Transforming the image of a rural space into a photorealistic virtual reality and opening to a sustainable development

The aim of the research was to create an "improved" virtual tour, which would allow the transformation of the image of a rural space into photorealistic virtual reality, through mobile scanning equipment and geomatic technique, to meet practical requirements: evaluation of the agricultural potential of the area, evaluation of the tourist potential, reconstruction of the urban space, territorial planning, etc, but also with theoretical implications in the scientific research in the field. The area of interest was scanned with the Leica Pegasus Backpack, a platform for capturing reality. With the help of the acquired data, a virtual tour of this village was made similar to Google Street View, but more complex due to the fact that LiDAR data were also purchased in addition to images during the scan, thus having the possibility to perform various measurements within virtual tour, made with Leica TruView and JetStream software. The inclusion of data in the virtual tour offers, in addition to measurable elements and the possibility of summative analysis of all components of physical space, from "strengths" to "opportunities" and "risks", data that are needed in the process of planning and sustainable development of space.

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Urban Community Sustainable Development Patterns under the Influence of COVID-19: A Case Study Based on the Non-Contact Interaction Perspective of Hangzhou City

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063575 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3575

Author(s):

Jiwu Wang ◽

Xuewei Hu ◽

Chengyu Tong

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Community Service ◽

Contact Interaction ◽

Urban Space ◽

Scale Effects ◽

Physical Space ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Basic Unit ◽

The Impact ◽

Community Space

A community is the basic organization and living unit of a city. During COVID-19, China’s epidemic prevention and isolation measures against COVID-19 based on the community as the basic unit achieved excellent results and strengthened the impact of non-contact interaction activities on the lifestyles of resident communities. We surveyed and interviewed 1610 respondents on how the epidemic changed residents’ lifestyle habits “before, during, and after COVID-19” in 12 communities in Hangzhou, China. Then, we undertook a comparative analysis and found that, under the stimulus of COVID-19, the frequency of residents using non-contact interaction had increased to varying degrees, community lifestyles had undergone significant changes, and the impact of non-contact interaction on community service facilities was complicated. Our conclusions are as following: (1) under COVID-19, the community space had become a composite space—that is, a new type of community space formed by the fusion of community physical space and community virtual space; (2) non-contact interactive activities were the main content in the community composite space, which differently influenced people’s habits of using existing community service facilities; (3) the influence mechanism was manifested in significant differences and spatial scale effects. Therefore, based on the research results, we propose a model for the configuration of service facilities in community composite spaces. It is necessary to build communities into a healthy, safe, and convenient urban space governance unit to ensure the sustainable development of cities.

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Turismo de paisaje, desarrollo sostenible y ordenación del territorio en la isla de La Palma (Islas Canarias) = Landscape Tourism, Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning in La Palma (Canary Islands)

Espacio Tiempo y Forma Serie VI Geografía ◽

10.5944/etfvi.13.2020.27342 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135

Author(s):

Juan Guerra Guerra

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Economic Structure ◽

The Political ◽

Economic Decline ◽

The Public ◽

Rural Space ◽

La Palma ◽

Territorial Planning

La actual estructura socioeconómica de la isla de La Palma (Islas Canarias), dependiente en gran medida del sector público y de las ayudas institucionales, está generando un progresivo declive económico y pérdida de población a escala insular. Como respuesta a la crisis por la que atraviesa el sector primario y de la previsible reducción de ayudas al plátano –principal sector productivo en la isla– en la actualidad, desde la esfera política se trata de dinamizar el tejido productivo insular apostando abiertamente por un turismo vinculado al paisaje y al espacio rural, como sector estratégico en torno al cual construir un modelo de desarrollo equilibrado y sostenible.AbstractThe current socio-economic structure of the island of La Palma (Canary Islands), dependent to a large extent on the public sector and on institutional aid, is generating a progressive economic decline and loss of population on an island scale. In response to the crisis that the primary sector is going through and the foreseeable reduction of aid to bananas –the main productive sector on the island– nowadays, from the political sphere, it is about boosting the productive fabric of the island by openly betting on tourism linked to the landscape and the rural space as a strategic sector around which to build a model of balanced and sustainable development.

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Rear-Seat Productivity in Virtual Reality: Investigating VR Interaction in the Confined Space of a Car

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction ◽

10.3390/mti5040015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Jingyi Li ◽

Ceenu George ◽

Andrea Ngao ◽

Kai Holländer ◽

Stefan Mayer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Physical Space ◽

Rear Seat ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Future Research ◽

Confined Space ◽

Physical Restraints ◽

Working Environments ◽

Research And Design

Ubiquitous technology lets us work in flexible and decentralised ways. Passengers can already use travel time to be productive, and we envision even better performance and experience in vehicles with emerging technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) headsets. However, the confined physical space constrains interactions while the virtual space may be conceptually borderless. We therefore conducted a VR study (N = 33) to examine the influence of physical restraints and virtual working environments on performance, presence, and the feeling of safety. Our findings show that virtual borders make passengers touch the car interior less, while performance and presence are comparable across conditions. Although passengers prefer a secluded and unlimited virtual environment (nature), they are more productive in a shared and limited one (office). We further discuss choices for virtual borders and environments, social experience, and safety responsiveness. Our work highlights opportunities and challenges for future research and design of rear-seat VR interaction.

