scholarly journals Analysis of the Uniqueness and Similarity of City Landscapes Based on Deep Style Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 734
Author(s):  
Ling Zhao ◽  
Li Luo ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Liyan Xu ◽  
Jiawei Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Feature Maps ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Characteristics

The city landscape is largely related to the design concept and aesthetics of planners. Influenced by globalization, planners and architects have borrowed from available designs, resulting in the “one city with a thousand faces” phenomenon. In order to create a unique urban landscape, they need to focus on local urban characteristics while learning new knowledge. Therefore, it is particularly important to explore the characteristics of cities’ landscapes. Previous researchers have studied them from different perspectives through social media data such as element types and feature maps. They only considered the content information of a image. However, social media images themselves have a “photographic cultural” character, which affects the city character. Therefore, we introduce this characteristic and propose a deep style learning for the city landscape method that can learn the global landscape features of cities from massive social media images encoded as vectors called city style features (CSFs). We find that CSFs can describe two landscape features: (1) intercity landscape features, which can quantitatively assess the similarity of intercity landscapes (we find that cities in close geographical proximity tend to have greater visual similarity to each other), and (2) intracity landscape features, which contain the inherent style characteristics of cities, and more fine-grained internal-city style characteristics can be obtained through cluster analysis. We validate the effectiveness of the above method on over four million Flickr social media images. The method proposed in this paper also provides a feasible approach for urban style analysis.

scholarly journals TIGHT OR FLEXIBLE? THE DEGREE OF DETAIL OF LOCAL LAW REGULATIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON A QUALITY OF URBAN SPACE – SELECTED CASES FROM POZNAN

space&FORM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2020 (46) ◽  
pp. 165-186
Author(s):  
Wojciech Skórzewski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Local Law ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Local spatial development plans, are one of the most important urban landscaping tools. Their goal is, on the one hand, to protect urban space including, inter alia, prevention of creation of illconsidered developments, that are bad to the urban landscape, the environment or the local communities. For this purpose, there is a number of restrictions introduced into local spatial development plans. On the other hand, the role of local plans is also creating the space, so they should be conducive to projects with high-quality architecture, that are often unconventional and innovative, adding new value to the architectural landscape of the city, which could be blocked by too strict regulations. The trick is to create regulations in a way that can help reconcile that two goals.

scholarly journals Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0240434
Author(s):  
Kieran D. O’Malley ◽  
William E. Kunin ◽  
Matthew Town ◽  
William O. Mgoola ◽  
Emma Louise Stone
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Roost Selection ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
African Bats ◽  
The City ◽  
Random Control

Increasing urbanisation has led to a greater use of artificial structures by bats as alternative roost sites. Despite the widespread presence of bats, roost availability may restrict their distribution and abundance in urban environments. There is limited quantitative information on the drivers of bat roost selection and roosting preferences, particularly in African bats. We explore the factors influencing roost selection in the Mauritian tomb bat (Taphozous mauritianus), within an urban landscape in Lilongwe city, Malawi. Eight building and five landscape features of roosts were compared with both adjacent and random control buildings throughout the city. Bat occupied buildings were situated closer to woodland (mean 709m) compared to random buildings (mean 1847m) but did not differ in any other landscape features explored. Roosts were situated on buildings with larger areas and taller walls, suggesting bats select features for predator-avoidance and acoustic perception when leaving the roost. Bats preferred buildings with exposed roof beams which may provide refuge from disturbance. Whilst roosts are situated more often on brick walls, this feature was also associated with landscape features, therefore its importance in roost selection is less clear. These results are indicative that T. mauritianus selects roosts at both the building and landscape level. The selectivity of T. mauritianus in relation to its roost sites implies that preferred roosts are a limited resource, and as such, conservation actions should focus on protecting roost sites and the woodland bats rely on.

