scholarly journals Big Data-Based Evaluation of Urban Parks: A Chinese Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2125
Author(s):  
Zening Xu ◽  
Xiaolu Gao ◽  
Zhiqiang Wang ◽  
Jie Fan
Keyword(s):  
Data Extraction ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Definition Of

Urban parks play a key role in urban sustainable development. This paper proposes a method for the evaluation of public parks from the perspective of accessibility and quality. The method includes the data extraction of urban park locations and the delineation of urban built-up areas. The processing of urban park data not only involves the extraction from digital maps, but also the classification of urban parks using a semi-automated model in ArcGIS. The urban area is identified using the Point of Interest (POI) data in digital maps, taking economic and human activities into consideration. The service area and its overlapped time is included in the evaluation indicators. With a clear definition of park and urban built-up area, the evaluation result of urban parks is of great comparability. Taking China as an example, the quality of urban parks in 273 prefecture-level cities has been evaluated. The results show that the average service coverage of urban parks in Chinese cities is 64.8%, and that there are significant disparities between cities with different population sizes and locations. The results suggest the necessity to improve public parks in small-and-medium sized cities and inland areas to strengthen the coordination of urbanization and regional development.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF URBAN PARKS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: A CASE STUDY IN CHANGKAT PUBLIC PARK, BATU GAJAH, PERAK

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamirah Rosli ◽  
Oliver Hoon Leh Ling ◽  
Nurhazlin Amira Mohd Adzmi ◽  
Marlyana Azzyati Marzukhi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Statistical Relationship ◽  
Public Park ◽  
Recreation Areas ◽  
Park Quality

Nowadays, people, especially urban dwellers were not active. Physical inactivity will lead to an unhealthy body. Previous research found that physical activity will contribute to a healthy life. Based on the previous research, high-quality recreation areas, including urban parks and playgrounds can provide a wide variety of opportunities for physical activity and have the potential to help community in leading a more active lifestyle. However, the statistical relationship between the quality of urban parks and physical activity is yet to be examined, especially for Malaysia. Due to the gap, a study was conducted in Changkat Public Park (Taman Awam Changkat), Batu Gajah, Perak Darul Ridzuan with the aim to examine the statistical relationship between quality of the urban park and physical activity. The park quality was evaluated based on five (5) aspects which were facilities and amenities, accessibility, informative (signage), safety, as well as attraction. Pertaining to physical activity, this study focussed on time allocation, as well as frequency and type of activity of the park visitors. Data were obtained through a questionnaire survey among visitors. The relationship between urban park quality and physical activity in the study area was analysed using a correlation test. The study found that the quality of the park was moderately corrected to the active level of the respondents. As an implication, urban parks require serious concern by the designers and managers to uphold the quality for visitors.

scholarly journals Urban park soundscape in distinct sociocultural and geographical contexts

Noise Mapping ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Carlos Lobo Soares ◽  
J. Luis Bento Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Urban Architecture ◽  
Sound Sources ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
Sound Environment ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Planned Activities

AbstractThe importance of soundscape in urban public parks has galvanised researchers concerned with improving the sound environment in cities. Existing literature reveals, however, a relative paucity of studies on soundscape in particular sociocultural and environmental contexts, and on the influence of these contexts in the perception of the urban sound space.Within this framework, this paper investigates the soundscape of parks in the cities of Belém, Brazil, and Lisbon, Portugal. The influence of geography and climate as determinant of activities and behaviors, the emission of natural and man-made sounds that characterise the soundscape of urban parks, the way park users evaluate the quality of sound environments were analysed, as were other elements that contribute for such an appreciation. The methodology encompassed sound measurements inside and outside the parks, analysis of the audibility of identifiable sound sources, study of local uses and activities through soundwalks and interviews, and assessment of responses to enquiries. The results shows that the soundscape of park depends on different features such as geography, climate, urban architecture, park infrastructure, sound sources, and most importantly the visitors’ expectations for the planned activities, together with their other sensorial responses, which proved to be different in distinct sociocultural and environmental contexts.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Responsibility on the Quality of Company Governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Ana Jurić ◽  
Aleksandra Zupanc ◽  
Tjaša Štrukelj
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Company Governance ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company

AbstractThe central aim of the article is company governance, i.e., researching governance of a company that does not want to be only financially successful but also direct its governance toward socially responsible governance. The article begins with the definition of “theoretical backgrounds,” in which social responsibility in regard to company governance improvement in quality is explained. The article then focuses on the measurement of the quality of company governance; in the research, the selected tool chosen to evaluate the governance of the chosen company regarding social responsibility, i.e., SEECGAN index, is used. Further, the case study of a Slovenian public limited liability company is used. One of the important research findings is the recognition that the addressed part of the SEECGAN index needs to be innovated and further developed. Additional questions for the completion of the index used presents the added value of the article. This article has two limitations: 1) it focuses only on the tool chosen to evaluate the governance of the chosen company regarding social responsibility; 2) the case study is based on publicly accessible data.

