scholarly journals Recovering troubled cities through public spaces and libraries

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renny Granda ◽  
Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Housing Improvement ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning

The Caracas Metropolitan Strategic Plan 2020 (CMSP2020) is an instance of urban and environmental planning that seeks to construct a collective ‘city pact’ for Caracas, currently among the most troubled and violent cities in Latin America. Its main idea is to recover the city through the rescue of its public spaces, by centering on six strategic axes for transforming Caracas: accessibility and mobility; public safety, public spaces and housing improvement; environmental sustainability; productivity and entrepreneurship; governability; and the development of a constructive and responsible citizenship. This model, partly inspired by Medellin’s Library Parks, may be useful for other large cities in the region that suffer similar socio-political fractures, as well as accessibility, mobility, environmental, productive, governance and safety issues.

scholarly journals The concept of a system of comfortable public spaces in the city of Kursk

2020 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 02009
Author(s):  
Andrey Pozdnyakov ◽  
Tatyana Tsurik
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The City

The article deals with the problem of the improvement of public spaces in large cities on the example of Kursk. The author suggests using the existing infrastructure of the city to create a comfortable environment and increase its recreational opportunities for local residents and tourists. The study is aimed at creating a system of comfortable public spaces using the ecological, historical and cultural resources of the city, where the parks and squares of Kursk play a key role. The practical use of this concept contributes to the improvement of the city’s image and the development of a comfortable urban environment.

scholarly journals Taking Part and Being There: A Small Insight into the Spatial Participation of Young Adult Immigrants in Oldenburg’s Public Spaces

Two Homelands ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Morales ◽  
Julia Söhnholz
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Encounters ◽  
Being There ◽  
Adult Immigrants ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The City

Examining the role of urban spatiality for the integration of young immigrants is an emerging research field with the potential to provide important foundations for the implementation of integration policies and urban design. Current research in Germany on this subject focuses on large cities; this study adds insight instead into the context of a mid-sized city. The study asks: How do young adult immigrants participate in public spaces in Oldenburg? Results from five interviews show that the city center is connected to consumer purposes and social encounters in semi-public spaces. Study participants rarely use the public spaces in the city; instead, they favor the public green spaces on the outskirts.

scholarly journals Temporary Public Spaces: A Technological Paradigm

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Philip Crowther
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Architectural Tactics ◽  
The City ◽  
Key Questions

<p>Contemporary cities no longer offer the same types of permanent environments that we planned for in the latter part of the twentieth century. Our public spaces are increasingly temporary, transient, and ephemeral. The theories, principles and tactics with which we designed these spaces in the past are no longer appropriate. We need a new theory for understanding the creation, use, and reuse of temporary public space. More than a theory, we need new architectural tactics or strategies that can be reliably employed to create successful temporary public spaces.<br />This paper will present ongoing research that starts that process through critical review and technical analysis of existing and historic temporary public spaces. Through the analysis of a number of public spaces, that were either designed for temporary use or became temporary through changing social conditions, this research identifies the tactics and heuristics used in such projects. These tactics and heuristics are then analysed to extract some broader principles for the design of temporary public space. The theories of time related building layers, a model of environmental sustainability, and the recycling of social meaning, are all explored.<br />The paper will go on to identify a number of key questions that need to be explored and addressed by a theory for such developments: How can we retain social meaning in the fabric of the city and its public spaces while we disassemble it and recycle it into new purposes? What role will preservation have in the rapidly changing future; will exemplary temporary spaces be preserved and thereby become no longer temporary? Does the environmental advantage of recycling materials, components and spaces outweigh the removal or social loss of temporary public space? This research starts to identify the knowledge gaps and proposes a number of strategies for making public space in the age of temporary, recyclable, and repurposing of our urban infrastructure; a way of creating lighter, cheaper, quicker, and temporary interventions.</p>

scholarly journals Entre presenças e ausências: o centro de Curitiba e a rua XV de novembro

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilian Stedile Ferri ◽  
Luiz Eduardo Fontoura Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Residential Use ◽  
The City

Apesar das diversas problemáticas que o Centro de Curitiba, assim como inúmeros centros de outras grandes cidades brasileiras, vivencia, o presente estudo é guiado, sobretudo, pela problemática decorrente da intensificação dos usos comercial e de serviços e do declínio do uso residencial nessa área da cidade. Entende-se que a apropriação dos espaços públicos e a sociabilidade urbana estão estreitamente vinculadas ao uso e à ocupação do solo definidos para determinada área. A metodologia utilizada envolve a apreensão de uma parte - a Rua XV de Novembro - para o estudo do todo, o bairro. Após análise de dados referentes à perda de população moradora nas últimas décadas, constata-se a urgente necessidade de novas ideias e horizontes para essa área da cidade, que apresenta uma grande sociabilidade urbana durante o horário comercial, mas que se enfraquece nos demais períodos.Palavras chave: Centros urbanos. Espaços públicos. Patrimônio.Between presences and absences: the center of Curitiba and the XV de novembro streetAbstractDespite the various problematics that the Center of Curitiba, as well as numerous centers of the others large cities, experiences, this study is guided, mainly, by the problematic arising from the intensification of commercial and services uses and of the decline of residential use in this area of the city. It’s understood that the appropriation of public spaces and the urban sociability are closely linked to the use and the occupation of land defined for a determined area. The methodology used involves the apprehension of a part - the XV de Novembro Street - for the study of the whole, the neighborhood. After analysis of the data related to the loss of population resident in the recent decades, it’s noted the urgent need of new ideas and horizons for this area of the city, which presents a large urban sociability during business hours, but weakens in the other periods.Keywords: Urban centers. Public spaces. Heritage.