Struktura funkcjonalno-przestrzenna wybranych terenów przemysłowych Poznania

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Sylwia Staszewska ◽  
Daria Marcinowicz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
Functional Structure ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Urban Greenery ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

An analysis is provided of the spatial-functional structure of the area of Główna, Zawady, Gdyńska and Bałtycka streets in Poznań. This region of the city is unique. On the one hand, it contains particularly valuable architectural forms, often of historical and cultural merit, and several interesting natural-landscape features passing into historical structural wedges of urban greenery. On the other hand, however, there are also storehouses as well as manufacturing and service shops there, often side by side with residential housing. The area displays a mix of functions and building forms, a deteriorating state of repair of the buildings, a vandalised urban environment, and advancing processes of ageing and depreciation. The paper is concluded with a presentation of the measures devised to transform the area that have been outlined in the Study of determinants and directions of the spatial development of the city of Poznań and the authors’ own observations.

scholarly journals SENSE OF PLACE IN THE ATMOSPHERE RESORT CAFÉ AS OASE IN CITY CENTER OF BANDUNG JL. LENGKONG BESAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Janice Janice ; Tito Gunawan W.
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Social Life ◽  
City Center ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Psychological Reaction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Abstract- Restaurants and cafes as the recreation, relaxation and entertainment facilities forms have grown continuously with its endless innovation. This aspect of continuous growth is to respond to consumptive society's demand as the result of the continuous development of the modern era. This globalization era leads society to know the information and communication technology that affects their social life. Lifestyle and become an individual's identity and has been considered as the key to their social life through social media. Thus the architecture in the culinary world can be post it up in their social media. The innovation found in Atmosphere Resort Café is the ambiance of a resort in this city that is located in the city center area of Bandung city, Lengkong Besar Street. This area is the area of trading and housing, and is the one way to play street at the area. Atmosphere Resort Café wishes to present a different ambience at this city center through the concept of a resort café, also to be different from other cafés. To be located in the city center is a challenge to be able to present the resort ambience which is commonly found in suburban areas, away from the city center itself. Thus, how can a sense of place with the resort be presented at Bandung city center to be an oasis is an interesting topic to be discussed. Atmosphere Resort Cafe has a characteristic sense of place, and its impact to the guests and users. The method used is a qualitative approach by explaining its regional context and resort characteristics, and to explain the sense of place components that are setting in physical systems and users to understand the psychological reaction. The setting in its physical system includes identity and physical elements, while the user includes the quality they feel toward the setting. The datas are obtained through field observation, literature studies, interviews, questionnaires as responders, and documentation. It is concluded that the resort characteristic in this city center has a strong landscape of architecture as one of the main elements in the Atmosphere Resort Café. Besides that, the existing massing and space, strengthened the reflection of nature, has created a stronger characteristic and the city center resort, full of hustle and bustle, is a shut down through the created control of space. The settings also passed in stimulating user awareness and perception. Users feel relax and happy when they are in At the atmosphere Resort Café with its ambience. Accordingly Atmosphere Resort Café has these places as a resort, a café that strengthens its identity in Bandung city center. Key Words: Sense of place, resort, oasis, Bandung city center

scholarly journals “MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WOULD NOT HAVE RECOGNIZED HIS CITY”: THE IMAGE OF EKATERINBURG / SVERDLOVSK IN THE LITERATURE OF THE URALS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1940S

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Maria A. Litovskaya ◽  
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Yulia S. Nekrasova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
The Urals ◽  
History Of ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Post War ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

The paper considers the image of Ekaterinburg / Sverdlovsk in the 1940s Urals literature. It analyzes the content of the literary and artistic almanac “The Ural Contemporary” (1949), dedicated to the anniversary of Sverdlovsk, the novel by I. I. Likstanov “Green Stone” (1949), poems by E. E. Khorinskaya and others. The characteristic features of the image of the “capital of the Urals” in literature for adults and children are highlighted. The changes that have occurred in depicting of Sverdlovsk in comparison with the previous periods are noted. With a limited list of depicted urban loci, constant mention in various texts of the same key figures and events of urban history in the post-war period, the emphasis is shifted to the image of Ekaterinburg / Sverdlovsk as a city not only with a rich history, but also with a heterogeneous, complex socio-cultural environment. Based on the literary analysis the authors conclude that, although the portrayal of Ekaterinburg / Sverdlovsk saved previously formed images of the city-worker, factory-city, the center of economic life of the mining region, special attention in the second half of the 1940s is beginning to give to the beauty to the urban landscape, the convenience of urban living, the dynamics of urban development. The action in the texts is carried out from apartments and factory shops to the streets, the characters are depicted not only in situations of heroic work and everyday survival, but as ordinary citizens, even idle flankers who notice the quality of their place of residence. It is concluded that such a significant change in the image of Ekaterinburg / Sverdlovsk is associated, on the one hand, with changes in notion of the previous stages of the history of the city, on the other hand, with the desire of the Sverdlovsk Writers’ Organization to prove its self-sufficiency.