scholarly journals Community Perceptions about Participating in Urban Park Establishment in Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1268
Author(s):  
Bayarmaa Enkhbold ◽  
Kenichi Matsui
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Housing Type ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Land Size

Urban parks are essential for communities to maintain and improve health, culture, and quality of life. However, Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, faces a shortage of urban parks due to overpopulation and unplanned land use. A good community-based strategy can help urban park planners and decision-makers understand residents’ needs. It can also improve livability and the urban environmental conditions at large. This paper attempts to understand residents’ perceptions about participating in urban park establishment and maintenance. As the past studies showed a lack of community participation in urban planning in Ulaanbaatar, it attempts to determine the extent to which residents perceive urban park benefits, the importance of community participation, preferred types of contribution, and willingness to contribution land in establishing urban parks in their neighborhood. In doing so, it identifies socio-demographic factors that influence their willingness to participate and contribute. A total of 600 paper-based questionnaires were randomly distributed among ger and apartment residents, and only 535 were analyzed. The result shows that approximately 73% of the respondents considered community participation very important for establishing urban parks in their neighborhood. Most respondents perceived urban park benefits as playgrounds for children, and relaxation and recreation. Respondents’ education and housing type were found significant in overall willingness to participate in park establishment and maintenance, whereas marital status and land size were observed statistically significant in the willingness of sharing some portions of their lands for park establishment in the ger area.

Whose News Can You Trust?

2014 ◽  
pp. 324-352
Author(s):  
Rick Malleus
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Online News ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Online News Sites

This chapter proposes a framework for analyzing the credibility of online news sites, allowing diaspora populations to evaluate the credibility of online news about their home countries. A definition of credibility is established as a theoretical framework for analysis, and a framework of seven elements is developed based on the following elements: accuracy, authority, believability, quality of message construction, peer review, comparison, and corroboration. Later, those elements are applied to a variety of online news sources available to the Zimbabwean diaspora that serves as a case study for explaining the framework. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the framework in relation to some contextual circumstances of diaspora populations and presents some limitations of the framework as diaspora populations might actually apply the different elements.

scholarly journals SOFTWARE PRODUCT AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT THROUGH PROFILE-BASED EVALUATION

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 495-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURIZIO MORISIO ◽  
IOANNIS STAMELOS ◽  
ALEXIS TSOUKIAS
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Process Assessment ◽  
Process Maturity ◽  
Single View ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Product ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Definition Of

Software entities (software products or processes) are characterized by many attributes, each one in its turn can be measured by one or more measures. In several cases the software entities have to be evaluated as a whole, thus raising the problem of aggregating measures to give an overall, single view on the software entity. This paper presents a method to aggregate measures, which works by comparing the product/process with predefined, ideal entities, or profiles. Profiles are defined starting from ranges of values on measures of attributes. The method is based on two main phases, namely definition of the evaluation model and application of the evaluation model. It is presented through a simplified case study that deals with evaluating the level of quality of an asset to decide whether to accept it in a reuse repository. A plausible way of how the method could be applied to process maturity assessment is also provided. The advantages of the method are that it allows using ordinal scales, while it deals explicitly with preferences expressed, implicitly or explicitly, by the evaluator.

scholarly journals Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain)

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Joan Alberich ◽  
Yolanda Pérez-Albert ◽  
José Ignacio Muro Morales ◽  
Edgar Bustamante Picón
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
City Management ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
The One ◽  
Home Sale Prices

There is consensus regarding the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. Therefore, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and the areas’ quality in relation to, for example, vegetation, facilities or furnishings. Therefore, the objective is to establish environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index –HDI–, home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 m of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best-valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst being the facilities. Regarding the degree of environmental justice, a causal relationship between the PQI and the indicators used emerges. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas.

scholarly journals Exploring Multicriteria Decision Strategies in GIS with Linguistic Quantifiers – A Case Study of Residential Quality Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Malczewski ◽  
Claus Rinner
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Decision Strategy ◽  
Decision Strategies ◽  
Linguistic Quantifier ◽  
Residential Quality ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Linguistic Quantifiers