NEW MEANING OF URBAN PUBLIC SPACES

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-134
Author(s):  
Nina A. LEKAREVA ◽  
Anna Yu. ZASLAVSKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Domestic Practice ◽  
The City

The problems of renovation of urban public spaces of modern megacities are considered with the introduction of new functions and more active inclusion of transport infrastructure in the design process in order to att ract the visitors. Positive examples of such an integrated approach in foreign projects are given. Questions of technically and aesthetically competent landscaping of large cities are being raised. The data of the accounting of the volumes of landscaping of the city of Samara are given, they are compared with the generally accepted standards of gardening. The shortcomings of the domestic practice of point-like landscaping of megacities and methods for solving environmental and other problems with the help of landscape design are exemplifi ed by the example of Samara.

scholarly journals Evolutionary Model of the City Size Distribution

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Joachim Kaldasch
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
City Size ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
City Size Distribution ◽  
Reproduction Process ◽  
The City

An evolutionary model of the city size distribution is presented that explains the size of a city from the reproduction process and the migration of humans between cities. The model suggests that the city size distribution is a lognormal distribution with a power law tail in agreement with empirical results and computer simulations. The main idea of the model is that the competition between cities in the migration process is the origin of Gibrat's law. While growth rate fluctuations generate the lognormal branch of the size distribution, the power law tail for large cities is caused by a small mean growth rate.

scholarly journals To sustainability through interdisciplinary planning: A planner's perspective

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 292-303
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kozlowski
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Planning Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Planning Methodology ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning ◽  
Teaching Professional

Professor Kozlowski obtained his first degrees in Architecture at the University of Krakow, Poland; his Ph. D from Edinburgh University, and Dr hab. from Krakow. He is a professor in Australia and in Poland. Hiswork has focused primarily on research in the field of urban and environmental planning methodology; promoting and sharing his research experience through academic teaching, professional training programs and workshops; and testing and applying the research results in real life. He is a member of the Association of Polish Architects, Society of Polish Town Planners, World Society for Ekistics (WSE) and Fellow of the Royal Australian Planning Institute. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper intended for presentation at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Trends and dynamics in material and energy flows analysis in an urban context. A case study of a city with an emerging economy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Inés Pardo Martínez ◽  
William Alfonso ◽  
Angelo Faccini ◽  
Alexander Cotte
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
The City

Abstract Background: Currently, most of the world’s population lives in cities, and this trend of the rapid urbanization of the population affects the increase in the demand for products, goods and services. To effectively design policies for urban sustainability it is important to know the trends of the flows of energy and materials that enter and leave the city. This knowledge is essential to recognize key elements characterizing the future urban growth and to be able to face supply challenges in the future. This paper presents the analysis of the flows of energy and materials (urban metabolism) in the city of Bogotá, covering a time span from 2001 to 2017. Urban flows are also characterized in terms of their temporal evolution with respect to the population growth, in order to compare and identify the changes in the main input flows, wealth production, emissions and waste in the city.Results: The results of the analysis are also compared with other selected large urban agglomerations in Latin America and worldwide, highlighting similarities and inferences. The results show that in Bogotá, there was a decrease in some of the material flow in recent years, such as the consumption of water and the generation of discharge, while there was an increase in the consumption of energy and cement and the production of CO2 emissions and construction materials. Solid waste production remained relatively stable. With respect to the other large cities considered, we observe that the 10-year growth rates of the metabolic flows with respect to the population growth are lower, in particular when compared with the other urban agglomeration of Latin America.Conclusions: The findings of this study are important to advance the characterization of the trends in material and energy flow in the city and contribute to the consolidation of a baseline that allows for the definition and evaluation of the different impacts of public policy that promotes the sustainability of the city in the coming decades.

scholarly journals The Examination of Environmental Design Principles in Public Institutions in the Example of the Current Landscape Design of Konya Courthouse

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Sertaç Güngör
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

Public spaces are among the spaces requiring the most importance for the design in the evaluation of outdoor spaces. Public spaces are the common areas used by people of all ages, genders, and jobs. The key feature of the environmental design made in these areas is its requirement to be at the level of meeting the needs of people from all strata. Since there is not the main method for the evaluation of environmental planning of public institutions and organizations in the current literature and these areas strongly affect the texture of the city, a questionnaire study was conducted in our study with people using the courthouse and courthouse personnel to reveal the standards, criteria and the needs of users in public institutions. According to the results of the questionnaire, solution suggestions were made by revealing the positive and negative sides of landscape designs of the courthouse.

Reconstruction Of Urban Parks Of Culture And Rest Of The Soviet Period

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-65
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Limited Mobility ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
The City

This article analyzes the main problems of urban public spaces, because today public spaces can determine the future of cities. It is noted that parks are multifunctional public spaces in the urban environment, as they are an important element of the citywide system of landscaping and recreation, perform health, cultural, educational, aesthetic and environmental functions. The article notes that the need for easily accessible and well-maintained urban parks remains, however, the state of parks in many cities of Russia remains unsatisfactory, requiring reconstruction. A brief historical background of the Park of Culture and Rest of the Soviet period in Omsk is expounded, the analysis of the existing territory of the Park is presented. It is revealed that the Park, being the largest public space in Omsk, does not meet the requirements of modern urbanism, although it represents a great potential for designing the space for the purpose of recreation of citizens. Performed functional zoning scheme of the territory of the Park in question, where its division into functional areas destined for active recreational users of the Park is presented, considered the interests of senior citizens, people with limited mobility, etc. Reconstruction of Parks of the Soviet period can provide the city with additional recreational opportunities, as well as increase its tourist attractiveness.

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