scholarly journals Reorganization and development of the trolleybus subsystem in Belgrade

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
Miroslava Kaluđerović ◽  
Slađana Stanković ◽  
Mara Dabović ◽  
Suzana Mazić
Keyword(s):  
Central City ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Mobility Factor ◽  
Line Network ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development ◽  
City Identity

The IME (Identity - Mobility - Ecology) Project, initiated by the City of Belgrade, aims to bring together a number of different projects focused on strengthening the city identity, promoting and implementing the concept of sustainable mobility and enhancing environmental awareness. The implementation of this project significantly influences the appearance, concept and organization of the trolleybus subsystem in the central city area. The extension of the pedestrian zone in the city centre must continue to ensure the functioning of public transport in order to meet the needs of the city's residents to reach the desired destination in an easy, simple and safe way. The main goal of the analysis Reorganization and Development of the Trolleybus subsystem in Belgrade, is to find the optimal solution for reorganization of the existing trolleybus line network as well as further development directions of the trolleybus subsystem as a significant sustainable city mobility factor.

scholarly journals Transportation Hub-Kumanovo

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Mihajlo Zinoski ◽  
Igor Medarski ◽  
Stefani Solarska
Keyword(s):  
Rail Transport ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Downtown Area ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Bus Station ◽  
New City ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

The modern way of life is conditioned by fast transportation. This, in turn, requires integration of many additional contents that opens the opportunity to the passengers for quick access to their target-food, accommodation, entertainment, communication. The distance of the existing railway station (3.7 km from the city centre) makes it hardly accessible to the population, therefore it is neglected and the rail traffic in the city of Kumanovo is minimized. On the other hand, the bus station has a good location, but the building is in poor condition, which impedes the functioning of the city and intercity bus service. Adjacent to the existing bus station, a segment of the railroad from the proposed "Corridor 8" transits, which opens the question of the importance of rail transport and its impact in the further development of the city. These considerations clearly indicate the need to establish an integrated transport hub, whose proposed location touches the downtown area, but is still in the zone between the city and the suburbia, which includes adjoining contents such as: retail, hospitality and culture, which will help achieve the goal of the transportation hub as a starting point of development of a new city nucleus, a new point in the city.

scholarly journals Assessment of Sustainable Mobility by MCDM Methods in the Science and Technology Parks of Vilnius, Lithuania

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9947
Author(s):  
Simona Zapolskytė ◽  
Vaida Vabuolytė ◽  
Marija Burinskienė ◽  
Jurgita Antuchevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Science And Technology Parks ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
The City

The development of science and technology parks (STPs) has become a trendy tool for promoting the economy, innovation, and technology for more than 30 years worldwide. However, STPs poses challenges for urban planners seeking a vision of sustainable urban development. These places become an object of attraction for many highly skilled workers who create daily traffic flows. The proper accessibility and provision of transport infrastructure and services become the challenge for the development of such places because the availability of services influences the choice of travel mode and the possible employees’ travel behaviour. The authors of the research aim to assess the level of development of infrastructure and transport services conducive to the sustainable mobility of science and technology park staff in Vilnius city. Changing mobility behaviour into a more sustainable way is of interest to many scientists and practitioners, so the authors think that STP staff can represent a group of educated, working-age stakeholders within the city population, who has an interest in sustainable mobility travel options and can set an example of sustainable travel. Besides, recommendations for the planning and sustainable development from the sustainable urban mobility point of view of science and technology parks and similar institutions are provided. To achieve this goal, the authors use scientific empirical and theoretical research as well as multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The results show the link between the distance from the developed STP site to the city centre and the more sustainable mobility of workers. Therefore, it is suggested to develop STPs closer to the urban centre as it often does not require large-scale development, nor do they engage in the polluting industry. Moreover, the authors suggest the key criteria that should be considered for STP development.