Commonly used GIS combination operators such as Boolean conjunction/disjunction and weighted linear combination can be generalized to the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) family of operators. This multicriteria evaluation method allows decision-makers to define a decision strategy on a continuum between pessimistic and optimistic strategies. Recently, OWA has been introduced to GIS-based decision support systems. We propose to extend a previous implementation of OWA with linguistic quantifiers to simplify the definition of decision strategies and to facilitate an exploratory analysis of multiple criteria. The linguistic quantifier-guided OWA procedure is illustrated using a dataset for evaluating residential quality of neighborhoods in London, Ontario. <div><br></div><div>This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Geographical Systems. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-005-0159-2 <br></div>

scholarly journals Pelatihan Leadership and Coaching untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Para Calon Pengajar Muda dakam Program Indonesia Mengajar

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Cut Sjahrifa
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Economic Risk ◽  
Education Access ◽  
The People ◽  
Effective Coaching ◽  
One Year ◽  
Definition Of

ABSTRAK Keadaan dunia pendidikan di Indonesia masih belum menggembirakan, kendala diantaranya adalah keterbatasan akses pendidikan, jumlah guru yang tidak merata serta kualitas dari guru dinilai masih kurang. Menurut survei Political and Economic Risk Consultant (PERC), kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia berada pada urutan ke-12 dari 12 negara di Asia. Posisi Indonesia berada di bawah Vietnam. Salah satu langkah pemerintah untuk menghadapi masalah ini adalah dengan mengadakan program Indonesia mengajar yaitu merekrut, melatih dan mengirimkan anak muda Indonesia yang merupakan lulusan terbaik perguruan tinggi, untuk bertugas selama satu tahun di berbagai daerah di Indonesia sebagai guru sekolah dasar. Di luar tugas dasarnya sebagai guru, para Pengajar Muda ini memiliki mandat untuk menggerakkan perubahan perilaku di tempatnya bertugas menjadi lebih baik. Dan sebagai bentuk dukungan terhadap program ini, Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen IPMI melakukan pelatihan untuk para Calon Pengajar Muda (CPM) terutama untuk kemampuan kepemimpinan dan pelatihan. Metode yang digunakan pada pelatihan ini berupa ceramah, tanya-jawab, studi kasus, dengan menjelaskan kepemimpinan secara umum, kepemimpinan dalam diri sendiri, kepemimpinan dan hubungannya dalam membangun hubungan yang efektif dengan pihak lain, bagaimana melakukan coaching yang efektif terhadap pihak lain,  dan bagaimana memberi feedback/umpan balik yang efektif kepada pihak lain. Setelah pelatihan ini, diharapkan para CPM akan memiliki dan mendemonstrasikan ketrampilan perilaku  kepemimpinan yang siap menjalani tantangan serta dapat menginspirasi peserta didik dan pihak lainnya. ABSTRACT In general, the condition of the education in Indonesia yet is not encouraging, among others many obstacles noted; limitation of education access, the number of teachers which is not evenly distributed, particularly to the remote areas and the quality of the teachers which does not yet meet the expectation. As per Political and Economic Risk Consultant (PERC) survey, the quality of education in Indonesia was ranked at number 12 out of 12 countries in Asia. Indonesia position was below Vietnam. One of the initiative, which is taken by the Indonesian government to reduce the gap is creating a program so called Indonesia teaching (Indonesia mengajar) by recruiting, training, and sending young people who are the best graduates of many universities to teach as elementary school teachers for one year from all over the places within Indonesia. Aside of their main duty to teach, they also have been mandated to change the behavior of the people around to be better. To support the said program, Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen IPMI has conducted a workshop regarding leadership and coaching for the candidates of young teachers (CPM). The methods of the workshop are lecturing, question and answer, case study, an explanation of the definition of the leadership in general, the leadership within own self, the leadership in regards to building the effective interrelationship with other people, how doing the effective coaching, how to give the effective feedback. Upon completion of the workshop it is expected that the CPMs will be able  to demonstrate the leadership behavior, ready to undergo the challenges and to inspire their students including other people surrounding. 

Whose News Can You Trust?

2012 ◽  
pp. 186-214
Author(s):  
Rick Malleus
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Online News ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Online News Sites

This chapter proposes a framework for analyzing the credibility of online news sites, allowing diaspora populations to evaluate the credibility of online news about their home countries. A definition of credibility is established as a theoretical framework for analysis, and a framework of seven elements is developed based on the following elements: accuracy, authority, believability, quality of message construction, peer review, comparison, and corroboration. Later, those elements are applied to a variety of online news sources available to the Zimbabwean diaspora that serves as a case study for explaining the framework. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the framework in relation to some contextual circumstances of diaspora populations and presents some limitations of the framework as diaspora populations might actually apply the different elements.

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