scholarly journals The Impact of Rapid Urban Transformation on the Urban Footprint of Mansoura City

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Hadir l Youssef ◽  
Sherief Sheta ◽  
Mohammed Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transformation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Urban Footprint

Age and gentrification in Berlin: urban ageing policy and the experiences of disadvantaged older people

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Dale ◽  
Josefine Heusinger ◽  
Birgit Wolter
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods ◽  
Everyday Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Chapter 5 examines the impact of gentrification processes in Berlin, Germany, on the distribution of older people across the city as well as the everyday experiences of ageing in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The chapter concludes with an overview of developments in the context of political processes, where urban transformation driven by economic interests generates growing conflict and contradiction with the needs of an ageing and increasingly less affluent population.

scholarly journals New Housing Trends in Istanbul

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serpil Özker ◽  
Umut Tuğlu Karsli
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Externalization that became prominent in 1980s with the globalization brought along dramatic changes in social and spatial areas. The social, cultural and economic events that took place on an international level thanks to globalization made the impact of change felt which was reflected on the urban space and, therefore, on the house, resulting in an increase in the importance of the residential sector. Externalization and developed economic structure enabled more investments into houses which introduced a concept of housing populated in urban fringes starting from the city centers. The housing concept which was shaped by the impacts of the urban transformation after 1980 turned into a new emerging lifestyle in Istanbul in 2000s. Accordingly, the study aims to establish the position of housing in Istanbul and new meanings formed by the socio-cultural changes. In this sense, housing before and after 1980, globalization, gentrification, urban transformation, spatial segregation, socio-economic and cultural aspects were discussed based on the structural benchmarks, and 4 different housing forms, namely the “Loft”, “Residence”, “Terraced House”, and “Gated Communities”, with individual structural examples. This study, thus, aims to question the form of tenancy of these houses created through varying concepts and concerns today. The results obtained showed that the housing as an indicator of cultural life in Istanbul has turned into a lifestyle that is shaped by similar aspects and commercial concern, despite different approaches or production forms, eliminating the traces of the cultural life of the society.

Ecology and Environment

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James McCann
Keyword(s):  
Environmental History ◽  
New World ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
African Continent ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ecology And Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Urban Footprint

This chapter examines the ecological and environmental history of modern Africa. It explores the range of environmental challenges faced by Africa’s peoples over the past two centuries of imperialism and globalization and considers the extent to which these challenges were particular to the African continent. After setting out the diversity of Africa’s environments and climatic patterns, it examines levels of biodiversity and endemism, the creation of the forest fallow agricultural system in West Africa, the impact of New World crops, the interaction between disease and landscape in East Africa, and finally the ecological impact of the ‘urban footprint’ in the postcolonial period.

Platform Urbanization and the Impact on Urban Transformation and Citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-776
Author(s):  
Naomi C. Hanakata ◽  
Filippo Bignami
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Condition ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Many of the defining characteristics of the urban are shifting to virtual platforms. This process imbues all dimensions of urban life, from governance to politics and participation. During the global pandemic and the lockdown in many countries, this shift has gathered speed and is changing the way we communicate and work, challenging the everyday life of our cities. As a result, we are confronted with a new topology of negotiation, participation, governance, and control in a virtual realm. With that, rights and duties of citizens are also being transformed, which creates a new dynamic that needs to be captured to ensure an alternative way to perform and enable citizenship. What we refer to as “platform urbanization” is a planetary phenomenon that needs to be investigated as a new driving force in the transformation of the urban condition and in terms of the impact it has on citizenship and the way cities are produced.

Re-Envisioning Urban Open Spaces

2022 ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Sarmada Madhulika Kone
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Direct Conversion ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Urban Open Space ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
Natural Land ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Urban Footprint

Cities are expanding rapidly, and the impact of dense human-oriented urban systems on ecosystems is both direct (conversion of natural land cover to urban footprint) and indirect. Human settlements are more complex than any other ecosystems as they meet human socio-ecological needs and support local biodiversity. The open spaces of a city with rich cultural character and biodiversity have become important elements of urban design, where urban systems can be planned to coexist with local biodiversity without disturbing the ecosystem. With the need to redefine urban footprint as an ecologically rich urban environment, this chapter addresses the definition of urban open space and questions the coexistence of humans and biodiversity in urban open spaces.

Back from the brink

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marysol Castillo-Palacio ◽  
Rich Harrill ◽  
Alexander Zuñiga-Collazos
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Civic Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Purpose Emerging from 20 years of violence and terrorism, the city of Medellin, Colombia, has used social transformation to improve civic culture, leading to a renaissance. The purpose of this study is to explore how social transformation can lead to urban transformation, forming the basis for sustainable, post-conflict tourism. Design/methodology/approach This case study is based on available descriptive data and direct observation supported by secondary sources. Findings The results of the research help to provide a better understanding of the conditions needed to develop and manage sustainable tourism in post-conflict environments. In so doing, it should be possible to make better policy decisions, with particular reference to social and urban interventions on planning, design and entrepreneurship. Research limitations/implications The transformation of Medellin’s civic culture can be a model for destination with similar histories that present significant destination image and branding challenges – though each will take different paths. Originality/value This paper is one of the first on post-conflict tourism that analyzes the impact on a destination and country of internal turmoil due to narco-terrorism and insurgency over a lengthy period.