Empty spaces in the crowd. Residential vacancy in São Paulo’s city centre

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (13) ◽  
pp. 3085-3100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Nadalin ◽  
Danilo Igliori
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Central City ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
City Centre ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The City

In the past decades, when São Paulo became the national manufacturing centre, it has experienced great population growth. Since then, many housing problems have emerged. In addition, the difficulties that inner cities face in attracting jobs and maintaining economic activities are particularly challenging. Indeed, even if many cities have successfully regenerated their central areas, the so-called inner city problem is still very much alive in the case of São Paulo. As a result although the city centre has abundant urban infrastructure it still has plenty of vacant spaces, including residential buildings. One could say that São Paulo’s city centre is characterised by a large number of empty spaces in an area that is simultaneously crowded with buildings and urban facilities. This paper intends to contribute to the empirical analysis of the determinants of vacancy rates, with a particular focus on historical city centres, using São Paulo Metropolitan Area as our case study. Our empirical analysis relies on district-level data for the years 2000 and 2010, and combines standard spatial econometric methods with hedonic modelling. Our results suggest that there are three main groups of determinants: individual buildings characteristics, mobility of households and neighbourhood quality. We find evidence that the historic central city is a distinctive submarket, needing special urban policies. Its determinants work differently when compared with the housing markets of other areas across the city.

scholarly journals Differentiation of reproductive behaviour of the population of the Kraków Metropolitan Area in the light of survey research

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (31) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Gałka ◽  
Sławomir Kurek ◽  
Mirosław Wójtowicz
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Central City ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Suburban Area ◽  
Population Migrations ◽  
Demographic Behaviour ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

Abstract Metropolitan areas are the poles of economic growth of regions and countries. These areas are characterized by specific development cycles, which are related to the direction of population migrations. Accordingly, there is a phase of urbanisation, suburbanisation, disurbanisation and re-urbanisation. Studies show that most Polish metropolitan areas are undergoing the process of suburbanisation, which means the movement of population from the central city to its suburban area. This process entails a number of demographic, social and economic consequences. One of the main demographic consequences of suburbanisation is the change in the structure of the central city and its suburban area. The reason for this is the fact that migrations from the centre are usually undertaken by young people. Thus, the number of inhabitants of the central city declines and the population is ageing. Migrants from the city bring new patterns of social and demographic behaviour, which may be shown in, among others, the tendencies of indigenous people to change the traditional family model. This paper attempts to determine the reproductive behaviour patterns of the population of the Krakow Metropolitan Area (KMA) in the light of the survey. The surveys were conducted in selected KMA municipalities in 2013. The analysis of qualitative data, divided into two categories of respondents: immigrant and indigenous inhabitants, will give an answer to the question, what are the reproductive attitudes of the population and how they may affect the further development of these areas?

scholarly journals Design for Smart Transport: An Integrated Multi-Modal Transport Interchange in Central Christchurch

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Joey Moh
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organisational Form ◽  
The City

<p>Transportation, an essential component of modern life, is responsible for one of the biggest growth  areas of our greenhouse gas emissions which causes problem for our environment and the economy. New  Zealand cities face the same issues as many other cities in the globalised world. This thesis  analyses the integration of all the public transport systems to encourage people to get out of the  car and reduce the traffic volume within the city centre to develop with the aim of developing a  sustainable city towards the future. Drivers in New Zealand believe commuter stress could be  significantly reduced by improving public transport. The design calls for a new central transport  interchange for all the public transport systems within Christchurch city to form a spectacular  gateway to the city. The aim of the design is to create a unified urban structure in which diverse  infrastructural and public elements merge together to form one building. The outcome of this research identifies a strong future for a public transport interchange, but  states that its physical and organisational form needs to be re-established. It finds that  technology and architecture offer new opportunities useful for reinterpreting the typology. The  thesis concludes that future public transport interchanges will become hybrids of activity, and  places where the threads of urban life are joined together. The interchanges can become a major  catalyst of urban regeneration - a focus for commerce and the flow of ideas as well as the movement of people.</p>

scholarly journals SPATIAL COMMONING: RE-IMAGINING WELLINGTON’S CENTRAL-CITY LIBRARY & CIVIC SQUARE

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rosemary Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Central City ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
Urban Commons ◽  
The City

<p><b>What if architecture could promulgate its resistance to urban inclinations of segregation, privatisation, and individualisation?</b></p> <p>The neoliberal climate of contemporary cities has reduced architecture to a mere tool for capital accumulation. Architecture, consumed and produced as a form of capital, is facilitating the progression of inequality and environmental degradation, nullifying its humanitarian agenda.</p> <p>In counter-reaction to the capitalistic conditions of the city, and the conviction that architecture can express social cognition, this thesis re-imagines, two essential community containers – Wellington Central Library and Civic Square as an urban common.</p> <p>The primary intent of this thesis is to develop a speculative commons framework that architectonically articulates sharing and commoning practices in the context of Wellington City centre.</p> <p>This research argues the pertinence of commoning theories in contemporary urban cities. It examines the genealogy and characteristics of the urban commons and how it could be spatially constructed.</p> <p>It examines the historical significance of the existing building to inform the tectonic characteristics of the urban commons. It investigates the conceptual and formal devices of Post-Modernism to drive the spatial and representational aspects of the design process.</p> <p>Moreover, it explores the evolving function and the societal role of libraries within the era of digitisation. It identifies an adaptable programmatic framework for the 21st-century library envisioned as a common.</p>

scholarly journals The effectiveness of cableways in solving traffic problems on the example of ropeway functioning in Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Piotr Mackiewicz ◽  
Antoni Szydło
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Traffic Intensity ◽  
Communication Service ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

