Situating the New Economy: Contingencies of Regeneration and Dislocation in Vancouver's Inner City

Urban Studies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1247-1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Barnes ◽  
Thomas Hutton
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Branch Plant ◽  
The City ◽  
Geographical Context ◽  
Corporate Offices

The purpose of this paper is to make an argument about the importance of geographical context and contingency in the emergence of the new economy within the inner city. Using a case study of Vancouver, it is suggested, first, that its new economy has emerged precisely out of the peculiar trajectory of the city and is bound up with a staples economy, branch plant corporate offices, transnationalism, and mega-project orientation. Secondly, to illustrate the importance of situation and site, the paper focuses on two of Vancouver's inner-city locales: Yaletown, on the margins of the Downtown South, a former industrial and warehousing district now regarded as the epicentre of Vancouver's new economy; and Victory Square, the former commercial heart of the early Vancouver, for many years experiencing disinvestment and decline, but now on the cusp of a major revitalisation which threatens to displace long-established social cohorts.

scholarly journals Scenario Analyses of Exhaust Emissions Reduction through the Introduction of Electric Vehicles into the City

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 2030
Author(s):  
Marianna Jacyna ◽  
Renata Żochowska ◽  
Aleksander Sobota ◽  
Mariusz Wasiak
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Exhaust Emissions ◽  
Scenario Analyses ◽  
High Emission ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

In recent years, policymakers of urban agglomerations in various regions of the world have been striving to reduce environmental pollution from harmful exhaust and noise emissions. Restrictions on conventional vehicles entering the inner city are being introduced and the introduction of low-emission measures, including electric ones, is being promoted. This paper presents a method for scenario analysis applied to study the reduction of exhaust emissions by introducing electric vehicles in a selected city. The original scenario analyses relating to real problems faced by contemporary metropolitan areas are based on the VISUM tool (PTV Headquarters for Europe: PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany). For the case study, the transport model of the city of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) was used to conduct experiments with different forms of participation of electric vehicles on the one hand and traffic restrictions for high emission vehicles on the other hand. Scenario analyses were conducted for various constraint options including inbound, outbound, and through traffic. Travel time for specific transport relations and the volume of harmful emissions were used as criteria for evaluating scenarios of limited accessibility to city zones for selected types of vehicles. The comparative analyses carried out showed that the introduction of electric vehicles in the inner city resulted in a significant reduction in the emission of harmful exhaust compounds and, consequently, in an increase in the area of clean air in the city. The case study and its results provide some valuable insights and may guide decision-makers in their actions to introduce both driving ban restrictions for high-emission vehicles and incentives for the use of electric vehicles for city residents.

Teritoriální marketing v inovativních městech: Případová studie města graz

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorie Klímová ◽  
Lucie Herbočková
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Large City ◽  
City Marketing ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Main Target ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The City ◽  
Desk Research

The paper deals with the issue of city marketing. By its nature, this topic is gaining importance worldwide, especially in the practical sphere. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the implementation of marketing activities on the example of a large city, which is considered modern, open, environmentally friendly, and at the same time well-developed. The city of Graz in Austria was chosen for this case study. For this purpose, in-depth desk research was carried out. The city of Graz does not have an explicitly defined marketing strategy, but how it wants to present itself can be deduced from the Smart city strategy. The implementation of marketing activities is entrusted primarily to the municipal company Holding Graz. The main target groups include visitors, residents and businesses. Most of the marketing activities relate to the promotion of the inner city. Graz uses modern marketing tools such as websites, social networks, influencers and events. The city company MCG Graz focuses on organizing events at seven different locations in Graz.

