scholarly journals Human | Wildlife, Stitching The Fabric : Connectivity Strategies For Identified Gaps in Toronto's Ravines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Racine
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Buffer Analysis ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmentally Significant Areas

This Master’s Research Project (MRP) examines landscape connectivity strategies for the ravine system in the City of Toronto, CA. A workshop with natural environment specialists from the City of Toronto was organized to gather practitioner-based information as to which gaps should be prioritized in the ravine system. This GAP Analysis was complemented with a Geographic Information System (GIS) - based buffer analysis looking at connectable green spaces in close proximity to Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs). Based on both the workshop and GIS analysis, 16 gaps were investigated through which 4 typologies were created. Interviews were then conducted with professionals from comparator cities: Edmonton (CA), Vancouver (CA), Minneapolis (US), Copenhagen (DK), and Stockholm (SW) to compare into how waterfront cities use policies, partnerships and design interventions to connect waterfront public lands. Based on interviews and additional policy scans, connectivity strategies were created for all 4 typologies as a means to improve landscape connectivity in the City of Toronto.

scholarly journals Human | Wildlife, Stitching The Fabric : Connectivity Strategies For Identified Gaps in Toronto's Ravines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Racine
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Buffer Analysis ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmentally Significant Areas

This Master’s Research Project (MRP) examines landscape connectivity strategies for the ravine system in the City of Toronto, CA. A workshop with natural environment specialists from the City of Toronto was organized to gather practitioner-based information as to which gaps should be prioritized in the ravine system. This GAP Analysis was complemented with a Geographic Information System (GIS) - based buffer analysis looking at connectable green spaces in close proximity to Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs). Based on both the workshop and GIS analysis, 16 gaps were investigated through which 4 typologies were created. Interviews were then conducted with professionals from comparator cities: Edmonton (CA), Vancouver (CA), Minneapolis (US), Copenhagen (DK), and Stockholm (SW) to compare into how waterfront cities use policies, partnerships and design interventions to connect waterfront public lands. Based on interviews and additional policy scans, connectivity strategies were created for all 4 typologies as a means to improve landscape connectivity in the City of Toronto.

scholarly journals Elementos clave para la introducción de la perspectiva de género en las infraestructuras ciclistas

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Anna Obach Lapieza ◽  
María Ramos Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The City

Gender mainstreaming generated a wide diversity of innovative measures and interventions in new areas not explored until the moment. This is the case of mobility policies, linked to the sustainable urban design and the measures for the environment’s improvement. The literature review and the analysis of the cities’ experiences, allow us to establish some criteria to audit the level of inclusivity of transport infrastructures. In the case of cycling infrastructures, the following criteria have to be taken into account: security, ensuring road safety elements and adequate lighting; conciliation, connecting areas of the city linked to child care, elderly care, daily shopping and personal dealings, through Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis; apply an inclusive and participatory approach, from the comprehension that there is a diverse citizenship with multiple needs and that these have to be taken into account during the design of these policies; and the visibility of cyclist women, as a tool of empowerment and promotion of the use of the bicycle..

scholarly journals Research on Site Coverage Distribution of Beijing Based on Geographic Information System

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Lihua Li ◽  
Xinqi Zheng ◽  
Weining Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Development Pattern ◽  
City Center ◽  
Building Density ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Distribution Rules ◽  
Buffer Analysis ◽  
Important Index ◽  
Sector Analysis ◽  
The City

<p>Site coverage is an important index to learn spatial development pattern of the city. In this paper, with the help of spatial analysis functions of GIS, buffer and sector analysis are imposed in pursuit of finding possible spatial distribution rules of Beijing taken flagpole in Tian’anmen square as center. The results of sector analysis indicate that the building densities in such superior geographical condition areas as southeast and south are higher. Building densities of northern and western areas are low because of their bad terrain. The results of buffer analysis indicate the density of city center is the highest and have a negative relation with the augment of distance. That is to say, the average building density of center areas (buffer 1, 2 and 3, about 7.5km away) is about 26%. The average building density of transition region of city and countryside (buffer 10~20, about 25~50km away from center) is about 9%. The average building density of exurbs (after buffer 20~50km away from center) can't reach to 3%.</p>

scholarly journals An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Kirimura
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
City Center ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
White Collar Worker ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
The City

This paper sheds light on the residences of white-collar workers in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in the modernizing period using historical statistical data and telephone directories from a historical geographic information system (GIS) analysis. We examined the differences between the distribution of white-collar workers and the progress of suburbanization by comparing the respective unemployment censuses and telephone directories of Tokyo and Osaka. The analysis shows that in 1925, there was a tendency for many white-collar workers to live in certain city sectors, as well as in the city center. However, this trend had changed by the mid-1930s, when data show that private-sector white-collar workers tended to live more in areas with a relatively low population density. Compared to Osaka, Tokyo was relatively suburbanized with white-collar workers in private companies.

