scholarly journals People’s Experiences in Relation to the City Liveliness of Urban Heritage Trail

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syazana Suaidah Shahimi ◽  
Izawati Tukiman ◽  
Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Street Life ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
City Environment ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
The City

Populaces are prominent indicators of livability in creating ‘street life’ for cities and public spaces. Evaluating people’s experiences is significant in creating a city liveliness and urban heritage trail. The exploration of design strategies that could allow them to integrated and connected with other spaces in the context of city and heritage as well as creating a social life among them. The measuring variables are people’s experience on the spaces; thus, create the pattern of behavior, which cause spaces liveliness, using Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trail as an example of pedestrian priority streets, city environment and heritage value. The aim of this research is to evaluate people’s experiences and analyze their behavior towards the urban street design within cities environment and Malaysia heritage values. The analyzed review comprising on the livability of the street in the context of interrelation between behavioral patter of people and the preferences of urban heritage. Hence, this paper will give an understanding of how people experiences the presence of urban streets and heritage values, thus, bringing liveliness to the streets.

scholarly journals Street Design and Human Behaviour Factors towards a Safe Urban Environment for Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (17) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Norhafizah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Maimon Ali ◽  
Izham Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Street Environment

Integrating women safety in the urban street environment is critical in creating good quality living to improve living standard. This paper discusses women’s needs and characteristics of urban streets that can affect women’s behaviour. The objectives of this paper are to identify the characters of urban environment in making streets safe for women and establishing the characteristics of safe urban street environment for women. This study is conducted using mixed methodology to identify the relationship between urban street design and women’s behaviour. This paper will contribute towards safe urban street design with an excellent urban environment and dynamic economic activities. Keywords: women safety; urban design; safe cities; behavioural study eISSN: 2398-4295 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER, ABRA & cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v4i17.184

scholarly journals Characteristics of the Urban Streets and the Implications for the Structure of Cities

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin S. Brierley ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
The City

The paper presents the case that orthodox planning of urban areas in which an emphasis is placed upon the district plan implicitly misunderstands the characteristics of the urban street and the implications that such streets have for the structure of cities. Experiences of the city are often centred upon the street as a facet not only of the urban structure but also of the movement between districts and the variety of experiences that this facilitates. The paper, however, concludes that whereas the significance of urban streets is well established, in Britain they tend to be the legacy of previous centuries.

Life in small urban spaces of “Sanskari Nagari – Vadodara”

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-90
Author(s):  
Abhilash Kolluri ◽  
Garbhit Naik ◽  
Shubham Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Western India ◽  
Street Life ◽  
Life Project ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

This paper envisages the situation of social life in the city of, “Vadodara – Sanskari Nagari” during and post-pandemic. In the globalization hub of Western-India, the city Vadodara stands true to its name – “Sanskari Nagari”, which still celebrates its rich heritage and culture to its fullest. The social life of people in Vadodara is not only a part of their culture but also part of their routine, which can be perceived from the world’s largest “Garba-gathering”; to every day’s post office hour “Chai-meetup”; to relishing their free time playing “Ludo” by the sides of bridges across the city. With the presence of COVID-19, city people are hesitant about social gatherings and meeting people. Ultimately, life is resuming but at a slow pace and there is an urge to “reimagine” the public spaces and public behaviour so that city doesn’t lose its charm. Referring to the city assessment of William H. Whyte, the mentor of Street Life Project for Public Spaces, Pedestrian behaviour, and City Dynamics, through his book – “Social Life Of Small Urban Spaces,1980” forms the prelude for the research. This paper draws attention to similar spaces for the city of Vadodara as referred to in the book. We see what we do not expect to see, and get acquainted to see crowded spaces. Hence, this paper analyses the selected “Urban-blocks” and “Neighbourhood-spaces” of different typology and their diverse activities. Conclusion focus on the rational segregation and “re-defining” of Urban Spaces based on their safe carrying capacity.

scholarly journals A centrality measure for urban networks based on the eigenvector centrality concept

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 668-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taras Agryzkov ◽  
Leandro Tortosa ◽  
José F Vicent ◽  
Richard Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Eigenvector Centrality ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Urban Networks ◽  
Centrality Measure ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The City

A massive amount of information as geo-referenced data is now emerging from the digitization of contemporary cities. Urban streets networks are characterized by a fairly uniform degree distribution and a low degree range. Therefore, the analysis of the graph constructed from the topology of the urban layout does not provide significant information when studying topology-based centrality. On the other hand, we have collected geo-located data about the use of various buildings and facilities within the city. This does provide a rich source of information about the importance of various areas. Despite this, we still need to consider the influence of topology, as this determines the interaction between different areas. In this paper, we propose a new model of centrality for urban networks based on the concept of Eigenvector Centrality for urban street networks which incorporates information from both topology and data residing on the nodes. So, the centrality proposed is able to measure the influence of two factors, the topology of the network and the geo-referenced data extracted from the network and associated to the nodes. We detail how to compute the centrality measure and provide the rational behind it. Some numerical examples with small networks are performed to analyse the characteristics of the model. Finally, a detailed example of a real urban street network is discussed, taking a real set of data obtained from a fieldwork, regarding the commercial activity developed in the city.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Street Design and Human Behaviour in Making Cities Safe for Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Norhafizah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Maimon Ali ◽  
Izham Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Street Environment

Integrating women safety in the urban street environment is critical in creating good quality living to improve living standard. This paper discusses women needs and characteristics of urban streets that can affect women behaviour. The objectives of this paper are to identify the characters of the urban environment in making streets safe for women and establishing the characteristics of safe urban street environment for women. This study is conducted using a mixed methodology to identify the relationship between urban street design and women behaviour. This paper will contribute towards safe urban street design with an excellent urban environment and dynamic economic activities. Keywords: women safety; urban design; safe cities; behavioural study eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1741

scholarly journals Images of a city and its people in the work of the artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Мариан Янович Турек
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Street Life ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Poor ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The City

