The Reflection of Urban Identity in Novel: A Case Study of Dublin in James Joyce’s Dubliners

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Behrooz Mahmoodi Bakhtiari ◽  
Negin Sajadi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Identity

Ethics at work: Diverse economies and place-making in the historical centre of Taranto, Italy

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802199222
Author(s):  
Marianna d’Ovidio
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Diverse Economies ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Urban Pattern ◽  
Historical Centre

The paper examines five economic activities in the historical centre of Taranto, Italy and discusses how they impact upon the urban pattern. It is argued that meanings people ascribe to their work go beyond economic rationality, carrying identity, pleasure and ethical values. In fact, in the observed context, work becomes a tool for bottom-up urban regeneration, thus building urban identity and contributing to an imagining of the future city. Based on empirical case study analyses of economic activities in the sphere of culture and creativity, this paper investigates the different meanings of work and explores how the observed working practices represent actions of place-making and resistance to hegemonic forces that jeopardise the local community in the neighbourhood.

scholarly journals Designing a Framework for an Optimal Urban Identity Case Study: Parand New City

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-162
Author(s):  
Maryam Soufi ◽  
Fatemeh Aziz-Abadi Farahani ◽  
Ebrahim Hajiani ◽  
Sayed Reza Salehi Amiri ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Identity ◽  
New City

scholarly journals Identifying the Perceptual Qualities in a Heritage Precinct - Entrance Gateway of Thiruvasi Village, Tamilnadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2630-2634
Keyword(s):  
Short Duration ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Perceptual Quality ◽  
Social Image ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The One

Heritage is the one need to be appreciated, cherished and preserved. Loss of identity of any place, event, culture or structure without understanding it, results in failure of meaning for settlement. Temple gopuram is the established sign and symbol of an urban space in the regions occupied by Hindu people where ever they settle. It orients people in the known or unknown environment. On a macro level, it acts as gateway, way finder, gives urban identity, adds imageablity, to micro level it directly influences the human actions and feelings. This study sets out to explore, how the perceptual qualities of the gopuram affect person’s memory and perception. The investigation was carried out with questionnaires to the students of number 32, visited the rural space for their case study purpose. The parameters of perceptual qualities were considered as the visual, social and cognitive image. The result shows that the perceptual quality depends on the visual and the cognitive image parameters than the social image. Though the visit is for a short duration of time of one week or for one day, the Rajagopuram structure influence of the observer in a major way and for the inhabitants it adds a symbol of identity to the place.

scholarly journals Determining Urban Identity of a Historical City from Inhabitants’ Perspective: Erzurum, a Case from Asia Minor

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-63
Author(s):  
Neslihan Kulözü-Uzunboy
Keyword(s):  
Cold Climate ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Identity Elements

Aims: This study aims to explore the urban identity of Erzurum, which has a rich cultural and historical background dates back to 4000 BC, from the perspective of inhabitants. Additionally, the differences between perceptions about urban identity elements of various inhabitants' groups, categorized in terms of age, gender, education level, being a native of Erzurum, and length of residence in Erzurum, are determined. Study Design: The research was designed as a case-study and pursued an exploratory research approach. Place and Duration of Study: The study has been conducted in Erzurum, located in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Interviews have been conducted with 268 inhabitants of Erzurum between May and June 2015. Methodology: Within the context of the study, Erzurum's urban identity is determined through its elements that are commonly classified as topographical properties, climate and flora, elements at settlement level, urban equipment, symbolic elements, socio-cultural properties, and socio-economical properties. The present study has been designed as an exploratory case study in which qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques have been used. Results: This study, through answering its research questions, reveals that, first, environmental identity elements have more significance than social identity elements; second, natural environmental elements as Palandöken Mountain and cold climate, and artificial identity elements as Cumhuriyet Street and the Twin Minaret Madrasa are the most significant identity elements; and, third, differences between the respondents’ age and education helps to explain the differences between their perception on urban identity elements, in the case of Erzurum. Conclusion: This exploratory case study, departing from the idea that urban identity is a social and cultural phenomenon and unique for each individual and society, explored the urban identity elements from the perspective of the inhabitants of Erzurum. In the end, the importance of determining urban identity based on inter-subjectively built consensus to protect the uniqueness of the cities has been highlighted.

The role of urban legislation in improving the mental images of the city (Erbil city as case study)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siba Taha ◽  
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Alhan Ibrahim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated System ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Mental Images ◽  
City Center ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Urban Scene ◽  
The City ◽  
New Framework

The laws and legislations are the basic tools that affect the performance, accomplishment, and continuity of the developmental objectives of the organizational plans. The rules and standards regulate the resources of urbanization as a material product, in addition, to achieve a kind of harmony and regularity in the urban land scene of the city and provide more space for the cognitive and visual aspect of the recipient who he has mental images of the urban scene through which can select the shape and features of urban identity. It illustrated by the introduction of Iraqi legislation that suffers from multiple problems, evidenced by the lack of legislation in the control of urban growth, and investigating the requirements of visual sustainability not only limited to functional, economic and social aspects. It is an integrated system works to create a sustainable urban environment. Hence, the importance of the development of Iraqi urban legislation representing by preparing the urban area in a new framework, through the control and treatment of its physical components by linking them to cultural, historical and civilizational elements within an appropriate environmental framework. The paper reviewing the urban laws in Erbil city within the previous periods of time as well as the various urban policies used in the city center, to benefit from the knowledge and evaluation of problems, and identify the legislative directions that can be adopted as suggestions for the development of urban legislation within the criteria, take the factors: social, cultural, functional, environmental and aesthetic, at the level of legislation.

scholarly journals The Impact of Higher Education Projects on Reforming Urban Identity of The Urban Communities: Case Study of 6th October City In Greater Cairo

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abouaiana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Greater Cairo ◽  
Education Projects ◽  
Impact Of Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

The 6th of October city was established in 1970’s to be one of the national projects creating a new urban community to reduce pressure on the greater Cairo. It is consisted of residential, industrial and recreational areas. The 6th of October University was the first higher education project established in 1996 followed by several higher education projects, which played an essential role in changing the urban identity to meet the inhabitants’’ needs. An analytical study of 6th October case was held through a quantitative and a qualitative data on a time line study. The study is focused on the urban growth of this urban community during the last two decades to investigate how the land uses can change the urban community in terms of the urban identity. The study results show that a significant change has occurred during the period of study, visually and functionally.

scholarly journals Urban Identity in (Post)Modern Cities: A Case Study of Kharkiv and Lviv

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-217
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Musiyezdov ◽  
Ksenia Maryniak (trans.)
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Manuel Castells ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The City

This article aims to highlight the results of an empirical study of urban identity that was conducted by the author in Kharkiv and Lviv. The theoretical underpinnings of this research are based on the ideas of Manuel Castells and Zygmunt Bauman, as well as others. They assert that under the conditions of (post)modern society, groups which are involved in one way or another in the global post-industrial economy interpret cities and their relationship with them in a variety of ways—in other words, their definitions of urban identity vary. The author’s hypothesis is generally confirmed that groups will interpret their connection to a city in distinct ways: representatives of different groups will differ in their interpretation of the question of what it means to be an “urbanite” or a “true [insert city name]-ian,” in their ways of participating in the resolution of urban issues, etc. The unique features of the sampled Ukrainian cities (Kharkiv, Lviv) are described. The confirmation of the hypothesis serves as an argument in favour of considering urban identity in the context of an “imagined community.” Under such consideration, a city comprises not a “local community” but an aggregate of groups that consider the city to be “theirs” and defend their “right to the city” based on their individual image of the world, which depends on their social, cultural, and economic conditions.

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