scholarly journals The Effect Of Traffic Congestion On Quality Of Community Life

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Noratikah Wahidah Binti Wan Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Community Life

scholarly journals Values of Travel Time for Recreational Trips under Different Behavioural Rules

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6831
Author(s):  
Rosa Marina González ◽  
Concepción Román ◽  
Ángel Simón Marrero
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
National Park ◽  
Revealed Preference ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Model Specification ◽  
Regret Minimization ◽  
Random Regret Minimization

In this study, discrete choice models that combine different behavioural rules are estimated to study the visitors’ preferences in relation to their travel mode choices to access a national park. Using a revealed preference survey conducted on visitors of Teide National Park (Tenerife, Spain), we present a hybrid model specification—with random parameters—in which we assume that some attributes are evaluated by the individuals under conventional random utility maximization (RUM) rules, whereas others are evaluated under random regret minimization (RRM) rules. We then compare the results obtained using exclusively a conventional RUM approach to those obtained using both RUM and RRM approaches, derive monetary valuations of the different components of travel time and calculate direct elasticity measures. Our results provide useful instruments to evaluate policies that promote the use of more sustainable modes of transport in natural sites. Such policies should be considered as priorities in many national parks, where negative transport externalities such as traffic congestion, pollution, noise and accidents are causing problems that jeopardize not only the sustainability of the sites, but also the quality of the visit.

scholarly journals Contribution to Improving the Quality of Traffic in Mobile Networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Onyonkiton Théophile Aballo ◽  
Roland Déguénonvo ◽  
Antoine Vianou
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Good Decision ◽  
Latency Jitter ◽  
Congestion Problems ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Effective Speed

Today, mobile networks are faced with congestion which results in regular slowness given the variation in the actual speed of the network, that is to say the time required to transmit all of the data from a point to another. In third and fourth generation mobile networks, actual throughput is not directly measurable, it actually consists of three separate indicators, latency, jitter and loss rate. Many studies have shown that these parameters have a particular influence on congestion problems. In practice, the effective speed on the network is inversely proportional to the latency. However, the bit rate is four times the latency. Next, jitter is the variation of latency over time, impacting the flow by influencing latency. In this article, we have examined the analysis of traffic congestion in third and fourth generation networks in order to make a comparative study of the congestion rate for good decision-making.

scholarly journals Deteksi Perubahan Garis Pantai di Pesisir Kabupaten Karawang dengan Aplikasi Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhmad Rifai Setiabudi ◽  
Thonas Indra Maryanto
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Method ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Total Length ◽  
End Point ◽  
Coastline Change ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Digital Shoreline Analysis System ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
End Point Rate

ABSTRAKPerubahan garis pantai di wilayah pesisir Kabupaten Karawang hampir mencapai 50% dari panjang garis pantai yang ada saat ini. Perubahan dalam bentuk abrasi dan akresi ini berdampak pada penurunan kualitas hidup masyarakat yang bermukim di sekitar wilayah tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui jarak dan laju perubahan garis pantai, serta perubahan maksimum abrasi dan akresinya. Perhitungan perubahan garis pantai menggunakan aplikasi Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) dengan metode statistik Net Shoreline Movement (NSM) dan End Point Rate (EPR). Abrasi terparah terjadi pada segmen 5 di Kecamatan Tirtajaya dan akresi terparah terjadi pada segmen 16 di Kecamatan Cilamaya Wetan. Rata – rata abrasi dari tahun 1990-2018 di pesisir Kabupaten Karawang mencapai 101,28 m dengan laju 3,64 m/tahun. Sedangkan, untuk akresi mencapai 195,63 m dengan laju 7,04 m/tahun. Perbedaan waktu pengamatan dalam analisis perubahan garis pantai dalam penelitian ini dengan penelitian sebelumnya, memberikan hasil berkesesuaian dengan penelitian sejenis sebelumnya, untuk wilayah yang sama.Kata Kunci: garis pantai, DSAS, Kabupaten Karawang, abrasi, akresiABSTRACTCoastline of Karawang Regency changes almost 50% from total length of the coastline. The change is process of abrasion and accretion and it impacts quality of community life in the area. This tudy aims to calculate coastline change in term length of distance and its speed. The calculation uses Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) with statistical method of Net Shoreline Movement (NSM) and End Point Rate (EPR). Maximum abrasion occurs in segment 5 of Tirtajaya District and maximum accretion occurs in segment 16 of Cilamaya Wetan District. Averaged coastline changes from years of 1990-2018 showed that abrasion has length of 101,28 m and the speed is 3,64 m/year. Meanwhile, accretion has length of 195,63 m and the speed is 7,04 m/year. This research observes the coastline change in different years with other earlier studies, and the results showed agreement with similar studies in the same area.Keywords: coastline, DSAS, Karawang Regency, abrasion, accretion 

scholarly journals A Decentralised Approach to Intersection Traffic Management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Vu ◽  
Samir Aknine ◽  
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Management Mechanism ◽  
Traffic Conditions

Traffic congestion has a significant impact on quality of life and the economy. This paper presents a decentralised traffic management mechanism for intersections using a distributed constraint optimisation approach (DCOP). Our solution outperforms the state of the art solution both for stable traffic conditions (about 60% reduced waiting time) and robustness to unpredictable events. 

