scholarly journals The Soundscape of the COVID-19 Lockdown: Barcelona Noise Monitoring Network Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5799
Author(s):  
Daniel Bonet-Solà ◽  
Carme Martínez-Suquía ◽  
Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès ◽  
Pau Bergadà
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Small Decrease ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Accurate Analysis ◽  
Urban Noise ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
The City

The lockdown social measures in Spain due to COVID-19 caused a significant decrease in urban noise levels, which was observed in most of the large cities. This paper presents an analysis of the noise levels in Barcelona, Spain, by means of an accurate analysis of the most relevant sensors deployed in the Barcelona Noise Monitoring Network. In this work, we present the LAeq levels in eight different locations from January 2020 to June 2020—from Superblocks to industrial zones—including and detailing all stages of the lockdown. Several comparisons were conducted with the monitoring data available from the former years (2019 and 2018—when available). The results of the analysis in Barcelona show a drastic LAeq reduction (−9 dBA), especially in nightlife areas of the city, moderate to high LAeq change (−7 dBA) in commercial and restaurants areas and a small decrease in LAeq (−5 dBA) in dense traffic areas.

scholarly journals Housing Preferences of Seniors and Pre-Senior Citizens in Poland—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Jancz ◽  
Radoslaw Trojanek
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Family ◽  
City Center ◽  
Housing Preferences ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Family Housing ◽  
The City ◽  
Family House

This article identifies and compares the housing preferences of seniors and pre-senior citizens in Poland. In addition, the attitude of residents of large cities in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship towards senior citizens’ housing was determined. Surveys were conducted in the two largest cities of this region. The influence of the potential behaviors of this group of society on the development of housing was also examined. Results showed that differentiation of housing preferences was visible primarily when choosing the type of development and size of the dwelling. Seniors preferred smaller units in multi-family housing construction. Pre-senior citizens, on the other hand, were more likely to think about living in a single-family house. The location of a new dwelling was also important. Seniors, more often than people aged 50–59, chose a location in the city center. Pre-senior citizens, in contrast, more often decided to live in a rural area or outside the city center. Moreover, the attitude of seniors towards senior citizens’ housing is undecided, which may indicate that many people may change their housing preferences in the future and decide to move.

scholarly journals The Effects of Gentrification on the Elderly: A Case Study in the City of Cáceres

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Lidia Domínguez-Parraga
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This study aims to analyze the consequences of the gentrification process as a result of tourism on the elderly inhabitants. Firstly, the concept of gentrification is reviewed, a process that is no longer exclusive to large cities but has spread to smaller and lesser-known municipalities. A clear example of this type of new tourist destination is the city of Cáceres, a World Heritage medium-sized city where tourism is the basis of its economy. The research considers gentrification in medium-sized cities and its effect on active aging. Based on a qualitative methodological approach, a total of 32 in-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed to compare two neighborhoods—one gentrified and one not. The results show a remarkable disparity in the residents’ perceptions of their environment and their city. The findings suggest adverse effects on the quality of aging due to the gentrification process, such as family dependency, social-space disconnection, and a generally pessimistic image of the neighborhood. Consequently, the impact of tourism negatively affects the gentrified neighborhood inhabitants’ psychological, social, and emotional well-being.

scholarly journals Idræt og byplanlægning - med København som case

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Eskelund
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Large City ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Central Section ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
City Life ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
The City

Sport and urban planning – with Copenhagen as case study This article deals with the field of sport and urban planning in large cities, with special focus on the municipality of Copenhagen from 1988-2003. In the first place a situation marked by decline is shown to have existed in the field of sport in Copenhagen over recent years (especially in the central section of the city). This provides the opportunity to pose the question of primary concern: How can sport, city life and urban planning be conceived in relation to future guidelines on the politics of sport and on urban planning in a large city such as Copenhagen? The task here is to recommend a way out of decline through an analysis of the area of “sport and urban planning”. Looked at more specifically, in an attempt to break with possibly restrictive thinking patterns, questions have to asked as to the reasoning behind existing politics on this area. What forms of authoritative and legitimate rationalization (and what conditions of power) have been dominating the politics of sport in Copenhagen from 1988- 2003? And how should future guidelines be formulated in order to make sport a more integral part of the city? On this matter a hypothesis is put forward here that sport in a municipal context is subject to a dominant planning norm, which is devoted to an idea of “obligational fellowship”, and that this norm can be restrictive in regard to new thinking on how to make sport a more integral part of the city.

