scholarly journals Quality of Public Spaces and Sustainable Urban Development: Success and Failures in Fighting Social Exclusion

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 829-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Trillo
2020 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
I.V. Khovrak ◽  

The purpose of the article is to systematize the experience of European cities in creating public spaces capable of overcoming social exclusion and ensuring sustainable urban development. The scientific novelty is to substantiate the conceptual approach to the management of the process of creating public spaces in cities in the context of achieving sustainable urban development by overcoming social exclusion. The results of the research show that the creation of public spaces requires attention to the factors influencing the possibilities of overcoming social exclusion (economic, social, institutional). The analysis of the experience of five European cities (Varna, Bulgaria; Viterbo, Italy; Getxo, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark; Malmo, Sweden) allowed highlighting the features and current trends in the creation of public space in cities. The main provisions of the approach to the management of public spaces in cities by identifying and systematizing: 1) the functions of public spaces: communication, recreational, political, territorial identification, integrating and aesthetic; 2) features of public spaces: openness and accessibility (convenience and ability to use the space for all regardless of age, race, health, affluence, etc.), safety and comfort (physical and psychological comfort, a sense of security in a comfortable and attractive space to use), interaction (the ability to establish contacts and cooperation in heterogeneous groups of users of the space); 3) forms (transformation of existing built-up areas, development of new territories) and tools (organizational and managerial, technical and technological, financial and economic) for creating public spaces. As a result, the study provided an opportunity to develop a mechanism for creating public spaces in the city. Successful implementation of the experience of European cities in Ukraine requires studying the needs of residents and guests of the city, researching existing analogues, identifying the potential of the city to create a public space of a certain type, taking into account risks, understanding the purpose of public space and determining the reasonable cost of projects.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 459-477
Author(s):  
Pabla Pereira da Silva ◽  
Roberto Schoproni Bichueti ◽  
Carlos Rafael Röhrig da Costa ◽  
Gabriela Dubou ◽  
Estela dos Anjos Pires

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar as características da produção científica relacionadas às temáticas desenvolvimento urbano sustentável (sustainable urban development) e qualidade de vida (quality of life), por meio da base de dados Web of Science (WoS), no período de 2008 a 2017. Para isso, o estudo possui uma abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, onde a etapa quantitativa buscou identificar algumas variáveis acerca da produção científica sobre Desenvolvimento Urbano Sustentável e Qualidade de Vida e a etapa qualitativa buscou analisar os conteúdos presentes nos dez artigos mais citados, de acordo com o relatório de citações da Web of Science. A partir da pesquisa realizada, pode-se constatar que os estudos sobre desenvolvimento urbano sustentável e qualidade de vida são emergentes e estão em constante evolução. Além disso, foi possível verificar que as temáticas pesquisadas consistem em assuntos multidisciplinares. Por fim, ao analisar os dez artigos mais citados, concluiu-se que as suas contribuições s;ão de grande relevância para os estudos futuros em rela;ão ao desenvolvimento sustentável das cidades, bem como a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-183
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Kolomechiuk

The article deals with the priorities and dynamics of the Canada urban development and describes the sustainable cities evolution. The purpose of the work is to compare the main achievements in the implementation of sustainable cities in Canada and to outline the problems and prospects of the formation of smart cities. To date smart cities is also an innovative system, where technologies are used to improve the relationship between citizens and their governments and provide social innovation and improve quality of life. A sustainable and smart cities is a place where citizens work with local authorities to improve service delivery, develop community initiatives and create solutions to improve quality of life. In this context, it is important to analyze the current policy of sustainable urban development in Canada in order to identify problem points and formulate recommendations for further de-velopment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
D.M. Suvorov ◽  
L.A. Suvorova ◽  
T.V. Baybakova

The analysis of domestic and foreign sources on the methodology of construction and use of integral indices of quality of the urban environment and sustainable urban development was carried out. It is shown that these indices can be represented as urban-ecological in a broad sense. A method developed by the authors for the formation of a dynamic quality index of the urban environment, which allows the dynamics of the index and its components to evaluate both the quality of the urban environment and the direction of its change, is presented. Using the example of Kirov, the environmental characteristics of the urban environment, taken into account when calculating the index, and the problems of their measurement and presentation are described in detail. The prospects of the developed methodology for solving problems of urban ecological development are shown.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-93
Author(s):  
سهاد كاظم  عبد الموسوي

Urban problems affects both Developed and Third World, the problems include necessity for land, energy consumption and urban waste, these problems affect the environment and ecology system and decrease the quality of healthy inhabitants living and there is a lack in sustainable treatment for these problems, the research hypothesize that sustainable urban development can be achieved if urban planning consider an effective transport system and infra structure with the support of land use administrational tools, the research aims to define future sustainable urban development schemes with a future description for sustainable Baghdad urban future, the research defines urban problems and the available treatments to outline the meaning of sustainable urbanism.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
William Wee-Lim Hew ◽  
Boon-Yee Low ◽  
Gerald Guan-Gan Goh ◽  
Siok-Hwa Lau

While urbanisation has always been welcomed as a driver to economic amelioration, it has also been criticised for raising expectations and complicating the lives of  urban residents. With urban development, wellbeing is often compromised as income disparity increases, quality of life decreases. Of late, crime has been a major concern. Criminal activities have eroded the sense of urban wellbeing and caused the desertion of neighbourhoods.  While the Malaysian government tries to achieve sustainable urban development by containing urban sprawl, crime is undoing these efforts. Interviews with residents in crime-prone areas show that many are increasingly threatened by criminal activities in their neighbourhoods and have shown high tendencies to move out of the neighbourhoods. Steps to contain this problem is by having neighbourhood-level security measures as well as heightened involvement in community safety initiatives


2019 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
V.V. Ivanov ◽  
R.K. Nurmukhametov

Smart City is a new phenomenon of the ХХI-st century that reflects three latest world trends: a) an accelerating pace of urbanization; b) an active process of digitalization of economy and society; c) growing attention to the issues of sustainable urban development. All these trends intersect in the field of urban agglomeration. There are significant disagreement regarding the nature, substance and structure of «Smart City» concept. The difficulty in defining the concept of «Smart City» lies in the multidimensional nature of functions of the city itself that therefore requires a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis. The overview of the available scientific research shows that the concept of «Smart City» comprises four components: quality of life as a main goal; broad public participation in the development, monitoring and implementation of «Smart City» projects, sustainable urban development; widespread use of digital and other technologies in the economic, social and cultural spheres of city life. According to the authors currently there is much evidence to suggest that the modern concept of «Smart City» is being transformed into the concept of «Smart Sustainable City», when the emphasis is not only on information and communication technologies and human capital, but also on the achievement of the substantial development.


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