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The use of Otsu algorithm and multi-temporal airborne LiDAR data to detect building changes in urban space

Applied Geomatics ◽

10.1007/s12518-021-00371-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Renato César dos Santos ◽

Mauricio Galo ◽

André Caceres Carrilho ◽

Guilherme Gomes Pessoa

Keyword(s):

Urban Space ◽

Airborne Lidar ◽

Lidar Data ◽

Multi Temporal ◽

Airborne Lidar Data

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Local Action Groups and Rural Sustainable Development. A spatial multiple criteria approach for efficient territorial planning

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 59 ◽

pp. 12-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano ◽

Kannan Govindan ◽

Antonio Boggia ◽

Rosa Viviana Loisi ◽

Annalisa De Boni ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Multiple Criteria ◽

Local Action ◽

Territorial Planning ◽

Action Groups

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An Analysis of the Role of Lifestyle in Urban Tourism Sustainable Development (Case Study: Esfahan City)

Modern Applied Science ◽

10.5539/mas.v11n1p209 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 209

Author(s):

Arghavan Momtazpour ◽

Masoud Taghvaei ◽

Neda Rahmani

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Urban Space ◽

Field Research ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Urban Tourism ◽

Statistical Population ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Cultural Elements ◽

The City

Since urban space is one of the important places that tourism takes place, in order to create stability in tourism, the interaction between tourism planning and urban sustainable development should be investigated with regard to cultural elements. Lifestyle is derived from culture as a social phenomenon and affects it and is a reflection of human thoughts in relation with behavior, ethics and culture. Therefore, this aim of this research is to investigate the role of lifestyle in urban tourism sustainable development in Esfahan city, the third most populous city in Iran. This research’s goal is Practical and developmental and about the origin and method, it is descriptive, analytical and casual that has been done in a field research method. The statistical populations of this research are: tourism custodians, tourism experts, national tourists who have travelled to Esfahan city and local residents of all 15 municipal districts of the city. Simple random sampling method was utilized and 838 questionnaires were gathered from 4 statistical populations. In order to analyze the data, factor analysis test was utilized by smart PLS software. The results show that there are meaningful connections among the variables “lifestyle”, “sustainable development” and “urban tourism”. The most frequent factor that was selected by respondents for the concept of lifestyle in the statistical population was sociocultural factor (such as: visiting relatives and friends and attending soirees, traditional foods and drinks festivals, the desirability of Esfahan city in order to spend leisure time, the willingness toward group entertainment). For the concept “urban tourism”, all the populations chose urban texture significantly (such as: revival of workshops for producing traditional clothes, hand-made attractions, systematizing historical areas, developing sidewalk routes, constructing modern entertaining centers and systematizing landscapes and providing equipment for parks). About the sustainable development and its multi-dimensional nature, however, different factors were selected by respondents which in order of importance and frequency are economic, environmental, urban management, sociocultural, urban texture and political factors. Among the recommendations, a few can be stated: arranging cultural plans with a focus on soiree and elders’ reunions, holding traditional and religious festivals in different parts of the city, improving the condition of the existing theme parks and diversifying leisure and entertainment facilities of Esfahan city and pitching in municipal management and being parallel with plans of different organization in city. Especially by mayoralty as a trustee for city and cultural heritage could be mentioned as a tourism trustee.

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КЛЮЧИ К УСТОЙЧИВОМУ РАЗВИТИЮ АРКТИЧЕСКОЙ ЗОНЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ: МОДЕЛЬ ЦИРКУЛЯРНОЙ ЭКОНОМИКИ И ЛОГИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРА

Север и рынок: формирование экономического порядка ◽

10.37614/2220-802x.4.2020.70.001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 70 (4/2020) ◽

pp. 5-20

Author(s):

N. I. Didenko ◽

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D. F. Skripnuk ◽

V. I. Cherenkov ◽

A. V. Tanichev ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Physical Space ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Green Economy ◽

