scholarly journals Developing sustainable and liveable neighbourhoods: the role of public open spaces

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Emenike
Keyword(s):  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Open Spaces

scholarly journals Fostering Interactions at Public Open Spaces. The Role of Physical Interface in Facilitating User Interactions in the UAE

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-184
Author(s):  
Arushi Malhotra ◽  
Ranjana Dobriyal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Over the past few decades, the importance of public open spaces has been substantially increased due to rapid urbanization and developments. Likewise, cities and communities in the Arab world are also going through urban transformation; driven by the global context in which cities are being reshaped along with the modernization of urban planning themes. Over the last 15 years, Dubai has emerged as one of the world’s fastest growing cities. It has been associated with the desire to build tall buildings as a statement of modernity, globalization, and economic prosperity, which lead to a rapid growth in population. This expansion has caused many environmental and urban planning challenges. Hasty urbanization, demographic, and economic growth alongside land privatization process has progressively changed the nature and theme of public open spaces within the UAE which in turn creates a gap between social life and community urban planning. The regeneration of public open spaces in cities of the UAE is a major issue as multiple factors must be taken into consideration during the design stages. This paper aims at understanding the role of physical interface of the public open spaces in context of UAE and its transformation over the years. These spaces act as a catalyst which accelerate this transformation of urban scenario and there by citizens life. Open places play an important role for bringing people closer and act as a socio-cultural entity for the sake of improving social life and interactivity. Social well-being arises from a sense of security, belonging, familiarity, support, cohesion, and integration of social groups, based on respect for different cultures, traditions, and backgrounds. Hence this research analyzes the influence of such tangible and intangible elements in the public open spaces, through which the social interaction happens and offers unprecedented experience to the users, visitors and urban community alike.

scholarly journals Higher Density Environments and the Critical Role of City Streets as Public Open Spaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8896
Author(s):  
Liang Wen ◽  
Jeffrey Kenworthy ◽  
Dora Marinova
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Tactical Urbanism ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Open Spaces

This paper explores the relationship between crowding and streets as public open spaces in high-density urban environments from the perspectives of perceived density and human needs, two antecedents to crowdedness. City streets are the places through which various forms of crowding are perceived and experienced. Hence, they can play a role in easing this sense of crowding if corresponding strategies are put in place. The paper argues that practices, such as traffic calming and self-building, can transform the streets to serve as public open space, which increases spaciousness and eases crowding. It also puts forward tactical urbanism as a strategy for city governance to create the right conditions encouraging flourishing civil society initiatives in a dense primary environment that is invigorating and at the same time has a level of crowding perceived as both comfortable and liveable.

scholarly journals Temporary Design on Public Open Space for Improving the Pedestrian’s Perception Using Social Media Images in Winter Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6062
Author(s):  
Anastasiia A. Paukaeva ◽  
Tsuyoshi Setoguchi ◽  
Norihiro Watanabe ◽  
Vera I. Luchkova
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Due to the severe climate, residents of winter cities tend not to utilize public open spaces inwinter. Temporary design interventions such as emblematic events are always proposed in wintercities to enhance pedestrian activity by celebrating the season and improving the perception ofwinter. In this study, we clarify the impact of the event on pedestrians’ perception to determinethe role of temporary design in improving the perception of public open spaces in winter cities.Using the example of event known as “Ice Town” on the Lenin Square in Khabarovsk, the contentof the Instagram images was analyzed to determine their perception during and after the event.The analysis includes classification of the images into clusters related to dierent urban elementsusing transfer learning with CNN (convolutional neural network). A total of 10,200 generated imageson the Lenin Square were considered, with 1700 images which relate the event itself. This accountsfor approximately 20% of all data, while those which related to the during the permanent use of LeninSquare accounted for just 6%. Temporary design of public open spaces has great potential to involvepedestrians in interacting with urban and natural environments in winter cities, even in severe coldclimate, by improving an impression of a place.

scholarly journals Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana K. Perović ◽  
Jelena Bajić Šestović
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Open Spaces

The physical structure of Podgorica was predominantly developed with a traditional planning concept, whereby public open spaces of the city are as important as the city’s architectural objects. The focus of this paper is the perception of a traditional street in the context of sustainable urban regeneration. The aim of this study is to submit a proposal, through the Urban Design course at the Faculty of Architecture in Podgorica, for the physical regeneration of twelve traditional streets (eight street directions) that define the central core of Podgorica, known as Mirkova Varoš. These streets are the sites of social processes, interpreters of cultural and identity values of the society, and primary keepers of collective memory. It was detected that the attractiveness of the case study streets is weakening due to inadequate social and professional engagement in the processes of preservation and regeneration over time and also due to new users’ needs. Global requirements reflect the weakened role of public open spaces as places of social interaction, in favour of primarily closed shopping centres that are the new urban artefacts of the 21st century city. The first phase of this study is related to the theoretical interpretation of regeneration and the role of public space in the context of socio-spatial sustainability. The second phase of the study is directed toward estimating the perception of the current state of the street area in Mirova Varoš, as seen by the case study area users and architecture students, using (1) visual, (2) tactile, and (3) auditory criteria. The obtained results serve as a platform for concrete urban design proposals for sustainable street regeneration that will reflect a stronger socio-spatial interaction between (1) user–place, (2) the place–city system, and (3) local processes–global flows.

scholarly journals Social Evaluation of Public Open Space Services and Their Impact on Well-Being: A Micro-Scale Assessment from a Coastal University

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4372
Author(s):  
Abdullah Addas ◽  
Ahmad Maghrabi
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Public open spaces services have been shown to be profoundly affected by rapid urbanization and environmental changes, and in turn, they have influenced socio-cultural relationships and human well-being. However, the impact of these changes on public open space services (POSS) remains unexplored, particularly in the Saudi Arabian context. This study examines the socio-cultural influence of POSS on the King Abdulaziz University campus, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the impact of these services on well-being. A field survey and questionnaire were used to collect data. Non-parametric tests (Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests) were used to find significant differences in the importance of POSS as perceived by stakeholders based on socio-demographic attributes. Factor analysis was performed for 14 POSS to identify those that are most important. The study showed that (i) university stakeholders are closely linked to services provided by public open spaces (POS) and dependent on POSS, (ii) there were significant differences in the perceived importance of POSS according to gender, age, and social groups, and (iii) 70 to 90% of stakeholders reported POSS as having a positive impact on well-being. Thus, the findings will help design and plan POSS to meet the needs of society and promote well-being.

scholarly journals Public open spaces and walking for recreation: Moderation by attributes of pedestrian environments

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takemi Sugiyama ◽  
Catherine Paquet ◽  
Natasha J. Howard ◽  
Neil T. Coffee ◽  
Anne W. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Evaluation of elderly people's requirements in public open spaces: A case study in Bornova District (Izmir, Turkey)

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 2035-2045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatice Sonmez Turel ◽  
Emine Malkoc Yigit ◽  
Ipek Altug
Keyword(s):  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Open Spaces
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