scholarly journals “RESLOBALIZATION” OF CITIES AS AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHALLENGE OF THE CONTEMPORARY. PART I: GENERAL PROVISIONS, RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-117
Author(s):  
Marina Ye. MONASTYRSKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Planning Culture ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The article is devoted to the problem of adaptation of the living environment of the population of large and largest cities to the vital and dangerous challenges of the new coronavirus pandemic. The author suggests that historically developed cities in their traditional hypostasis have a certain” anti-epidemic “ potential of morphotypological genesis, which must be taken into account, it is advisable to use and it is desirable to increase in the extreme situation of the global COVID-19 epidemic. The working hypothesis of the study is formulated on the basis of the results of monitoring the data of the offi cial St. Petersburg statistics, which refl ect the dynamics of the incidence of new coronavirus infection among citizens, starting from March 2020. According to these results, the most stable epidemiological situation persists in the historical suburbs of the” northern capital “ and its central administrative districts. The center of St. Petersburg was originally developed as a “conglomerate of sett lements” - pre-industrial and proto- industrial urban planning morphotypes that have been inherent in the Russian urban planning culture since ancient times. Urban sett lements, which preserved their planning characteristics in the course of a historically predetermined morphotypological transformation, became the basis for the formation of a set of spatial loci in the structure of a megalopolis - separate components of the urban landscape, within which, if necessary, the introduction of stringent control measures and epidemiological situation in St. Petersburg, it is possible to protect “idealizations” quality of urban life and where work most eff ectively medicareinsurance “antipandemic” sliders “disaggregation”, “distancing”, “disinfection”.

“RESLOBODIZATION” OF CITIES AS AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHALLENGE OF THE CONTEMPORARY. PART II: PRECONDITIONS, ALGORITHMS, RESULTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
Marina Ye. MONASTYRSKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Centralized Management ◽  
Historical District ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The City

The article (part II) contains the results of studying the features of adaptation of the living environment of the population of the largest city to the vital challenges of the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. The verifi cation of the working hypothesis and the detailing of the main provisions formulated in the fi rst part of the article (see “Urban planning and architecture”. 2021, no. 1) were carried out on the example of an ordinary St. Petersburg locus, actively developed by the townspeople who observed the regimes of self-isolation, partial lifting of strict restrictions and minimal restrictions (2020), which is located within the boundaries of the former sett lement of the Life Guards Semyonovsky regiment, which gave the name to the historical district of the city “Sementsy” and the municipal district “Semyonovsky” (Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg). In the course of the study, a relationship was established between the immanent properties and parameters of the transformed urban sett lement (territorial- urban-planning, situational-genesis, compositional planning, architectural-spatial, social-functional) and its “anti-epidemiological” potential, realized by the local population and the authorities in the conditions of “pandemic reality” by methods of social self-regulation and centralized management.

Industrial Zones in Modern Cities: a Source of Socio-Ecological Inequality or an Opportunity for Prosperity?

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.A. Vershinina ◽  
A.R. Kurbanov ◽  
A.V. Liadova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Modern City ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Industrial Zones

In this article examines the interrelation between the processes of industrialization and urbanization in terms of their impact on the quality of life in cities. The modern city is largely the result of the accelerated development of industry in the XIX - early XX centuries, however, the transition to the postindustrial phase of the development of society, which begins in the second half of the XX century, leads to deindustrialization of urban development. One of the trends of modern urban planning is the reconstruction of industrial zones which is carried out in the form of their adaptive reuse, which avoids many of the costs associated with their radical restructuring, although such a path is not always possible. According to opinions of the authors, the appeal to the idea of adaptive reuse becomes one of the means of revitalizing the urban landscape and, as a result, urban life.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from 55 (or More) Years of Professional Experience in Urban Planning and Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-224
Author(s):  
Han Verschure
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
As If

Reflecting on the many debates over the years on changing urbanization processes, on the towns and cities of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, the main challenge will be listening to lessons of wisdom from the past and adapting these to our future professional work. When Chief Seattle said that the Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth, he called for more humility and respect so as to plan for the needs of today and tomorrow, and not for the greed of a few. The doomsday scenarios of overpopulation only make sense if we continue to exploit our planet the way we do today, as if we have an infinite reservoir of resources. Already back in the 1960s, Barbara Ward, John F. C. Turner, and particularly Kenneth Boulding taught me to rethink our whole perception of Spaceship Earth. I have seen many towns and cities grow as if resources were limitless; I myself have seen and worked on efforts to focus on spatial quality, respecting nature whenever possible for a growing number of people, recognizing resources as being precious and scarce, and yet guaranteeing equitable access to a good quality of urban life. Such objectives are not evident, when models in education, schools of thought, professional planners, and greedy developers are often geared towards the contrary: the higher the skyscrapers, the better; the more egotripping by architects, the more the rich like it; the more people are stimulated to consume, the better the world will be. Such narrow visions will no longer help. At several global urban planning and developments events (1976, 1992, 1996, 2016, etc.), new ideas and agendas have been put forward. Whether the present Covid-19 crisis may induce a more rapid change in vision and practice is still too early to confirm, but luckily, several towns and cities, and a few visionary planners and decision makers are showing some promising examples.