The Arctic ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

Special Role ◽

Russian Arctic ◽

Holistic Model

The article examines the infrastructure approach to the implementation of the concept of sustainable development in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF). This is done from the point of view of compliance of this development with the so-called megatrends of the world economy, highlighting theoretical, conceptual, and technological aspects. he characteristic of modern geoeconomic and geopolitical factors of development of the AZRF is given. A brief comparative analysis of applicability of economic models that are relevant the concept of sustainable development in the case of the Russian Arctic: bioeconomy, green economy, and circular economy. A few conditions for the implementation of the circular economy model in the Russian Arctic is considered. In connection with the representation of the AZRF as a heterogeneous socio-economic, real-virtual, socio-cyber-physical space, a special role of logistics infrastructure is shown as necessary condition for ensuring the sustainable development of this largest Russian region. The emphasis is made on the need to conceptualize the concept of "logistics infrastructure". Based on a holistic approach to logistics, a 5-layer (underwater, water, ground, air, space) conceptual research holistic model is proposed that could be used for designing, constructing, and monitoring the system of logistics flows in the Russian Arctic. The result of an analytical assessment (in dimensions of "digitalization" and "sustainability") of the state of the Art and possible development for the underwater layer of the logistics infrastructure of the Russian Arctic. The conclusions of the article could be useful both for designing the logistics infrastructure of the Russian Arctic, and for designing the courses of disciplines of higher education relevant to the problem under consideration.

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Substantiation of innovative aspects of the use of recreational resources in tourism in the context of sustainable development

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202125501019 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 255 ◽

pp. 01019

Author(s):

Olena Lazarieva ◽

Svitlana Smyrnova ◽

Andriy Mas ◽

Dmitro Sterlev ◽

Vasil Koval

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Land Management ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Territorial Planning ◽

Management Project ◽

Main Components ◽

Recreational Resources ◽

Recreational Use ◽

Practical Recommendations

The mechanism of recreational areas management is improved in this article based on the sustainable development, which means the interaction of components that in their dialectical unity provide a synergistic effect of their rational use and protection. The purpose of article is to generalize and develop scientific and methodological bases and practical recommendations for substantiating the innovative aspects of the use of recreational resources in the context of sustainable development. Sustainable use of lands of recreational potential is focused on the following components of the mechanism, including legislative and regulatory support, mapping of territories, land management, maintaining the state cadaster of territories and objects of recreational use. Using the main approaches to the concept of sustainable development in practice is aimed at determining the effectiveness of recreational activities. Attention is focused on the method of determining the main economic indicators of the use of recreational areas. It is determined that the main components of the land management project are territorial planning of recreational areas, organization of recreational areas, system of measures for protection and restoration of recreational resources and project effectiveness.

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Geodesign as a support for proposing actions to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-4-75-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Ana Clara Mourão Moura ◽

Fabiana Carmo de Vargas Vieira ◽

Camila Fernandes de Morais

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Transformative Learning ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Territorial Planning ◽

Data Infrastructures ◽

Development Goals ◽

Open Geospatial Consortium ◽

Spatial Data Infrastructures

Abstract. This paper discusses the state of the art in Geodesign, as a result from the evolution in the use of geospatial data for shared and co-creative planning. The evolution of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) led to significant advances in geovisualization, the use of cartographic data via the Internet and the construction of SDIs (Spatial Data Infrastructures). These advances fostered the emergence of Geodesign as one of the foundations for territorial planning. The text will also introduce a Brazilian Geodesign platform, GISColab, developed according to the standards set by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The platform introduces layer creation resources via WPS (Web Processing Service), as well as tools for measuring the performance of participatory planning workshops, presently focusing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We introduce case studies in which SDGs were explored in different ways: in post-workshop analyses conducted by coordinators and participants, as well as its application as a supportive tool for decision-making during the workshop, via WPS. Finally, we also discuss the inclusion of SDGs to raise awareness of its key themes and support opinion building, resulting in transformative learning experiences.

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Urban Planning

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

10.26417/ejis.v1i1.p85-92 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Sonila Xhafa ◽

Albana Kosovrasti

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Information Systems ◽

Geographic Information Systems ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Urban Space ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Social Infrastructure ◽

Urban Centers

Geographic information systems can be defined as a intelligent tool, to which it relates techniques for the implementation of processes such as the introduction, recording, storage, handling, processing and generation of spatial data. Use of GIS in urban planning helps and guides planners for an orderly development of settlements and infrastructure facilities within and outside urban areas. Continued growth of the population in urban centers generates the need for expansion of urban space, for its planning in terms of physical and social infrastructures in the service of the community, based on the principles of sustainable development. In addition urbanization is accompanied with numerous structural transformations and functional cities, which should be evaluated in spatial context, to be managed and planned according to the principles of sustainable development. Urban planning connects directly with land use and design of the urban environment, including physical and social infrastructure in service of the urban community, constituting a challenge to global levels. Use of GIS in this field is a different approach regarding the space, its development and design, analysis and modeling of various processes occurring in it, as well as interconnections between these processes or developments in space.

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