Cycling Mobility in Slopping Cities: Trondheim and Other Lessons

Soft mobility is on the top of city’s agenda. Several plans are emerging to improve its performance, regarding sustainable, climate-friendly or easy ways of mobility, without using the car. The political decision-makers, urban designers and academics are working upon new approaches of developing these skills. In sloping cities, specially with ancient roots of narrow and winding streets, the bicycle is still a tricky way of transportation, because it can represent a deep changing of previous urban fabric. This paper presents a set of good practices of bicycles use as soft mobility solution in mountain cities. The example is the sloping city of Trondheim in Norway. The interest for this topic lies in the ongoing Doctorate program in Civil Engineering at the University of Beira Interior, having as case study the city of Covilhã. The system is called CycloCable and it’s the first cycle lift for collective transport designed to help cyclists moving easily to overcome urban slopes. The literature review is the main methodological approach, identifying the good practices of CycloCable, which can be used in other cities with similar morphological conditions. The conclusion has revealed that this system increases the number of cyclists, with environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two Theories of Effective Government

10.1093/oso/9780198766865.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Johannes Lindvall

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Public Policies ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Precise Definition ◽

Policy Changes ◽

Political Decision ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Relationship

This chapter introduces the problem of “reform capacity” (the ability of political decision-makers to adopt and implement policy changes that benefit society as a whole, by adjusting public policies to changing economic, social, and political circumstances). The chapter also reviews the long-standing discussion in political science about the relationship between political institutions and effective government. Furthermore, the chapter explains why the possibility of compensation matters greatly for the politics of reform; provides a precise definition of the concept of reform capacity; describes the book's general approach to this problem; and discusses the ethics of compensating losers from reform; and presents the book's methodological approach.

Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age - Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies ◽

Transmedia Journalism and the City

10.4018/978-1-5225-3781-6.ch009 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 147-161

Author(s):

Renira Rampazzo Gambarato

Keyword(s):

Methodological Approach ◽

Participatory Culture ◽

Urban Spaces ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Housing Crisis ◽

The Public ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The City ◽

Alternative Solutions

This chapter discusses the participatory flair of transmedia journalism within the concreteness of urban spaces by examining The Great British Property Scandal (TGBPS), a transmedia experience designed to inform and engage the public and offer alternative solutions to the long-standing housing crisis in the United Kingdom. The theoretical framework is centered on transmedia storytelling applied to journalism in the scope of urban spaces and participatory culture. The methodological approach of the case study is based on Gambarato's (2013) transmedia analytical model and applied to TGBPS to depict how transmedia strategies within urban spaces collaborated to influence social change. TGBPS is a pertinent example of transmedia journalism within the liquid society, integrating mobile technologies into daily processes with the potential for enhanced localness, customization, and mobility within the urban fabric.

Determinants and Consequences of Citizens' E-Participation

10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch082 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1567-1592

Author(s):

Raul Machado ◽

António Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Place Identity ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Active Citizenship ◽

Citizenship Behaviors ◽

Critical Perspective ◽

The City ◽

Attachment Dimensions ◽

Public Decision

This article aims to discuss the determinants of digital active citizenship behaviors such as the e-participation using reporting urban apps. The article makes a comparative analysis between two groups of citizens: a) 98 users of a reporting app (MyHomeCity) who were selected for the case study); and b) 148 non-users of reporting apps. Users of MyHomeCity revealed higher scores for the satisfaction for life in the city, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and perceived happiness, for all place attachment dimensions and all digital citizenship dimensions except for political activism (online and offline) and critical perspective. The probability of being an app user is predicted by satisfaction for living in the city, place identity (attachment), and digital citizenship dimensions. The implications for public decision makers, app developers, and citizens' organizations are discussed.

Determinants and Consequences of Citizens' E-Participation

International Journal of E-Planning Research ◽

10.4018/ijepr.2020010102 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 20-43 ◽

Author(s):

Raul Machado ◽

António Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Political Activism ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Place Identity ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Citizenship Behaviors ◽

Critical Perspective ◽

The City ◽

Attachment Dimensions

Designing the Sustainable Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage to Enhance the Local Context

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12219059 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (21) ◽

pp. 9059 ◽

Author(s):

Stefania De Gregorio ◽

Mariangela De Vita ◽

Pierluigi De Berardinis ◽

Luis Palmero ◽

Alessandra Risdonne

Keyword(s):

Adaptive Reuse ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Local Economy ◽

Local Context ◽

Historical Buildings ◽

Industrial Heritage ◽

Architectural Characteristics ◽

Since the European Year of Cultural Heritage, adaptive reuse is considered a strategy for intervention on historical buildings and territories to preserve and enhance artifacts, cities, and communities. Adaptive reuse can also generate social and economic benefits. This work looks at adaptive reuse in the context of industrial heritage, which represents an excellent test benchmark because of its intrinsic architectural characteristics and its localization in the city suburbs. The paper puts forward a methodological approach, verified through the application to a case study, which analyzes both the local context and the building. This study concludes using the data obtained to define an adaptive reuse project with positive repercussions for the community, the environment, and the local economy.

Dynamics of Actors in Innovation in Public Health Services: Brazilian Experience

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/0972063418822605 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 1-17 ◽

Author(s):

Cristine Hermann Nodari ◽

Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimarães ◽

Alipio Ramos Veiga Neto ◽

Pelayo Munhoz Olea ◽

Isabel Cristina Rosa Barros Rasia

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Future Research ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Political Decision ◽

The Public ◽

Different Types ◽

South Of Brazil

The analysis of development of innovation in services starts from the interaction of different actors. This research aimed to identify the dynamics of the mobilization of preferences and capabilities of different actors (political decision-makers, users and servers) in the development of the final characteristics of the service and, consequently, of the innovation in the public health context of a municipality located in the south of Brazil. Was carried out analysis of data from descriptive and inferential statistics of case study. The main results highlight the preponderance of the operation of server capacity for mobilization of different types of innovation, and consequently the production of the final characteristics of the health service. In this context, service innovation can finally be taken as the endogenous decision-making process of the organizations that make up the sector and that derive from the very nature of health services. Finally, we described the limitations and future research opportunities.

