Reducing Urban Thermal Discomfort by Integrating Sustainability in Urban City Planning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Hamad Issa Abukhalaf ◽  
Maryam Kouhirostami
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Thermal Discomfort ◽  
Urban City

Urban City Planning in the Eighth Century: A Case Study of Recent Excavations at Tel Gezer (Reading between the Lines: Uzziah's Expansion and Tel Gezer)

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Urban City

This article presents a case study in how archaeological data assists in biblical interpretation. The author uses the recent excavations of Tel Gezer, along with recent archaeological research on the Shephelah in the eighth century BCE to reconstruct the political and historical period of Uzziah. The first part of the article reviews the current excavations of Beth Shemesh and Tel es-Safi along with recent articles on the eighth-century destructions in the Shephelah. An overview of city-planning in the eighth century is provided. The second part of the article is a presentation of the results of the recently renewed excavations of Gezer (2006–2009). The author proposes that Judah experienced greater city-planning and regional development under King Uzziah than the latter period of Hezekiah.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Patterns in Green Spaces for Urban Studies Using Location-Based Social Media Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ullah ◽  
Wan ◽  
Haidery ◽  
Khan ◽  
Ebrahimpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Seasonal Effects ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Spatiotemporal Behavior ◽  
Gender Based

Green parks are vital public spaces and play a major role in urban living and well-being. Research on the attractiveness of green parks often relies on traditional techniques, such as questionnaires and in-situ surveys, but these methods are typically insignificant in scale, time-consuming, and expensive, with less transferable results and only site-specific outcomes. This article presents an investigative study that uses location-based social network (LBSN) data to collect spatial and temporal patterns of park visits in Shanghai metropolitan city. During the period from July 2016 to June 2017 in Shanghai, China, we analyzed the spatiotemporal behavior of park visitors for 157 green parks and conducted empirical research on the impacts of green spaces on the public’s behavior in Shanghai. Our main findings show (i) the check-in distribution of users in different green spaces; (ii) the seasonal effects on the public’s behavior toward green spaces; (iii) changes in the number of users based on the hour of the day, the intervals of the day (morning, afternoon, evening), and the day of the week; (iv) interesting user behavior variations that depend on temperature effects; and (v) gender-based differences in the number of green park visitors. These results can be used for the purpose of urban city planning for green spaces by accounting for the preferences of visitors.

scholarly journals Parking Requirement of Institutional Land Use

2022 ◽  
Vol 961 (1) ◽  
pp. 012053
Author(s):  
N M Asmael ◽  
G F Turky
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Land Use Type ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
Demand Rates ◽  
Parking Demand

Abstract Parking demand rates are one of the essential keys to urban city planning around the world. Most cities produced the most suitable parking rates, and models relied on their local conditions, regulations, and people’s habits. In Iraq, there is a lack of parking studies, and therefore, there is a lot of missing information which if be found, will be very valuable for better enhancing and managing the transportation network system. Institutional land use or Government Ministries are the land use type in which this research tries to find its parking generation rates. The goal is to produce models and rates for parking generation by using certain independent variables according to the characteristics of the land-use type. The research study area is the urban areas outside Baghdad CBD. Several sites were selected located in different parts of Baghdad. The number of study sites is three. The collected data about sites are the total number of site employees, site gross floor area, and maximum parked vehicles at each site for an Am and Pm period. Each site has a clear parking lot; besides, the sites were selected relied on particular criteria. The field survey was done at each site for defining days and times. The final stage is a data analysis and producing parking generation rates and models to determine the required parking demand for this land-use type. Statistical analysis of data, model generation, was done by the computer program (SPSS). It concluded that the institutional land use produced 0.94 spaces per 100 m2 of GFA and 0.1 spaces per employee.

scholarly journals Tall Building Design Exploration: Designing For Wind Resilience

10.29007/l5cv ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Khallaf ◽  
Julie Jupp
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Optimization Technique ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Tall Building ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Seasonal Wind

The paper presents a performance-based design method that combines building and urban objectives for the control of winds impacting on tall buildings at the pedestrian, podium and upper levels. The performance-based method accounts for wind flow and wind load in a form optimization technique that considers a variety of criteria defining urban microclimates, defined by high-density, multi-level building forms subject to acute variations in seasonal wind conditions. The approach is based on the theoretical foundations of ‘designing for urban resilience; and highlights the different objectives of this approach relative to existing (tall) building design standards and urban city planning guidelines.

Calculation of comfortable thermal conditions for Mersin urban city planning in Turkey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senay Gungor ◽  
Mehmet Cetin ◽  
Fatih Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Urban City

scholarly journals Preferensi Masyarakat terhadap Ruang Kota sebagai Tempat Relaksasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Mutia Ayu Cahyaningtyas ◽  
◽  
Hanson Endra Kusuma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Axial Coding ◽  
The City

People who live in urban areas tend to have a higher stress level than those who live in rural areas. Level of stress can be prevented and diminished through the establishment of urban relaxation spaces within the city. Urban city planning needs to consider citizens’ preferences as potential users to obtain the maximum result. This study aims to determine the characteristics of preferred urban relaxation spaces within the city. The research was conducted through a grounded theory approach and exploratory qualitative method. Data collection was carried out based on the open-ended online survey questionnaire with a non-random sampling technique. Data was then analyzed by content analysis in three stages: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. The finding shows that there are six aspects of preferred urban relaxation spaces: the sense of nature, facilities, tranquility, ambience, accessibility, and quality of space. Research is expected to explore new potentials in urban planning in accordance with the characteristics of its citizens.

Abstract #598 Is Screening of Thyroid Function Test Important? Study in an Urban City of Southern Part of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 307-308
Author(s):  
Riyaz Mohammed ◽  
Ahmed S Imran
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Function ◽  
Thyroid Function Test ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Important Study ◽  
Function Test

Lifelog using Mobility Context Information in Urban City Area

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanlei Gu ◽  
Dailin Li ◽  
Yoshihiko Kamiya ◽  
Shunsuke Kamijo
Keyword(s):  
Context Information ◽  
City Area ◽  
Urban City
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