scholarly journals A Case Study on Application of Yeeki Feng Shui to The Buildings of City Center -Seoul Jongno-gu, A, B, C the Center of The Building

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-99
Author(s):  
Chae-Myung You ◽  
Sung-Je Cho
Keyword(s):  
Feng Shui ◽  
City Center

scholarly journals Case study: use of Rapid Ethnographic research for participatory urban design

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
City Center ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Ways Of Life

This article analyzed the use of rapid ethnographic methodologies to assess community concerns for urban design practices. Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Process (REAP) is a compilation of methodologies that produce ethnographic knowledge in a short time frame and is constantly used for public health and sustainability. The article is about a participatory case-study conducted in the historic city center of Santiago de Los Caballeros, in the Dominican Republic. REAP was used to understand its application for urbanism. The case-study revealed a spectrum of cultures from different groups within the study area, and how the project would impact their ways of life. It also depicted a gap between the pre-existing proposals and the aims and challenges of the community groups. If appropriately applied, REAP can produce valuable results, and help inform urban design practices while assuring that they are respectful to the populations they will influence.

scholarly journals Housing Preferences of Seniors and Pre-Senior Citizens in Poland—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jancz ◽  
Radoslaw Trojanek
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Family ◽  
City Center ◽  
Housing Preferences ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Family House

This article identifies and compares the housing preferences of seniors and pre-senior citizens in Poland. In addition, the attitude of residents of large cities in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship towards senior citizens’ housing was determined. Surveys were conducted in the two largest cities of this region. The influence of the potential behaviors of this group of society on the development of housing was also examined. Results showed that differentiation of housing preferences was visible primarily when choosing the type of development and size of the dwelling. Seniors preferred smaller units in multi-family housing construction. Pre-senior citizens, on the other hand, were more likely to think about living in a single-family house. The location of a new dwelling was also important. Seniors, more often than people aged 50–59, chose a location in the city center. Pre-senior citizens, in contrast, more often decided to live in a rural area or outside the city center. Moreover, the attitude of seniors towards senior citizens’ housing is undecided, which may indicate that many people may change their housing preferences in the future and decide to move.

scholarly journals Analysis of Green Spaces by Utilizing Big Data to Support Smart Cities and Environment: A Case Study About the City Center of Shanghai

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Liu ◽  
Hidayat Ullah ◽  
Wanggen Wan ◽  
Zhangyou Peng ◽  
Li Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Relative Difference ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Spatiotemporal Behavior ◽  
Public Behavior ◽  
The City

Green areas or parks are the best way to encourage people to take part in physical exercise. Traditional techniques of researching the attractiveness of green parks, such as surveys and questionnaires, are naturally time consuming and expensive, with less transferable outcomes and only site-specific findings. This research provides a factfinding study by means of location-based social network (LBSN) data to gather spatial and temporal patterns of green park visits in the city center of Shanghai, China. During the period from July 2014 to June 2017, we examined the spatiotemporal behavior of visitors in 71 green parks in Shanghai. We conducted an empirical investigation through kernel density estimation (KDE) and relative difference methods on the effects of green spaces on public behavior in Shanghai, and our main categories of findings are as follows: (i) check-in distribution of visitors in different green spaces, (ii) users’ transition based on the hours of a day, (iii) famous parks in the study area based upon the number of check-ins, and (iv) gender difference among green park visitors. Furthermore, the purpose of obtaining these outcomes can be utilized in urban planning of a smart city for green environment according to the preferences of visitors.

Studying Urban Space and Literary Representations Using GIS

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Alves ◽  
Ana Isabel Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
City Center ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Literary Space ◽  
The City

This article proposes a methodology to address the urban evolutionary process, demonstrating how it is reflected in literature. It focuses on “literary space,” presented as a territory defined by the period setting or as evoked by the characters, which can be georeferenced and drawn on a map. It identifies the different locations of literary space in relation to urban development and the economic, political, and social context of the city. We suggest a new approach for mapping a relatively comprehensive body of literature by combining literary criticism, urban history, and geographic information systems (GIS). The home-range concept, used in animal ecology, has been adapted to reveal the size and location of literary space. This interdisciplinary methodology is applied in a case study to nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels involving the city of Lisbon. The developing concepts of cumulative literary space and common literary space introduce size calculations in addition to location and structure, previously developed by other researchers. Sequential and overlapping analyses of literary space throughout time have the advantage of presenting comparable and repeatable results for other researchers using a different body of literary works or studying another city. Results show how city changes shaped perceptions of the urban space as it was lived and experienced. A small core area, correspondent to a part of the city center, persists as literary space in all the novels analyzed. Furthermore, the literary space does not match the urban evolution. There is a time lag for embedding new urbanized areas in the imagined literary scenario.

scholarly journals Understanding the Impact of Street Patterns on Pedestrian Distribution: A Case Study in Tianjin, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Sheng ◽  
Junfeng Jiao ◽  
Tianyu Pang
Keyword(s):  
Base Layer ◽  
City Center ◽  
Street Pattern ◽  
Gate Count ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Street Segments ◽  
Urban Functions

AbstractThis paper investigates the impact of street pattern, metro stations, and density of urban functions on pedestrian distribution in Tianjin, China. Thirteen neighborhoods are selected from the city center and suburbs. Pedestrian and vehicle volumes are observed through detailed gate count from 703 street segments in these neighborhoods. Regression models are constructed to analyze the impact of the street pattern, points of interest (POIs), and vehicle and metro accessibility on pedestrian volumes in each neighborhood and across the city. The results show that when analyzing all neighborhoods together, local street connectivity and POIs had a strong influence on pedestrian distribution. Proximity to metro stations and vehicle accessibility had a minor impact. When analyzing each neighborhood separately, both local- and city-scale street patterns affect pedestrian distributions. These findings suggest that the street pattern provides a base layer for metro stations to attract both the emergence of active urban functions and pedestrian movement.

scholarly journals Noise Pollution Analysis of Reserved Areas: Case Study of the Isparta Ayazmana Promenade Area

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Candan Kus Sahin ◽  
Busra Onay ◽  
Beyza Sava
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
City Center ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Sporting Activities

The sustainable landscpe design is a strategic framework in city planning and urban recreational areas, important for the quality of life of an increasingly urbanized society. This study deals with a better understanding of visitors demand and noise properties of Ayazmana promenade area, located in Isparta city center, Turkiye. The approach in the study is an exploration one with a base in site observations, interviews and survey. However, the average noise levels of the area was measured between 43.1 to 58.1 dB(A) in Autumn and 50.2 to 62.0 dB(A) in Spring, respectively. The recreational characteristics of Ayazmana promenade area were further evaluated with survey methodology on total of 100 respondents. Moreover, majority of participants (79) reported to be visiting of that promenade area for cheating with friends, followed by 78 for traveling, 70 for walking, 65 for sitting in green open spaces and for picnic, 57 for listening music and 53 for sporting activities, respectively. It is noticeable that most of the respondents (92%) were described the Ayazmana promenade area is somewhat noisy. At the end of survey study, it was requested to assessed the Ayazmana promenade area with some suggestions by respondents.

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