scholarly journals Mobilność w centrum średniego miasta w perspektywie możliwości wprowadzenia strefy płatnego parkowania – studium przypadku Tczewa

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-48
Author(s):  
Michał Adam Kwiatkowski ◽  
Grzegorz Pawlikowski
Keyword(s):  
City Centre ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Common Solution ◽  
Car Traffic ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

Polityka parkingowa należy do ważniejszych wyzwań w rozwoju współczesnych miast w zakresie transportu. Jednym z narzędzi kształtowania tego zjawiska w miastach jest wprowadzanie stref płatnego parkowania, które mają zwiększać rotację pojazdów oraz zachęcać do korzystania z innych środków transportu w codziennych dojazdach. Jest to szczególnie ważne w kontekście centrów miast. Wdrażanie stref płatnego parkowania stanowi często stosowane rozwiązanie w dużych miastach, rzadziej w średnich i małych. Celem tego badania jest analiza sposobu docierania mieszkańców średniego miasta – Tczewa – do centrum (Starego Miasta) oraz ocena możliwości wprowadzenia strefy płatnego parkowania. Badanie przeprowadzono metodą ankiety, posługując się techniką PAPI (Paper and Pencil Interview), w którym zebrano 375 odpowiedzi. W przeprowadzonym badaniu ankietowym wykazano, że istnieje duży poziom akceptacji społecznej dla możliwości wprowadzenia strefy płatnego parkowania w analizowanym przypadku. W badaniu wykazano ponadto, że znaczną większość użytkowników centrum stanowią osoby docierające tam pieszo. Potwierdzono także, że mieszkańcy są skłonni nie tylko zapłacić za parkowanie w centrum miasta, ale także przejść pewien dystans pieszo od miejsca postojowego do celu podróży. Niniejsza praca może mieć charakter aplikacyjny i stanowić wskazówkę dla innych miast o podobnej wielkości i strukturze, które zamierzają wprowadzić strefę płatnego parkowania lub innego rodzaju ograniczenia ruchu samochodów. Mobility in the centre of a medium-sized city in the perspective of the prospective introduction of a paid parking zone – a case study of Tczew Parking policy is one of the more important challenges in the development of modern cities in terms of transport. One of the tools for shaping this policy in cities is the introduction of paid parking zones, which are intended to increase vehicle turnover and encourage the use of other means of transport for everyday commuting. This is particularly important in the context of city centres. The introduction of paid parking zones is a common solution in large cities, less so in medium-sized and small ones. The aim of this study is to analyse how residents of a medium-sized city – Tczew – travel to the centre (Old Town) and to assess the possibility of introducing a paid parking zone. The study was carried out through a survey, using the PAPI (Paper and Pencil Interview) technique, with 375 responses collected. It showed that there is a high level of public acceptance for the possible introduction of a paid parking zone in the case under consideration. The study also yielded that the vast majority of users of the centre are people who get there on foot. It was also confirmed that residents are not only willing to pay for parking in the city centre, but also to walk a certain distance from their parking space to their destination. This work can be applied as a guide to other cities of similar size and structure that intend to introduce paid parking zones or other types of car traffic restrictions.

scholarly journals Effects of Bypass in Small and Non-congested Cities: A Case Study of the City Badajoz

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-489
Author(s):  
Juan Francisco Coloma ◽  
Marta Garcia ◽  
Raúl Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Traffic Model ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
City Center ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Time Savings ◽  
Congestion Problems ◽  
The City