Quality of Urban Life Index From Location-Based Social Networks Data

2017 ◽  
pp. 185-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Smarzaro ◽  
Tiago França Melo de Lima ◽  
Clodoveu Augusto Davis Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Life Index ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Location Based Social Networks ◽  
The City

Several indicators are developed to support the decision-making processes in public policy for urban planning. Some of them seek to measure the quality of urban life. For example, the city of Belo Horizonte developed and uses an index called Quality of Urban Life Index, which identifies inequalities within the city, and therefore, those areas that need more investment. This index is calculated by measuring the availability of various kinds of services (e.g. education, infrastructure) and their accessibility (based on travel time and mobility data). For that, data from several government sources must be collected and used, which can delay updates of index values. In this chapter, the authors describe how data from Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN) can be used to calculate urban indicators, and hence, how they could be used as an alternative data source for estimating quality of urban life with faster results to support urban planning policies.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Urban Area Growth: Determining the Key Criteria of Inner Urban Development

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Palevičius ◽  
Marija Burinskienė ◽  
Jurgita Antuchevičienė ◽  
Jonas Šaparauskas
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Expert Evaluation Method ◽  
Eastern European Countries

Urban population is steadily growing worldwide, while the number of people in Eastern Europe is decreasing. These two contradictory trends have outlined the proposal for sustainable solutions to solve civil engineering issues that are aimed at implementing the principles of sustainable development and ensuring a better quality of urban life. When considering the problem that is encountered in Eastern European countries, a multi-criteria model for sustainable urban development has been designed and focused on planning and simulating an inner urban living environment. The suggested model has disclosed the social, economic, environmental, and sustainable components of the infrastructure that are necessary for developing inner urban areas. The components have been adapted and presented in three different size territories covering Lithuanian cities and towns. The applied expert evaluation method has assisted in determining the key criteria that should be considered in order to identify the most important inner areas of urban development. It is expected that this study will extend activities that are performed in the field of improvement of sustainability engineering processes and offer guidelines for other researchers investigating the areas of inner urban development.

Visitors’ Perception and their Experience of Public Open Space of Bhadrakali Premises in Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Ramjee Prasad Pokharel
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
Education Status ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Parking Facilities

The purpose of this study is to examine the users’ perception towards the existing management of public open space (POS) because urban public open space is the significant part of urban landscape. POSs are indispensable as it provides wellbeing, beautify the city and enhance quality of urban life so this case study is related to users’ perception about Bhadrakali premises as POS in Pokhara metropolitan city. Exploratory and prediction research design is followed and users’ experiences are analyzed on the basis of different groups of visitors inside the study area. It focuses on visitor’s perception towards attributes like condition of open space and the situation of infrastructure facilities there. The perception of visitor is scanned through filled up closed questionnaire form to express their perception with eight independent parameters such as accessibility, natural attraction, cultural heritage, safety, sanitation, parking facilities, internal layout and surrounding situation in the study area. The mapping process have been done with the help of ArcGIS. The statistical test revealed that there is a strong statistically significant association between the level of perception with the age, gender, caste, occupation and education status of visitors. The relationship between visitors and existing environment of Bhadrakali site play a significant role to understand visitor’s perception which supports in improving places according to their requirement. It is assumed that, positive perceptional indicators refer the popularity and well sophistication of public open space while negative indicators of visitors provide feedback for further space development and proper management of public open spaces.

scholarly journals Can we plan for urban cultural ecosystem services?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neven Tandarić ◽  
Christopher D Ives ◽  
Charles Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

Abstract Despite being intangible, subjective and difficult to measure, cultural ecosystem services (CES) are more comprehensible and meaningful to people than many other services. They contribute greatly to the quality of urban life and achieving sustainability. Yet, little attention has been paid to how CES might practically be incorporated into urban planning. This paper addresses this gap by examining the challenges planners might face when handling CES, establishing strategies for addressing the challenges and highlighting key factors planners should consider when planning for CES. CES differ greatly from other ecosystem services—they are definitionally vague, difficult to measure, often bundled with other services and depend on users’ perceptions and situational factors. Therefore, rather than adopting a deterministic approach to generating CES, we suggest that urban planners should seek to create opportunities for CES to ‘hatch’ and ‘grow’ as people encounter nature in cities. This paper draws from diverse theoretical considerations of the CES concept as well as greenspace planning scholarship and practice. We identify five factors that need to be considered when planning for CES: place, people, past, practices and purpose. We see the proposed ‘5P’ framework as a useful heuristic for planners when implementing CES in urban planning.

Group Communication in City Planning Decisions (on the example urban projects of Moscow region)

Communicology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.A. Samoylova ◽  
O.A. Zhirkov ◽  
S.V. Belkin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Planning Development ◽  
Political Economic

The authors set out the basics of urban planning policy and represent the capabilities of modern information and communication tools for an integrated way of fixing the material and intangible world for urban planning purposes in the living environment (material and spatial environment). Namely, the possibilities of communication in the field of urban planning development carried out in the context of many circumstances cover federal, regional, municipal and corporate levels of management, while taking into account political, economic, social and technological relevant factors, as well as historical and national special aspects and urban planning typology of territories. The authors describe the operation of the developed computer program Decision Support Solutions (DSS) for evaluating decision options by interested participants in urban planning activities for various urban planning types of territories. The relevance of the article is driven by the need for practical use and legalization of the presented communicative interaction. This will facilitate the identification and solution of conflicts at the pre-project stage of urban planning, as should help to consider the requirements of consumers and their support for ongoing decisions and actions of public authorities at all levels.

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