Applications of Big Data and Green IoT-Enabling Technologies for Smart Cities

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-41
Author(s):  
Onur Dogan ◽  
Omer Faruk Gurcan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Parallel Data ◽  
Information And Communication

In recent years, enormous amounts of digital data have been generated. In parallel, data collection, storage, and analysis technologies have developed. Recently, there has been an increasing trend of people moving towards urban areas. By 2030 more than 60% of the world's population will live in an urban environment. Urban areas are big data resource because they include millions of citizens, technological devices, and vehicles which generate data continuously. Besides, rapid urbanization brings many challenges, such as environmental pollution, traffic congestion, health problems, energy management, etc. Some policies for countries are required to cope with urbanization problems. One of these policies is to build smart cities. Smart cities integrate information and communication technology and various physical devices connected to the network (the internet of things or IoT) to both improve the quality of government services and citizen welfare. This chapter presents a literature review of big data, smart cities, IoT, green-IoT concepts, using technology and methods, and applications worldwide.

The Behobia: San Sebastian Race—Promoting Sport, Health and the Quality of Community Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
Iñaki Garcia-Arrizabalaga ◽  
Juan Jose Gibaja-Martins ◽  
Alazne Mujika-Alberdi
Keyword(s):  
Community Life ◽  
San Sebastian

Eco-Disasters

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Helen Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Force Fields ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Communities Of Place ◽  
Post Disaster

This chapter seeks to encourage social workers to review their often (enforced) siloed roles in relation to communities of place and to develop stronger senses about the relationships and networks in places where those they serve actually live. The author offers a picture of force fields, system tensions which shape organizational and community life in particular ways, ways which diminish community life, and those who seek to serve community, and she provides examples from her practice experience in pre and post disaster environments. Where social workers can contribute to strengthening community networks, this will contribute to a quality of life for those they serve and then strengthen the capability of community responsiveness to a disaster. Seeing, valuing, and using these links may allow social workers to make subtle but important contributions to the field of emergency management.

scholarly journals Rail-based Public Transport Service Quality and User Satisfaction – A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Nazrul Hakimi Ibrahim ◽  
Muhamad Nazri Borhan ◽  
Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff ◽  
Amiruddin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
Rail Travel

While rail-based public transport is clearly a more advanced and preferable alternative to driving and a way of overcoming traffic congestion and pollution problems, the rate of uptake for rail travel has remained stagnant as a result of various well-known issues such as that commuters either use a more reliable and comfortable alternative to get from A to B and/or that they are not satisfied with the quality of service provided. This study examined the factor of user satisfaction regarding rail-based public transport with the aim of discovering precisely what factors have a significant effect on the user satisfaction and uptake of rail travel. This was approached using both the Delphi approach and a thorough review of the current literature, focusing on a total of nine possible factors affecting passenger satisfaction with rail travel availability of service, accessibility of service, ticket or pass, punctuality, clarity of information, quality of customer service, comfort, safety, and image. Also discussed were 29 extra possible attributes and several measures that were implemented in various countries to increase the service quality. It was concluded that this review will provide valuable information for policymakers, researchers and service providers in terms of specifying the service factors most worth investigating if the quality of this crucial means of transport is to be raised.

Redesigning historic cities facing rapid tourism growth

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Vizeu Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Historic Cities

Purpose The historical city of Macao has recently become one of the world’s centres for tourism and gaming. But growing traffic congestion in its narrow and old road network, especially in the city’s historic centre, raises concerns about the city’s traffic pollution, environmental impacts and negative effects on residents’ and visitors’ health. The purpose of this study is to address the possibility of mitigating emerging environmental problems with urban design solutions. Design/methodology/approach A review and background of the city’s evolution, from a Mediterranean-style town in the sixteenth century to its present status as one of the highest population density cities in the world, is first undertaken. The paper then critiques the urban layout that conditions current traffic and pollution trends. Findings High levels of pollution of particulate matters are created by a mixture of circumstances related to tall buildings along narrow roads, especially in the historic centre’s San Ma Lou Avenue, that limit ventilation and trap pollution. Green solutions that are known to effectively mitigate this problem, as well as contribute to enhancing the area’s carrying capacity, are discussed. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in its critique of the environmental impact of rapid and overwhelming tourism-oriented development on the quality of the urban environment. It advocates urban design solutions based on experiences from other global tourist cities that, if implemented, will not damage the historic centre’s built environment and will contribute to a more liveable city for residents and better experience for visitors.

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