Small cities with less than 200,000 inhabitants do not usually suffer from chronic congestion problems. However, private vehicles are used excessively, making it necessary to implement measures to encourage further use of public transport and pedestrian mobility to make it more sustainable. Bypasses improve level of service (LOS) by removing cars from the city center, leading to significant reductions in overall travel time. Most studies so far have been conducted in large cities suffering chronic congestion problems, so the aim of this research is to analyze the effects of bypasses in small and non-congested cities through the construction of a traffic model in Badajoz (Spain), starting with the allocation of the origin-destination travel matrix derived from surveys and traffic counts conducted at the southern and eastern accesses. The traffic model describes the mobility in potentially-capturable future southern traffic relationships and allows insights into different alternatives in the construction of a new high LOS road. This research concludes that small cities with no chronic congestion problems should plan bypasses as close as possible to the city, since they are the most economical, produce greater traffic capture, greater time savings, and eliminate the largest number of CO2 emissions from the urban center. The more distant alternatives have a higher LOS, however, these are longer and more expensive solutions that also capture less traffic and thus eliminate less CO2 emissions.

Provincializing Policies through the Urdu Public

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
Megan Eaton Robb
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Identity ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Fault Lines ◽  
Symbolic Distance ◽  
The City

In the case of Bijnor, the symbolic distance of the qasbah from the city allowed it first to promote League–Congress collaboration in terms of benefit to localities outside large cities. The qasbah timescape was significant in its distance from the city, but more importantly its proximity to the units of community that mattered, communities crystallized by language, geography, and culture. Madīnah’s politics in the 1920s and 1930s were a mix of opposition to the Muslim League, support for Congress, suspicion of Westernization, and justified cooperation with Hindus, all in Islamic terms. The case study of the 1937 Bijnor by-elections demonstrates that conversations in one qasbah both exposed fault lines in Muslim identity and instituted a separation from the national matrix of Congress–Muslim League alignment. In the process, the paper sought to accommodate and report on a vast array of conversations relevant to Muslims, many of which have not received attention in historiography of media prior to 1947 previously.

Slow Tourism in Large Cities: Creating Slow Districts

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Anna Wilkońska
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Slow Movement ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Method Analysis ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose. Discussion regarding the development potential of large cities with respect to the idea of slow tourism, especially in the context of designated areas of specific city districts. References were made to the city of Cracow. Method. Analysis of literature on the subject made references to issues related to the idea of slow movement with respect to cities (slow city) and tourism (slow tourism). Analysis of Cracow’s case, in the context of the establishment of a slow district which is scheduled in the city, allowed for practical references with respect to the discussed issue. Findings. The performed analyses showed the complexity of the issue of slow movement, but also its attractiveness for large cities and tourists (e.g. on account of environmental protection). However, popularisation of the idea of slow movement also entails risks, especially related to its mass character and, in effect, its commercialisation. Research and conclusion limitations. Analysis of literature on the subject only referred to a fragment of the issue and case analysis focused on only one municipal centre. Practical implications. References were made to specific binding tasks from the Tourism Development Strategy of Cracow. Originality. References were made to a large municipal centre which, in the context of the slow movement idea, is a rare subject of academic papers. The subject matter was connected to specific examples of slow districts, planned in the strategic document for Cracow. Type of paper. Overview-type article and case study.

The Cyclical Nature of the Territorial Development of Large Cities: A Case Study of Wrocław (Poland)

2019 ◽  
pp. 009614421987786
Author(s):  
Robert Szmytkie
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Subsequent Period ◽  
Nearest Neighborhood ◽  
The City

The primary aim of the study was to identify the process of territorial development of large cities in Central and Eastern Europe based on the example of Wrocław. The analysis of the administrative boundaries changes; population density and land development revealed specific features of the territorial growth of large cities, which due to their repeatability indicate the cyclical nature of the processes. The specific pattern of territorial development in large cities can be described as follows: each period of socioeconomic development of the city contributes to an increase in population density within urban boundaries, and then to the sprawl of the city into its nearest neighborhood. The suburban area is an extension of the city and over time is incorporated into administrative boundaries of the city. Extension of the city usually reduces the population density within its new boundaries. Each subsequent period of prosperity in the city initiates another cycle of spatial development.