What to Make of New York's New Economy? The Politics of the Creative Field

Urban Studies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Indergaard
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Limited Ability ◽  
Lower Manhattan ◽  
The City ◽  
Culture Technology

Inner-city ensembles featuring novel mixes of culture, technology and commerce are generating synergies of production, consumption and place. Yet, this `new economy of the city' is also linked to contradictory economic impulses and negative effects. Proposing that economistic accounts have a limited ability to explain the rise of these ensembles, their effects and the possibilities for policy, the idea of a `creative field' is revised in order to analyse how politics have shaped a creative ensemble in Lower Manhattan. It is shown that the political influence of real estate has helped to displace firms and residents of modest means, and has stunted campaigns by creative sectors to access resources, build institutions and upgrade capacities. However, a survey of creative industry politics hints at alternative policies that, in the wake of the financial collapse, might promote progressive ties between creative segments and modest neighbourhoods.

scholarly journals Influência da Urbanização sobre o Microclima de Recife e Formação de Ilha de Calor (Influence of Urbanization on the Climate of Recife and Development of Heat Island)

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranyére Silva Nóbrega ◽  
Luis Augusto De Bakker Vital
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Urbanized Area ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The City

A partir de uma análise temporal e espacial do transecto perpendicular a Avenida Conde da Boa Vista foi possível determinar mudanças no microclima com relação à temperatura e umidade relativa do ar em um trecho de importância econômica para o centro do Recife. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar como o processo de urbanização está influenciando o microclima em Recife, tomando como estudo de caso a Avenida em estudo e verificar se há formação de ilha de calor no centro urbano. Durante seis dias de coleta de temperatura e umidade, nos períodos diurno e vespertino, de acordo com os horários sinóticos, foi possível analisar e entender a variabilidade de valores em três diferentes pontos ao longo do transecto que mede um pouco menos de 300 m e comparar com o quarto ponto localizado no Bairro da Várzea, periferia bastante arborizada da Cidade do Recife. De fato, verificou-se que há uma diferença considerável na temperatura entre a área mais urbanizada comparada com a vegetada e que na própria área urbanizada, há diferenças nos valores de temperatura devido às características paisagísticas dos pontos selecionados. Concluiu-se que o processo de urbanização gerou uma ilha de calor na Avenida Conde da Boa Vista e a influência da urbanização em suas adjacências favorece ainda mais o aumento de temperatura principalmente durante o período diurno.Palavras-chave: Clima urbano, Ilha de calor, Av. Conde da Boa Vista. Influence of Urbanization on the Climate of Recife and Development of Heat Island ABSTRACTFrom an analysis of temporal and spatial transect perpendicular to Conde da Boa Vista Avenue was possible to determine the changes in the microclimate in relation to temperature and relative humidity in a stretch of economic importance to the center of Recife. The objective of this study is to analyze how the process of urbanization is influencing the local climate in Recife, taking as a case study on the Avenue and to establish whether there is formation of heat island in the inner city. During six days of collecting temperature and humidity during daytime and evening according to the synoptic time to parse and understand the variability of values in three different points along the transect spanning just under 300 m and compare with the fourth point located in the Lowland District, wooded outskirts of the city of Recife. In fact, it was found that there is a considerable difference in temperature between the urbanized area compared to the vegetated and the very urbanized area; there are differences in the temperature due to the landscape features of the selected points. It was concluded that the urbanization process has created a heat island at Conde da Boa Vista Avenue and the influence of urbanization in their vicinities favors further temperature increase mainly during the daytime.Keywords: Urban climate, heat island, Conde da Boa Vista Avenue.

A Test of Character: Regulating Place-identity in Inner-city Melbourne

Urban Studies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 2595-2615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Dovey ◽  
Ian Woodcock ◽  
Stephen Wood
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
The State ◽  
Performance Framework ◽  
Urban Project ◽  
Urban Character ◽  
The City

During the 1990s, urban planning in Melbourne changed from prescriptive regulation to a place-based performance framework with a focus on existing or desired ‘urban character’. This paper is a case study of a contentious urban project in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy: a highly valued place characterised as an irregular and transgressive mix of differences: between building types, functions, forms, heights and people. Contrasting conceptions, experiences and constructions of ‘character’ are explored from the viewpoints of residents, architect/developer and the state. To what degree does the regulation of ‘character’ open or close the city to creative innovation? Can it become camouflage for creative destruction? How to regulate for irregularity? The paper concludes with a discussion of theories of place (Massey vs Heidegger) and the prospects of concepts such as habitus (Bourdieu) and assemblage (Deleuze) for the interpretation of a progressive sense of place.