Analyze the usage of urban greenways through social media images and computer vision

2022 ◽  
pp. 239980832110646
Author(s):  
Yang Song ◽  
Huan Ning ◽  
Xinyue Ye ◽  
Divya Chandana ◽  
Shaohua Wang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Health Economy ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Detection Analysis ◽  
High Line ◽  
Urban Greenway

Urban greenway is an emerging form of urban landscape offering multifaceted benefits to public health, economy, and ecology. However, the usage and user experiences of greenways are often challenging to measure because it is costly to survey such large areas. Based on the online postings from Instagram in 2017, this paper used Computer Vision (CV) technology to analyze and compare how the general public uses two typical greenway parks, The High Line in New York City and the Atlanta Beltline in Atlanta. Face and object detection analysis were conducted to infer user composition, activities, and key experiences. We presented the temporal patterns of Instagram postings as well as the group gatherings, smiling, and representative objects detected from photos. Our results have shown high user engagement levels for both parks while teens are significantly underrepresented. The High Line had more group activities and was more active during weekdays than the Atlanta Beltline. Stronger sense of escape and physical activities can be found in Atlanta Beltline. In summary, social media images like Instagram can provide strong empirical evidence for urban greenway usage when combined with artificial intelligence technologies, which can support the future practice of landscape architecture and urban design.

Emplacing Berlin: Digital Itineraries and Short-term Study Abroad in the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Apgar
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
The City

As destination of choice for many short-term study abroad programs, Berlin offers students of German language, culture and history a number of sites richly layered with significance. The complexities of these sites and the competing narratives that surround them are difficult for students to grasp in a condensed period of time. Using approaches from the spatial humanities, this article offers a case study for enhancing student learning through the creation of digital maps and itineraries in a campus-based course for subsequent use during a three-week program in Berlin. In particular, the concept of deep mapping is discussed as a means of augmenting understanding of the city and its history from a narrative across time to a narrative across the physical space of the city. As itineraries, these course-based projects were replicated on site. In moving from the digital environment to the urban landscape, this article concludes by noting meanings uncovered and narratives formed as we moved through the physical space of the city.

‘Otherwise in London’ or, the ‘Essence of Things’: Modernity and Estrangement in the Nineteenth-Century Cityscape

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Julian Wolfreys
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
William Wordsworth ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Thomas De Quincey ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Representation ◽  
Robert Southey ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Writers of the early nineteenth century sought to find new ways of writing about the urban landscape when first confronted with the phenomena of London. The very nature of London's rapid growth, its unprecedented scale, and its mere difference from any other urban centre throughout the world marked it out as demanding a different register in prose and poetry. The condition of writing the city, of inventing a new writing for a new experience is explored by familiar texts of urban representation such as by Thomas De Quincey and William Wordsworth, as well as through less widely read authors such as Sarah Green, Pierce Egan, and Robert Southey, particularly his fictional Letters from England.

Evaluation of Road Utilisation as Space For Holding Social Ceremonies in Indigenous Residential Area of Ogbomoso, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (March 2018) ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A Okanlawon ◽  
O.O Odunjo ◽  
S.A Olaniyan
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Noisy Environment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Core ◽  
Local Roads ◽  
Strict Enforcement ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

This study examined Residents’ evaluation of turning transport infrastructure (road) to spaces for holding social ceremonies in the indigenous residential zone of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Upon stratifying the city into the three identifiable zones, the core, otherwise known as the indigenous residential zone was isolated for study. Of the twenty (20) political wards in the two local government areas of the town, fifteen (15) wards that were located in the indigenous zone constituted the study area. Respondents were selected along one out of every three (33.3%) of the Trunk — C (local) roads being the one mostly used for the purpose in the study area. The respondents were the residents, commercial motorists, commercial motorcyclists, and celebrants. Six hundred and forty-two (642) copies of questionnaire were administered and harvested on the spot. The Mean Analysis generated from the respondents’ rating of twelve perceived hazards listed in the questionnaire were then used to determine respondents’ most highly rated perceived consequences of the practice. These were noisy environment, Blockage of drainage by waste, and Endangering the life of the sick on the way to hospital; the most highly rated reasons why the practice came into being; and level of acceptability of the practice which was found to be very unacceptable in the study area. Policy makers should therefore focus their attention on strict enforcement of the law prohibiting the practice in order to ensure more cordial relationship among the citizenry, seeing citizens’ unacceptability of the practice in the study area.

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