflict. Special focus is put on a newspaper article published in the Helsingin Sanomat in July 2015 and the framing devices used therein.

scholarly journals The demand of the Barnaul population for creation of cycling infrastructure

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Irina Vladimirovna Antonovich ◽  
Natal'ya Viktorovna Kuzhim ◽  
Tat'yana Viktorovna Chukanova ◽  
Angelina Ruslanovna Akhmedova ◽  
Anastasiya Dmitrievna Latkina
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City

The subject of this research is the demand of the Barnaul population for creation of cycling infrastructure. The development of cycling infrastructure not only contributes to solution of the problems of any modern city, but also creates a favorable ecological and social environment. This is  illustrated by such indicators as public health, life expectancy, and increase of working age. Moreover, the ecologically friendly urban environment is beneficial for the development of tourism. Using the quantitative method (questionnaire-based survey), the authors were able to find out the opinion of the Barnaul residents on the creation of urban infrastructure. The research results clearly demonstrate the demand of the Barnaul residents for creation of cycling infrastructure. The following conclusions were made: majority of respondents believe that the of cycle lanes and minimal maintenance service is required throughout the urban space; creation of cycling infrastructure can be a step toward designing a new comfortable urban environment and improve quality of life; implementation of cycle lanes into the urban space in such way that they would connect bedroom suburbs and central part of the city, can be most useful and effective. The conducted analysis testifies that the developed cycling infrastructure can improve transport and ecological situation in the city, but would not fully resolve the problems of socioeconomic nature.

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