Study of Interior Materials as Passive Fire Protection in Karaoke Building (Case Study: Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Saras Ayu Faradita ◽  
Vinky Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Fire Protection ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Passive Protection ◽  
Fire Incident ◽  
Fire Disaster ◽  
Passive Fire Protection ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The City

The fire incident in karaoke buildings in Indonesia which claimed many lives has occurred several times. According to the National Academy of Science US, the smoke toxins that come out of the fire disaster cause 50-80% of deaths. Refers to the data, it is necessary to check further about the building material response to fire during a fire incident. Masterpiece Signature Karaoke is a karaoke building that classified as large and magnificent in the city of Medan which has various material so that it is necessary to study the interior material as passive fire protection. The purpose is to find out how to assess the reliability of fire passive protection regard to the interior materials and recommendations or descriptions of right interior material planning using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). This method is efficacious to solve the problem of reliability in using interior materials as passive fire protection in Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan building with the results of an Adequate Level of reliability. Then, design recommendations were given for the use of interior materials in karaoke building to improve the reliability results to be better.The results are useful as information for other researchers and karaoke buildings regarding passive fire protection systems at the Masterpiece Signature Family KTV Medan.

Emplacing Berlin: Digital Itineraries and Short-term Study Abroad in the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Apgar
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
The City

As destination of choice for many short-term study abroad programs, Berlin offers students of German language, culture and history a number of sites richly layered with significance. The complexities of these sites and the competing narratives that surround them are difficult for students to grasp in a condensed period of time. Using approaches from the spatial humanities, this article offers a case study for enhancing student learning through the creation of digital maps and itineraries in a campus-based course for subsequent use during a three-week program in Berlin. In particular, the concept of deep mapping is discussed as a means of augmenting understanding of the city and its history from a narrative across time to a narrative across the physical space of the city. As itineraries, these course-based projects were replicated on site. In moving from the digital environment to the urban landscape, this article concludes by noting meanings uncovered and narratives formed as we moved through the physical space of the city.

Analysis of geodetic and legal documentation in the process of expropriation for roads. Krakow case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Anna Trembecka
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Property Value ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
The City

Abstract Amendment to the Act on special rules of preparation and implementation of investment in public roads resulted in an accelerated mode of acquisition of land for the development of roads. The decision to authorize the execution of road investment issued on its basis has several effects, i.e. determines the location of a road, approves surveying division, approves construction design and also results in acquisition of a real property by virtue of law by the State Treasury or local government unit, among others. The conducted study revealed that over 3 years, in this mode, the city of Krakow has acquired 31 hectares of land intended for the implementation of road investments. Compensation is determined in separate proceedings based on an appraisal study estimating property value, often at a distant time after the loss of land by the owner. One reason for the lengthy compensation proceedings is challenging the proposed amount of compensation, unregulated legal status of the property as well as imprecise legislation. It is important to properly develop geodetic and legal documentation which accompanies the application for issuance of the decision and is also used in compensation proceedings.

Navigating Ethnic Hierarchies in Community-Academic Partnerships: A Case Study on Koreatown Community Politics

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 153-179
Author(s):  
Angie Chung ◽  
Johng Song ◽  
Carolyn Choi
Keyword(s):  
Executive Director ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Pacific Rim ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Academic Partnerships ◽  
Communities Of Interest ◽  
The City

Based on the experiences of a Koreatown scholar, the executive director of a Koreatown nonprofit, and a longtime resident student, the article advocates for greater attention to the complex and dynamic power structures of ethnic enclaves in community-academic partnerships. We discuss the changing landscapes of Koreatown as the global nexus of the Pacific Rim economy, the city of Los Angeles’s urban redevelopment plans, and growing diversity and inequality. Programs that aim to engage effectively with ethnic communities must reassess how knowledge is produced and conveyed, how we structure partnerships within stratified communities, and how to grow from issue-based partnerships to broader communities of interest.

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