In the article, on the example of ropeway functioning for three years at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, we describe possibilities of improving traffic conditions in the city centre. The article presents the history of the ropeway and variability of traffic at the stage of its operation. Communication service for two stations was shown. Based on measurements of the traffic intensity for different users, we showed changes in the traffic in the area of campus. Further development of the cableways in connection with the expansion of the university was discussed.

scholarly journals Design for Smart Transport: An Integrated Multi-Modal Transport Interchange in Central Christchurch

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Joey Moh
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organisational Form ◽  
The City

<p>Transportation, an essential component of modern life, is responsible for one of the biggest growth  areas of our greenhouse gas emissions which causes problem for our environment and the economy. New  Zealand cities face the same issues as many other cities in the globalised world. This thesis  analyses the integration of all the public transport systems to encourage people to get out of the  car and reduce the traffic volume within the city centre to develop with the aim of developing a  sustainable city towards the future. Drivers in New Zealand believe commuter stress could be  significantly reduced by improving public transport. The design calls for a new central transport  interchange for all the public transport systems within Christchurch city to form a spectacular  gateway to the city. The aim of the design is to create a unified urban structure in which diverse  infrastructural and public elements merge together to form one building. The outcome of this research identifies a strong future for a public transport interchange, but  states that its physical and organisational form needs to be re-established. It finds that  technology and architecture offer new opportunities useful for reinterpreting the typology. The  thesis concludes that future public transport interchanges will become hybrids of activity, and  places where the threads of urban life are joined together. The interchanges can become a major  catalyst of urban regeneration - a focus for commerce and the flow of ideas as well as the movement of people.</p>

The Evaluation of 20th Century Architecture in Konya in the Context of Modern Architecture Heritage

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
Esra Yaldiz
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Modern Material ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Independent Form ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
City Identity

Understanding about conservation is limited to ‘monument’ or ‘old work of art’ in the past compared with today’s new concepts like ‘historical and cultural heritage’, ‘heritage of modern architecture’ and ‘heritage of industry’. Turkey’s 20th century modern architecture was started with the early modernism buildings constructed all over Turkey, especially in Ankara and İstanbul in the first years of the Republic. This period includes all the works of architecture that were produced until the late 1980s, carrying the traces of modern movement, rationalist, purist, transparent, reinterpreting the traditional architectural values by means of modern material and seeking of independent form. In this study, the Mevlana Axis between Alaaddin Hill and the historical city centre and the works of architecture in the modernisation period between the early 1900s and 1980s on this axis, contribute to the city identity and handled in the context of modern architectural heritage are evaluated. Keywords: Modern architecture heritage, evaluation criteria, Konya.

The Ołowianka Bascule Footbridge in Gdansk – A Bridge That Makes the Difference

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rok Mlakar ◽  
Viktor Markelj
Keyword(s):  
City Centre ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Bridge Spans ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

<p>In the city of Gdansk in Poland, in the very centre of the Baltic capital, on 17 June 2017, a new draw footbridge was ceremoniously opened to the public. The Ołowianka footbridge represents the long-time much-needed link between the highly tourist-visited historical old town and Ołowianka Island, where further cultural, tourist and recreation facilities are located. The bridge spans a very busy navigable channel of the Motława River, leading inward towards other city channels, a harbour for many tourist ships and the Gdansk Marina. Being the main navigable entrance to the city centre, the Motława is constantly under nautical traffic, so the Ołowianka footbridge operates 24/7, according to a 30-minute schedule. The Ołowianka footbridge is an extraordinary acquisition for the city of Gdansk, which immediately became a new landmark and much more in the already very picturesque historic city centre. Not just its design, but also its carefully chosen location and its realisation at the right moment, has made this bridge indispensable to the inhabitants, visitors and the administration of the city of Gdansk, decisively contributing to further development in the Ołowianka Island area and its surroundings.</p>

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