The Effects of Gentrification on the Elderly: A Case Study in the City of Cáceres

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci9090154 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 154

Author(s):

Lidia Domínguez-Parraga

Keyword(s):

Social Space ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Well Being ◽

The Elderly ◽

Large Cities ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

The Impact ◽

This study aims to analyze the consequences of the gentrification process as a result of tourism on the elderly inhabitants. Firstly, the concept of gentrification is reviewed, a process that is no longer exclusive to large cities but has spread to smaller and lesser-known municipalities. A clear example of this type of new tourist destination is the city of Cáceres, a World Heritage medium-sized city where tourism is the basis of its economy. The research considers gentrification in medium-sized cities and its effect on active aging. Based on a qualitative methodological approach, a total of 32 in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed to compare two neighborhoods—one gentrified and one not. The results show a remarkable disparity in the residents’ perceptions of their environment and their city. The findings suggest adverse effects on the quality of aging due to the gentrification process, such as family dependency, social-space disconnection, and a generally pessimistic image of the neighborhood. Consequently, the impact of tourism negatively affects the gentrified neighborhood inhabitants’ psychological, social, and emotional well-being.

Assessing Factors that Prevent Female Students from Studying Hotel Management: A Case Study of the University of Jordan (Aqaba Branch)

Journal of Management Research ◽

10.5296/jmr.v9i4.11690 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 76

Author(s):

Omar Abdalla Jawabreh ◽

Bushra Alaqrarah ◽

Hossam Al Hrerat ◽

Ismail Al Shaabatat ◽

Qatada Al Jarah

Keyword(s):

Female Students ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Hotel Management ◽

Religious Perspective ◽

Participation Of Women ◽

The Mean ◽

University Of Jordan ◽

Tourism And Hospitality ◽

The University

The participation of women in the hospitality industry is crucial. This research is conducted to explore factors that prevent female students from studying hotel management as a major at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality in the University of Jordan, located in Jordan. These factors include the financial aspects, cultural and social standpoints, religious perspective, and geographical reason. A total of 200 questionnaires containing 24 items was used to collect information from bachelor students at the University of Jordan-Aqaba. Results of the current study revealed that all the above barriers are applied to high levels in which the range of the mean score is 3.49-3.82. This study shall provide important feedback to decision-makers to encourage the female students further in studying hotel management degree specifically in Aqaba city.

“Unparking”: How can Smart Mobility Reduce Parking Demand in Our Cities to the Minimum? (Beirut Case Study)

Smart Cities ◽

10.3390/smartcities3020010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 172-185

Author(s):

Adib Haydar

Keyword(s):

Public Transportation ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Demand And Supply ◽

Mobility System ◽

Smart Mobility ◽

Public Transportation Systems ◽

Parking Demand ◽

Beirut is a car-dependent city, with 80% of Beirut citizens using their private cars to move across the city (the rate of car ownership is higher than regional and global benchmarks: 627 cars/1000 in Beirut, 550/1000 in Dubai and 170/1000 in Singapore). This reality causes two related impacts: an increased parking demand and decreased public transportation usage. Furthermore, in order to discuss these aspects, our study addresses the following question: How can the municipality’s interventions and mobility system reforms, such as smart public transportation systems and shareable mobility, reduce parking demand? As our methodology, it consists of three sections: (1) determine Beirut's parking problems by estimating parking demand and supply; (2) assess the potential effects of Beirut municipality policies in comparison to international experiences; and (3) evaluate the potential impacts of the smart public transportation system and shareable mobility in reducing parking demand. This paper studies parking growth in developing countries, such as Lebanon, and can help planners, decision-makers, and the Beirut municipality to make more informed decisions about parking policies, and to meet growing parking demand by introducing smart interventions that have high local potentials.

Building Virtual 3D City Model for Smart Cities Applications: A Case Study on Campus Area of the University of Novi Sad

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ◽

10.3390/ijgi9080476 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 476 ◽

Author(s):

Dušan Jovanović ◽

Stevan Milovanov ◽

Igor Ruskovski ◽

Miro Govedarica ◽

Dubravka Sladić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Smart Cities ◽

Airborne Lidar ◽

3D City Models ◽

3D City Model ◽

City Model ◽

Novi Sad ◽

The University ◽

The City ◽

City Models

The Smart Cities data and applications need to replicate, as faithfully as possible, the state of the city and to simulate possible alternative futures. In order to do this, the modelling of the city should cover all aspects of the city that are relevant to the problems that require smart solutions. In this context, 2D and 3D spatial data play a key role, in particular 3D city models. One of the methods for collecting data that can be used for developing such 3D city models is Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), a technology that has provided opportunities to generate large-scale 3D city models at relatively low cost. The collected data is further processed to obtain fully developed photorealistic virtual 3D city models. The goal of this research is to develop virtual 3D city model based on airborne LiDAR surveying and to analyze its applicability toward Smart Cities applications. It this paper, we present workflow that goes from data collection by LiDAR, through extract, transform, load (ETL) transformations and data processing to developing 3D virtual city model and finally discuss its future potential usage scenarios in various fields of application such as modern ICT-based urban planning and 3D cadaster. The results are presented on the case study of campus area of the University of Novi Sad.