scholarly journals Suitability of Seagrass Ecosystem for Marine Ecotourism in Padang City, West Sumatera Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Try Al Tanto ◽  
Aprizon Putra ◽  
Dedi Hermon ◽  
Harfiandri Damanhuri
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Thalassia Hemprichii ◽  
Suitability Index ◽  
Seagrass Ecosystem ◽  
Seagrass Ecosystems ◽  
Marine Ecotourism ◽  
The City

Seagrass ecosystems are exciting parts of the tropical coastal region that are potential for ecotourism activities. Marine ecotourism sector in the city of Padang has begun to develop within last few years. This development has not only positive impacts but also negative threats to the environment. Therefore, carefully select the most suitable areas for this purpose is important. This article aims to propose the potential areas for seagrass ecotourism in Padang city based on Geographic information system (GIS) analysis. We used spatial analysis to develop the seagrass ecotourism suitability index that is also potentially applicable to other areas. The results of the analysis show that area of the seagrass ecosystem in Nirwana beach (23.75 ha), Cindakir beach (2.56 ha), and Pasumpahan island (5.46 ha) with a total area of the seagrass ecosystem overall in Padang City (31.78 ha). These areas have been overgrown by Thalassia hemprichii with coverage >50 – 75 % in Nirwana beach, 25 – 50 % in Cindakir beach and Pasumpahan Island. The suitable areas for seagrass ecotourism were found on the beach of Nirwana (covers 84% as very suitable), Cindakir beach (covers 73 % as moderately suitable) and Pasumpahan island (covers 78 % as moderately suitable). We found that activities of local communities decreased the suitability of Cindakir beach and Pasumpahan island because these activities increase the abundance of mud in the substrate of waters.

scholarly journals Research on Site Coverage Distribution of Beijing Based on Geographic Information System

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Lihua Li ◽  
Xinqi Zheng ◽  
Weining Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Development Pattern ◽  
City Center ◽  
Building Density ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Distribution Rules ◽  
Buffer Analysis ◽  
Important Index ◽  
Sector Analysis ◽  
The City

<p>Site coverage is an important index to learn spatial development pattern of the city. In this paper, with the help of spatial analysis functions of GIS, buffer and sector analysis are imposed in pursuit of finding possible spatial distribution rules of Beijing taken flagpole in Tian’anmen square as center. The results of sector analysis indicate that the building densities in such superior geographical condition areas as southeast and south are higher. Building densities of northern and western areas are low because of their bad terrain. The results of buffer analysis indicate the density of city center is the highest and have a negative relation with the augment of distance. That is to say, the average building density of center areas (buffer 1, 2 and 3, about 7.5km away) is about 26%. The average building density of transition region of city and countryside (buffer 10~20, about 25~50km away from center) is about 9%. The average building density of exurbs (after buffer 20~50km away from center) can't reach to 3%.</p>

Development of the automated information system «clean district» for control of cleaning of streets in the city of Krasnoyarsk

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
A. Popov ◽  
O.N. Lopateeva ◽  
A.K. Ovsyankin ◽  
M. M. Satsuk ◽  
A. A. Artyshko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Central District ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Automated Information System ◽  
The City

Among the measures aimed at the effective performance of public services in a modern urban environment, one of the main is the quality control and efficiency of the work performed. Timely street cleaning is hampered by several groups of problems, including the lack of a single automated information system (AIS) control of the work performed. In this regard, there is a need to improve and automate this area. This approach will allow you to combine high performance due to the speed of the system and effective quality control of street cleaning. The purpose of this work is the study and analysis of existing information systems (is), allowing to automate the process of quality control and operational performance of the above tasks. On the basis of the conducted researches, to develop is, having coordinated with the customer (administration of the Central district of Krasnoyarsk) requirements and functionality which allow to automate this process.This article presents the main aspects of the design and software solutions for the implementation of the algorithm in the form of AIS, designed to automate the process of monitoring the cleanliness of streets in the city. The development of AIS was conducted in the PhpStorm integrated development environment in the PHP programming language.

scholarly journals Accessible Routes Integrating Data from Multiple Sources

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Miguel R. Luaces ◽  
Jesús A. Fisteus ◽  
Luis Sánchez-Fernández ◽  
Mario Munoz-Organero ◽  
Jesús Balado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Heterogeneous Data Sources ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Software Sensors ◽  
The City

Providing citizens with the ability to move around in an accessible way is a requirement for all cities today. However, modeling city infrastructures so that accessible routes can be computed is a challenge because it involves collecting information from multiple, large-scale and heterogeneous data sources. In this paper, we propose and validate the architecture of an information system that creates an accessibility data model for cities by ingesting data from different types of sources and provides an application that can be used by people with different abilities to compute accessible routes. The article describes the processes that allow building a network of pedestrian infrastructures from the OpenStreetMap information (i.e., sidewalks and pedestrian crossings), improving the network with information extracted obtained from mobile-sensed LiDAR data (i.e., ramps, steps, and pedestrian crossings), detecting obstacles using volunteered information collected from the hardware sensors of the mobile devices of the citizens (i.e., ramps and steps), and detecting accessibility problems with software sensors in social networks (i.e., Twitter). The information system is validated through its application in a case study in the city of Vigo (Spain).

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