BICYCLE TOURISM PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A TEMPLATE FOR RURAL AGRICULTURAL TOWNS AND A CASE STUDY FOR THE CITY OF WINTERS, CALIFORNIA

This article revisits debates on the contribution of the social economy to urban economic development, specifically focusing on the scale of the city region. It presents a novel tripartite definition – empirical, essentialist, holistic – as a useful frame for future research into urban social economies. Findings from an in-depth case study of the scale, scope and value of the Liverpool City Region’s social economy are presented through this framing. This research suggests that the social economy has the potential to build a workable alternative to neoliberal economic development if given sufficient tailored institutional support and if seen as a holistic integrated city-regional system, with anchor institutions and community anchor organisations playing key roles.

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Realigning Economic Development to Support Company Startup and Scale Up: A Burlington, Ontario Case Study

Papers in Canadian Economic Development ◽

10.15353/pced.v18i0.92 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Anita Cassidy

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Scale Up ◽

Job Creation ◽

Strategic Plan ◽

Innovation Ecosystem ◽

Start Up ◽

Development Corporation ◽

The City

In 2015 the City of Burlington developed a new 2015-2040 Strategic Plan: Grow Bold, which tasked Burlington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) with supporting the start up and scale up of companies and making Burlington a start up destination. This article will outline the process that BEDC went through to better understand the local innovation ecosystem and the role that BEDC could play in supporting it. This process resulted in BEDC going from no role in supporting companies to start and grow to launching, TechPlace, Burlington’s new innovation Centre in 2017, which supported over 4,000 visitors in their entrepreneurial journey in year one of operations. Keywords: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Job Creation, Startup Support, Innovation Centre

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Examining the value of spatial vs. non-spatial open data

10.32920/ryerson.14667987.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Greene

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Open Data ◽

Research Paper ◽

Data Formats ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Data Program ◽

The City

This research paper analyzes how the value of open data varies based on the goal of the open data program, and the format in which the data are provided. Four cities across Canada which make up the G4 are examined to identify common themes of open data available, and assess the data formats found most often within these themes. Further, the City of Toronto is examined in a case study to evaluate their open data program and assess if spatial open data are more prevalent within the theme of innovation for economic development. Findings from this research indicate that there are some data themes which typically have mostly spatial and/or non-spatial data formats, while there is also a group of themes which have a wide variety of both formats available. This paper also finds that the City of Toronto has a high prevalence of spatial open data within the theme of innovation. The evaluation created for this study could be used in assessing the value of spatial open data within and between cities.

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Comprehensive study on the amount of CO2 absorbed by vegetation: A case study in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202130403009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 304 ◽

pp. 03009

Author(s):

Truong Nguyen X ◽

Phan Cao H H ◽

Hao Nguyen N ◽

Huyen Duong T T ◽

Nhat Tran T ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Economic Development ◽

Large Scale ◽

Subsurface Water ◽

Mangrove Forests ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Administrative Unit ◽

The City

The city Ho Chi Minh (HCMC) is one of the largest cities in Vietnam with the most dramatically economic development rate. Along with the economic development, the urbanization process in this city is also taking place very fastly. Due to the rapid urbanization and development, the emission rate from the industry and transportation leads to the increase in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) which has been worsening the climate change. Protecting forests and conducting afforestation so that CO2 is transformed to nutrition through photosynthetic conversion is one of the most effective ways to mitigate the effects of climate change. As a result, the accumulation of CO2 emissions has become a global concern. Vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide, helps to conserve the environment, produces oxygen, reduces noise, and helps to stabilize subsurface water. This paper highlights the results of ENVI software which was used to interpret remote sensing images and Arcgis to evaluate the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by vegetation in each administrative unit: district in HCMC and ward. According to the obtained results, the amount of CO2 absorbed in urban districts “District 1”, “District 3”, “District 4”, “District 5”, “Phu Nhuan District” is immensely low due to the high population density in the center of city. The population is mainly concentrated in the center districts but land area for vegetation is low. Regarding the suburban area, with mangrove forests, Can Gio District has the highest amount of CO2 absorbed of 35,894.075 tons/day and followed by Cu Chi District with 21,548.48 tons/day. It can be indicated that Can Gio and Cu Chi districts improtantly function like the greenhouse gas sinks for the whole HCMC. The success of this study could contribute to climate change mitigation and support in urban and land planning, as well as resettlement policies. Aside from that, CO2 emission and absorption assessment and evaluation in large–scale cities like HCMC has become a crucial, urgent, and practical issue nowadays.

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Examining the value of spatial vs. non-spatial open data

10.32920/ryerson.14667987 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sarah Greene

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Open Data ◽

Research Paper ◽

Data Formats ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Data Program ◽

The City

This research paper analyzes how the value of open data varies based on the goal of the open data program, and the format in which the data are provided. Four cities across Canada which make up the G4 are examined to identify common themes of open data available, and assess the data formats found most often within these themes. Further, the City of Toronto is examined in a case study to evaluate their open data program and assess if spatial open data are more prevalent within the theme of innovation for economic development. Findings from this research indicate that there are some data themes which typically have mostly spatial and/or non-spatial data formats, while there is also a group of themes which have a wide variety of both formats available. This paper also finds that the City of Toronto has a high prevalence of spatial open data within the theme of innovation. The evaluation created for this study could be used in assessing the value of spatial open data within and between cities.

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Urban expansion and its Influence by the Economic Aspect of Land Possession The city of Dujail A case Study

Al-Adab Journal ◽

10.31973/aj.v1i124.116 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (124) ◽

pp. 93-110

Author(s):

محمد عرب الموسوي ◽

طه مصحب حسين

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Urban Housing ◽

Social Goals ◽

Land Acquisition ◽

Acquisition Costs ◽

Housing Standards ◽

The City ◽

Land Types

Urban expansion requires land acquisition according to the land take required for the target year. This acquisition needs a detailed study about the land types and ownership, and the laws that govern them. The land acquisition should serve sustainable economic development, and should achieve the planning, environmental and social goals used to choose the best alternative. Dujail city is chosen as a case study. Population projection up to (2032) has been calculated. Several alternatives have been proposed according to urban housing standards. The price of the lands was determined through a study that used the gold price registered by Chambers of Commerce The research chooses the best alternative according to the acquisition costs.

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

International Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.32734/ijau.v4i1.3855 ◽

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.

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

International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing ◽

10.3366/ijhac.2018.0204 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 26-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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.

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