scholarly journals Spatial Suitability Evaluation of an Arid City Based on the Perspective of Major Function Oriented Zoning: A Case Study of Urumqi City in Xinjiang, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongli Chen ◽  
Degang Yang ◽  
Xinhuan Zhang ◽  
Yannan Zhao ◽  
Yufang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Development Zone ◽  
Major Function ◽  
Suitability Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Space Layout

The realization of regional sustainable development has been a popular research topic during the process of urbanization. To explore the coordination relationships between urban development and ecological security—taking Urumqi city, a representative arid city in Xinjiang, China, as a study area—this study has constructed a framework of spatial suitability evaluation based on the characteristics of a Mountain–Oasis–Desert System (MODS) in an arid area under the framework of major function oriented zoning (MFOZ). A spatial overlay analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS) with a 5 m × 5 m grid or towns and streets as the basic unit was applied to comprehensively evaluate spatial suitability. The results showed that the study area was zoned into a forbidden development zone (as patches set in towns and streets), an ecological protection zone (nine towns or streets), a moderate development zone (16 towns or streets), and a key development zone (82 towns or streets), accounting for 30.35%, 32.50%, 23.79%, and 13.36%, respectively. The zoning results provided a basis to pointedly put forward the development and protection strategies of each administrative unit; and the research framework can be applied to other arid areas for the decision-making related to the urban space layout and environmental management.

scholarly journals Investigating Eco-Environmental Vulnerability for China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Key Sector Punjab Using Multi-Sources Geo-Information

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 625
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kamran ◽  
Jinhu Bian ◽  
Ainong Li ◽  
Guangbin Lei ◽  
Xi Nan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indicator System ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Environmental Vulnerability ◽  
Punjab Province ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Geospatial Database ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Belt And Road

China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), a critical part of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI), is subjected to rapid infrastructure development, which may lead to potential eco-environmental vulnerability. This study uses multi-source geo-information, and the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM)-based best–worst method (BWM) to quantify the baseline eco-environmental vulnerability of one key CPEC sector—the Punjab province. The Punjab province is an important connection between northern and southern CPEC routes in Pakistan. In this study, we have established an indicator system consisting of twenty-two influential factors in a geospatial database to conduct eco-environmental vulnerability analysis. The overall setup is supported by a geographic information system (GIS) to perform spatial analysis. The resulting map was categorized into five vulnerability levels: very low, low, medium, high, and very high. The results revealed that the overall eco-environmental health of the Punjab province is reasonably good as 4.64% and 59.45% area of the key sector lies in ‘very low’ and ‘low’ vulnerability categories; however, there also exist highly vulnerable areas, particularly in the proximity of CPEC projects. Although high vulnerability areas constitute a very small percentage, only 0.08% of the Punjab province, still, decision-makers need to be aware of those regions and make corresponding protection strategies. Our study demonstrated that the MCDM-BWM-based EVA model could be effectively used to quantify vulnerability in other areas of CPEC. The findings of the study emphasize that management policies should be aligned with research-based recommendations for ecological protection, natural resource utilization, and sustainable development in regions participating in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION FOR PRODUCTION OF FRUIT TREES USING GIS TECHNOLOGY A case study at Thua Thien Hue

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huỳnh Văn Chương
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Land Suitability ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Land Suitability Analysis ◽  
Suitability Evaluation ◽  
Suitability Assessment ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Land Use Types ◽  
Administrative Unit

This study aimed to analyse and evaluate the land suitability for certain fruit treesin Thuy Bang commune using GIS techniques in combination with a multi-criteriaapproach. At first, the databases for GIS analyses had to be developed. The data wereobtained through scientific literature review, expert opinions, interviews, and professionalofficers. The suitability assessment in the studied area has been done in two ways: physicalsuitability evaluation and social-economic, environmental suitability evaluation. Integrationof GIS and multi-criteria approach for land suitability analysis could be a usefulmethodology for further research in Vietnam. This approach makes it possible to selectsuitable land use types and crops for each administrative unit at community level.Keywords: Multi-criteria land suitability, fruit trees, GIS, Central Vietnam.

Study on Public Sports Facility Layout Planning

2013 ◽  
Vol 440 ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
Tie Huan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Layout Planning ◽  
Facilities Planning ◽  
Facilities Layout ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Construction Experience ◽  
Space Layout

Public sports facilities are to ensure the quality of urban residents life, and are the carrier of the national fitness plan, and is the basis to improve the physical quality. Reasonable public sports facilities planning layout, can promote the improvement of the urban space layout structure, and realize the self-optimization and benign development of urban system. In this paper, the urban public sports facilities layout plans as the research key, analysis of various urban public sports facilities layout planning factors. Combined with planning, construction experience, discusses sports facilities layout planning models and planning layout methods.