scholarly journals Optimization of a Coastal Environmental Monitoring Network Based on the Kriging Method: A Case Study of Quanzhou Bay, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Chen ◽  
Minjie Ni ◽  
Minggang Cai ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Dongren Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Trophic State Index ◽  
Kriging Method ◽  
Cost Constraints ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Quanzhou Bay ◽  
Monitoring Precision

Environmental monitoring is fundamental in assessing environmental quality and to fulfill protection and management measures with permit conditions. However, coastal environmental monitoring work faces many problems and challenges, including the fact that monitoring information cannot be linked up with evaluation, monitoring data cannot well reflect the current coastal environmental condition, and monitoring activities are limited by cost constraints. For these reasons, protection and management measures cannot be developed and implemented well by policy makers who intend to solve this issue. In this paper, Quanzhou Bay in southeastern China was selected as a case study; and the Kriging method and a geographic information system were employed to evaluate and optimize the existing monitoring network in a semienclosed bay. This study used coastal environmental monitoring data from 15 sites (including COD, DIN, and PO4-P) to adequately analyze the water quality from 2009 to 2012 by applying the Trophic State Index. The monitoring network in Quanzhou Bay was evaluated and optimized, with the number of sites increased from 15 to 24, and the monitoring precision improved by 32.9%. The results demonstrated that the proposed advanced monitoring network optimization was appropriate for environmental monitoring in Quanzhou Bay. It might provide technical support for coastal management and pollutant reduction in similar areas.

scholarly journals Redevelopment of industrial territories as a way to create new means of tourist interest

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Inna Makarchuk ◽  
Julia Kolodich ◽  
Ekaterina Shevchuk
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Strong Material ◽  
Planning Development ◽  
Industrial Zones ◽  
The City

In the scientific literature, the problem of reconstruction of urban industrial zones was considered by scientists mainly in terms of architecture and construction (Sedin V. L., Kravchunovskaya T. S., Kovalev V. V., Bronevitsky S. P. and others), the economic aspect - less attention was paid. Foreign scientists Pacer R., Aruninta A., Ha S., Dardya M., Davis T., Margolis K. studied the concept of "redevelopment" quite widely, both theoretically and on the basis of examples of specific cities.Over the last decade, the deindustrialization of large cities has become widely known. As a result of reduced production, large-scale degrading industrial areas with unused buildings, warehouses and related infrastructure. The spatial structure of such zones requires a consistent transformation based on multi-purpose analysis. In this regard, there is a need for work on the reconception of industrial zones, their adaptation to modern conditions of the city and sustainable development. Development is a good practice all over the world. Development has a multifaceted effect: improving the architectural and planning development of the city, the emergence of new land resources, real estate, jobs, transformation and development of the transport network, reducing pendulum migration, solving environmental problems and of course attracting large numbers of tourists.Relevance of research. The development of industrial territories is the re-profiling of obsolete industrial and administrative buildings in accordance with the needs of the modern market and social development. Since tourism is an industry that requires a strong material fund, it is obvious that the use of redevelopment of industrial areas is in order to develop tourist infrastructure.Field of application of results. The obtained results can be used in substantiation and implementation of redevelopment of industrial territories as a way to create new means of tourist interest.The aim of the study. The positive and negative aspects of redevelopment are analyzed, as well as the expediency of use and the need for optimization in the future are substantiated.The subject of the research is the consideration of problematic issues, obstacles and motivational levers in the implementation of redevelopment projects of industrial zones.Thus, the development of industrial zones can be a motivating incentive for investors only if the municipality is interested in this process. It is the redevelopment that offers a comprehensive solution to the issues related to the transformation of unclaimed industrial facilities or irrationally used areas into new, investment-attractive tourist facilities. 

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