Статья посвящена творчеству известного художника эпохи Просвещения Даниэля Ходовецкого. Автор вводит в научный оборот и проводит искусствоведческий и культурологический анализ дневника о путешествии в Гданьск, созданного Ходовецким. Художник родился и провел юношеские годы в Данциге (современный Гданьск, Польша). Будучи уже директором Академии художеств в Берлине, известный книжный иллюстратор Д. Ходовецкий в 1773 году на несколько месяцев вернулся в родной город и оставил о своей поездке подробные записи, выполненные в литературном жанре журнала путешествий, характерного для европейской культуры последней трети XVIII века. Мастер описал и зарисовал наиболее интересные, с его точки зрения, эпизоды длительной дороги домой и пребывания в Данциге. Текст дневника дает широкую панораму жизни в городе, живую, довольно критическую запись деталей повседневной жизни и праздников. Среди выразительных рисунков дневника сохранились графические изображения улиц города и его обитателей. Художник отмечал впечатления, вызванные встречами с представителями польской аристократии и дворянства, уличной жизнью простолюдинов ремесленников, продавцов и бедняков. Дневник полон кратких рассуждений, литературных и графических зарисовок сцен социальной жизни города, комментариев, касающихся пищи и здоровья ближайшего окружения художника. Проанализированные рисунки, сопровождающие дневник, по мнению исследователя, являются одними из лучших во всем творчестве художника. The article is devoted to the work of Daniel Chodowiecki (17261801) and focuses on his record of a visit to Danzig (now Gdask, Poland), which had been the city of his birth and the early years of his life. Despite the lack of any formal training in art, he became famous as a book illustrator and went on to become the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1773 he returned to Danzig for several months, during which he made detailed notes, accompanied by sketches, in the form of a journal de voyage, a genre popular in European culture during the Enlightenment. Through this he conveyed a personal view of incidents that took place on the long journey and during his stay in Danzig. The effect is that of a panorama of the life of the city, enlivened by details, presented somewhat critically, of everyday life and leisure. The illustrations form expressive images of the streets of the city and its inhabitants. The artist noted meetings both with Polish noblemen and with commoners and vividly conveyed the citys street life of artisans, vendors and the poor. The journal is full of brief reflections and sketches of scenes from the citys social life. He draws on a range of experiences, from the minor inconveniences of travel to the diet and health of his neighbors. The drawings that accompany the journal are, arguably, among the best in the artists oeuvre.

Engineering Livable Streets: A Thematic Review of Advancements in Urban Street Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Dumbaugh ◽  
Michael King
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Thematic Review ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Engineering Practices

Planners and urban designers have long sought to encourage the creation of livable streets. Despite these professions’ best efforts, the creation of such streets has proven difficult to implement due to the design practices employed by traffic engineers. This article details how engineering practices modify the design of urban streets and provides a thematic review of recent innovations to engineering guidance. It concludes by presenting four general strategies for ensuring that walkable streets emerge from the engineering phases of the project planning and design process.

A Holistic Research Approach to Measuring Urban Identity: Findings from Kyrenia Area Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Oktay ◽  
Havva Alkan Bala
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
Identity Changes ◽  
Holistic Research ◽  
The City

As cities are losing place identity under the influence of industrialization, technological advancements and globalisation, a key task for mainstream politicians, urban planners/designers and residents is to understand what makes a city unique and recognizable. As urban identity is formed not only through identifiable and memorable formal attributes, but through the meaning attached by the users of the city, there is a need for a holistic approach integrating objective measures achieved through pre-analysis of the urban environment, and subjective measures achieved through user surveys. This study, based on such a holistic research framework, aims to measure the urban identity in Girne (Kyrenia), using survey data with a sampling of 250 participants, following a pre-analysis of the town. The results of the analysis indicated that although historic landmarks are so powerful in constructing the urban identity, traditional urban pattern and social life have not been found significant in constructing the images of the city unless they are frequented by local residents. On the other hand, the new housing developments lacking locally appropriate architectural and contextual qualities do not influence the urban image at all. Further, as the findings revealed that the perception of urban identity changes in time, there appears an opportunity to regain and/or enhance identity through various strategies. These include urban design strategies that depend so much on the specific context of a particular area, including all environmental dimensions defined in the paper.

Drezno w relacjach polskich osiemnastowiecznych peregrynantów. Rekonesans .

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 26-43
Author(s):  
Marcin Pliszka
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

The article analyses descriptions, memories, and notes on Dresden found in eighteenth-century accounts of Polish travellers. The overarching research objective is to capture the specificity of the way of presenting the city. The ways that Dresden is described are determined by genological diversity of texts, different ways of narration, the use of rhetorical repertoire, and the time of their creation. There are two dominant ways of presenting the city: the first one foregrounds the architectural and historical values, the second one revolves around social life and various kinds of games (redoubts, performances).

Back Lanes as Social Spaces in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Hashimah Wan Ismail ◽  
Low Hui Ching
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
International Publishing

The back lane is often associated with annoying, disgusting, narrow and dark. This paper concerns the use of the back lanes of the old shop houses in China Town, Kuala Lumpur.  The instruments used in collecting data include observation, unstructured interview and literature review.  The use and physical characteristics of back lanes were identified.  It was found that the back lanes of China Town in Kuala Lumpur showed the success of turning back streets into lively alleys.  Thus, the back lane could be considered as part of urban design strategies and not as leftover spaces.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: back  lane; social place; pedestrian; urban

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