Research on the Water Culture of Ziquejie Terrace and how to Protect and Utilize it

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 2987-2990
Author(s):  
Jun Deng ◽  
Xu Ming Tan
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Water Erosion ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Water Culture ◽  
Runoff Reduction ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Resource Protection ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Area Planning

The Ziquejie Terrace is one of the earliest cultivated terraces in the world, so it has important theoretical and practical significance to study its water culture for the protection and development. By on-the-spot investigation, interview and literature review, this paper reduces the Ziquejie terraces water culture as follows: efficient use of water resource, consciousness of water resource protection and scientific and reasonable irrigation area planning and management. At present, there are many problems existing in the Ziquejie Terrace area, such as soil and water erosion, runoff reduction and the shortage of irrigation water, environmental disruption caused by tourism development, terraced collapse, water culture facing destruction and other issues. To solve these problems, the paper proposed to study the contradictions between ecological protection and tourism development, between irrigation construction and water culture, and gived protection strategies.

scholarly journals Urban Community Sustainable Development Patterns under the Influence of COVID-19: A Case Study Based on the Non-Contact Interaction Perspective of Hangzhou City

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3575
Author(s):  
Jiwu Wang ◽  
Xuewei Hu ◽  
Chengyu Tong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Contact Interaction ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Community Space

A community is the basic organization and living unit of a city. During COVID-19, China’s epidemic prevention and isolation measures against COVID-19 based on the community as the basic unit achieved excellent results and strengthened the impact of non-contact interaction activities on the lifestyles of resident communities. We surveyed and interviewed 1610 respondents on how the epidemic changed residents’ lifestyle habits “before, during, and after COVID-19” in 12 communities in Hangzhou, China. Then, we undertook a comparative analysis and found that, under the stimulus of COVID-19, the frequency of residents using non-contact interaction had increased to varying degrees, community lifestyles had undergone significant changes, and the impact of non-contact interaction on community service facilities was complicated. Our conclusions are as following: (1) under COVID-19, the community space had become a composite space—that is, a new type of community space formed by the fusion of community physical space and community virtual space; (2) non-contact interactive activities were the main content in the community composite space, which differently influenced people’s habits of using existing community service facilities; (3) the influence mechanism was manifested in significant differences and spatial scale effects. Therefore, based on the research results, we propose a model for the configuration of service facilities in community composite spaces. It is necessary to build communities into a healthy, safe, and convenient urban space governance unit to ensure the sustainable development of cities.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Scale Management Suitability Based on the Entropy-TOPSIS Method

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 416
Author(s):  
Xiaoteng Cao ◽  
Chaofu Wei ◽  
Deti Xie
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Topsis Method ◽  
Original Matrix ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
Suitability Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scale Management

The evaluation of scale management suitability provides a comprehensive assessment of the various factors driving farmland management conditions. This research objectively evaluated the conditions for scale management suitability by applying the entropy-TOPSIS method with the aim of effectively balancing the space for agricultural production, the development of towns, and ecological protection. First, to ensure a balance between agricultural production, urban development, and ecological protection, 13 indexes were selected to represent the following three areas: natural factors, socioeconomic factors, and characteristics of cultivated land factors. The original matrix was standardized to evaluate the suitability of natural resources, the social economy, and cultivated land conditions, and a comprehensive suitability evaluation of scale management in the Jiangjin District of Chongqing was conducted. The research results divide the study area into four regions based on the level of scale management suitability. Examining the spatial distribution, the level of scale management suitability decreased gradually from north to south, regions at the high and middle levels of scale management suitability were concentrated in the northern area beside the Yangtze river, and the regions at a low level were concentrated in the southern mountain area. This research can provide a reference for the rational utilization of land resources and land use policymaking.

scholarly journals For Human Rights: Constructing the multinational Brčko District in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Carolina Schvartz Peres
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Educational System ◽  
School System ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Post War ◽  
Year 2000

Abstract The Brčko District was conceived to be a multiethnic political-administrative unit in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various efforts have been made to accomplish this since the year 2000, such as the construction of urban space with the equitable presence of the three national groups recognized by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the unification of the school system, both with the aim to guarantee human rights, understood as equal cultural rights. This article focuses on the educational system and the monuments policy to critically analyze these endeavors by revealing how policies for the construction of a multinational space have contributed to the maintenance of a divided city, where the borderlines do not need to be official to exist and constantly remind everyone to which group they belong to and what this means.

Study on the Development Strategy of New District - A Case Study of the QunLi New District in Harbin

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 586-589
Author(s):  
Cong Xia Zhao ◽  
Peng Guang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Strategy Space ◽  
The Development Strategy ◽  
Design Idea ◽  
Space Layout

If a city is an organism, urban new district should be a part of the whole organic growing city. This paper takes the QunLi New District of Harbin as an example, discusses the development goal, design idea, development strategy, space layout form and development mode of the new district, puts forward a suggestion that the new district shall be a district with perfect function such as residential, commercial, industrial etc. The urban design of new district should pay special attention to the surrounding area, especially to the connection with downtown, forecast and arrange reasonably various public services facilities and infrastructure according to the population and economic development of new district, strengthen the ecological environment construction of the new district, create livable urban space with times characteristics.

scholarly journals Evaluation of ecological suitability of rural tourism land — a case study of Xi’an city

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 03023
Author(s):  
Bing Fan ◽  
Wei-li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Suitability Evaluation ◽  
Rational Distribution ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Slope Vegetation ◽  
Ecological Suitability ◽  
Xi’An City

Ecological suitability evaluation is an important prerequisite for rational distribution of tourism. Take Xi’an as an example, selecting six factors as evaluation indexes: elevation, slope, vegetation coverage, river, landscape quality and traffic. After using RS, GIS techniques and resorting to factor weighted super-position method and obtaining the results. The results show that the most suitable, suitable, basic suitable, unsuitable and unavailable land of Xi’an rural tourism respectively account for 17.5%, 25.4%, 20.63%, 22.12% and 14.35%. According to the distribution pattern of different suitability, the corresponding land use measures are put forward for development of rural tourism in Xi’an city, which provides a theoretical basis for Xi’an to explore the coordinated path of ecological protection and economic development.

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