Vivienda y derecho al realojo

2015 ◽  
pp. 193-226
Author(s):  
Pedro RODRIGUEZ TOYOS
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transformation ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Constant Increase ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legal Consequences ◽  
Real State ◽  
Economic Regime

LABURPENA: Ondare eraikiaren gaineko eragina, eta, bereziki, pertsonok gure bizi-proiektuak garatzen ditugun bizitegi-higiezinen gaineko eragina, hiri-eraldaketaren ekintzak dakarren ondorio ezinbestekoa da; ondorio horren eraginpeko biztanleak lekuz aldatzea eragiten du askotan, okupatutako higiezinen gainean egin nahi diren obrek dakarten eragin handia dela-eta. Hirigintza-paradigma aldatzeak (terminologia klasikoaren arabera, hiri-zabalgunea vs barne eraberritzea) hau baino ez du ekarri: interes orokorrak etxebizitzarako eskubideari eta etxebizitza okupatzeari zuzenean eragiten dieten kasuak etengabe gehitzea. Hala ere, oso gutxi azaldu eta aztertu dira ordezko bizilekua izateko eskubidea sortzen eta bermatzen duten teknikak eta erregimen juridiko zein ekonomikoa. Lan honen bidez, gai horretara hurbildu nahi da, eta identifikatu egin nahi dira betekizun faktikoak eta pertsonalak, ondorio juridikoak, bai eta arlo honetako praxia eta prozedura ere, etxebizitzarako eskubidearen beste alderdi bat legez ulertuta, zeina eztabaidatzen eta eraikitzen ari baita egun. RESUMEN: El impacto sobre el patrimonio edificado y, especialmente, sobre aquellos inmuebles de uso residencial donde las personas desarrollamos nuestros proyectos vitales, es una consecuencia indisociable de la accion de transformacion urbana, que implica en muchas ocasiones el desplazamiento de la poblacion afectada, debido a la importante afeccion de las obras pretendidas sobre los inmuebles que se ocupan. El cambio de paradigma urbanistico, en terminologia clasica ensanche vs reforma interior, no ha supuesto sino un continuo incremento de los casos en los que el interes general afecta directamente al derecho a la vivienda y a su ocupacion. Sin embargo, han sido poco expuestas y analizadas las tecnicas y el regimen juridico y economio en el que surge y se garantiza el derecho al realojo. Este trabajo pretende realizar un primer acercamiento a esta cuestion, identificando los requisitos facticos y personales, las consecuencias juridicas, asi como la praxis y procedimiento en esta materia, entendida como una faceta mas del derecho a la vivienda, actualmente en discusion y construccion. ABSTRACT: The impact over the built heritage and, specially, over residential real state where people develop our vital projects is a inseparable consequence of the urban transformation action that implies in many occasions the displacement of the affected population due to the important encumbrance of the attempted works in those properties that occupy. The change in the urban paradigm, in the classic expression expansion vs. internal reform has not meant but a constant increase of cases where general interest directly affects the right to housing and its occupation. Nevertheless, the techniques and the legal and economic regime where it arises and guarantees the right to relocation have scarcely been exposed and analyzed. This work aims at taking a first approach to the issue, by identifying the factual and personal conditions, the legal consequences and also the practice and the procedure regarding this subject as another facet of the right to housing, currently under discussion and construction.

scholarly journals A communication and participation-oriented model proposal for current urban transformation processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-429
Author(s):  
Miray Gür
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Approach Method ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Transformation Processes

Research Problem: Urban transformation planning policies, which have been the focus during the last decade in Turkey, have begun to progress with renewal of risky areas with the introduction of Law No. 6306. While it was stated that increasing the quality of life and social rehabilitation of area residents were targeted in transformations where neighborhoods are transformed into urban land, in fact, resident expectations were not met and the residents, who experienced dissatisfaction in the transformed environments that were not suitable for their lifestyles, left these areas or continued their lives in despair due to economic reasons. Ignorance of resident expectations in transformation process reduces their quality of life and only through participation the residents, who are the actors that experience the impact of transformation the most, could express their preferred lifestyle. Aim: The present study aimed to propose a participatory transformation model in transforming the current transformation framework into a user-oriented approach. Method: In the development of the model, the participation scenarios / strategies were integrated into the break points in the process defined in Law No. 6306 which underlines the current urban transformation dynamics. Findings: Each experience that different transformation processes which the proposed model could be applied based on its own dynamics would create new structuring processes that would contribute to the model. Based on the model, it was aimed to establish continuous communication and information flow between users, architects, authorities and other stakeholders, to increase socio-physical satisfaction of the residents since the residence and residential environment would be built based on resident demands and to sustain the sense of belonging and satisfaction of the residents with the preferences. Conclusion: The process based on the proposals that were determined with participation principle and continuous communication between all stakeholders and especially the architect and residents would establish the foundation for not only to secure risky buildings, but also for socially and economically sustainable urban transformation projects that would provide added value to the city and improve the quality of life of urban residents.

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