scholarly journals How Attractive for Walking Are the Main Streets of a Shrinking City?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aura-Luciana Istrate ◽  
Vojtěch Bosák ◽  
Alexandr Nováček ◽  
Ondřej Slach
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
City Center ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Pedestrian Counting ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Shrinking City ◽  
The City ◽  
Street Segments ◽  
Main Streets ◽  
The Way

This research assesses the way main streets are perceived and used by pedestrians in an industrial, Central-European city—Ostrava in Czechia. The city has recently experienced shrinkage and changing patterns of socio-economic exchange, reason why this research is timely and needed in view of city center regeneration. Four main streets have been purposefully selected for this study. The research methods include questionnaires with street users (n = 297), direct observations of human activities and pedestrian counting. A link between business types and the way the street is experienced emerged. Results also indicate that vacant and unproperly managed spaces negatively affect the desire to walk on main streets. Furthermore, pedestrian volumes coupled with the amount of static activities determined several benchmark conditions for lively street segments. This research provides recommendations for policy-making and design and planning practice for regeneration of industrial city centers undergoing commercial and spatial transformation.

scholarly journals Understanding the Impact of Street Patterns on Pedestrian Distribution: A Case Study in Tianjin, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Sheng ◽  
Junfeng Jiao ◽  
Tianyu Pang
Keyword(s):  
Base Layer ◽  
City Center ◽  
Street Pattern ◽  
Gate Count ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Street Segments ◽  
Urban Functions

AbstractThis paper investigates the impact of street pattern, metro stations, and density of urban functions on pedestrian distribution in Tianjin, China. Thirteen neighborhoods are selected from the city center and suburbs. Pedestrian and vehicle volumes are observed through detailed gate count from 703 street segments in these neighborhoods. Regression models are constructed to analyze the impact of the street pattern, points of interest (POIs), and vehicle and metro accessibility on pedestrian volumes in each neighborhood and across the city. The results show that when analyzing all neighborhoods together, local street connectivity and POIs had a strong influence on pedestrian distribution. Proximity to metro stations and vehicle accessibility had a minor impact. When analyzing each neighborhood separately, both local- and city-scale street patterns affect pedestrian distributions. These findings suggest that the street pattern provides a base layer for metro stations to attract both the emergence of active urban functions and pedestrian movement.

scholarly journals Interdependence Evaluation between the Home Neighborhood and the City: How Socio-Spatial Categorization Impacts upon Residential Segregation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kawtar Najib
Keyword(s):  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
City Center ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

This paper proposes a socio-cognitive approach to how people assess the different neighborhoods of a city. The main objective is to show that beyond the meanings associated with each neighborhood, the way in which residents relate to and evaluate their own neighborhood and the city center influence how residents perceive and assess the other remaining neighborhoods of the city. The assessment of one neighborhood cannot be analyzed separately from the other neighborhoods. Cognitive processes of assimilation, contrast, contagion, and non-contagion contribute to the conceptualization of a city’s neighborhoods from the two main emotional and symbolic anchorages of residents. However, the implementation of these processes is conditioned by the socio-spatial situation of the interviewees. In this regard, a field survey of 320 residents was conducted in different neighborhoods of Besançon (in France), and allows us to show that the geographical anchorages of a resident’s own neighborhood and the city center are systematically more positively assessed than the other neighborhoods. The more these geographical anchorages are appreciated, the more the other neighborhoods are also positively assessed. The fact that it is impossible for a city’s neighborhoods to be autonomous is discussed in this paper in terms of socio-cognitive constructions of urban segregations.

The development of Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn quarter, Jerusalem

Der Islam ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tawfiq Daʿadli ◽  
Hervé Barbé
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
The South ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Old City ◽  
Public Bath ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Streets ◽  
The Way

Abstract:Following the discovery of a Mamlūk public bath and a vaulted hall to the south of the Cotton Market in the Old City of Jerusalem, this article proposes a new evaluation of the urban fabric in close proximity to the focal point of the Islamic area ‒ the Ḥaram al-Sharīf. We argue here that what once was considered a project constructed under the supervision of the district governor Saif al-Dīn Tankiz, and financed by the Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn, was in fact initiated by Tankiz. He first erected a double ḥammām, and then a Khān, which was presumably connected to a market street. In its final incarnation, the Sūq was monumental in scale, extending all the way to the Ḥaram. The final product, a market street connecting the Ḥaram with one of the main streets of the city, providing facilities to believers in the form of a double ḥammām and a Khān that served merchants and also pilgrims, was by far the most ambitious project of the Mamlūk era in Jerusalem.

scholarly journals Socio-spatial regeneration challenges in Attaba historic market, Cairo – Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliaa AlSadaty ◽  
Dalila ElKerdany ◽  
Neveen Hamza ◽  
Sahar Imam ◽  
Tamer ElSerafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
City Center ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
User Groups ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Purpose This paper aims to address socio-spatial challenges facing the sustainable regeneration of the 19th-century historic covered Attaba market. One of the few remaining historic market buildings in Cairo. Understanding these challenges is crucial as there is a pressing need for these buildings to be included in the national heritage regeneration policies that would foster their role as sustainable socio-economic urban nuclei within the city center. Design/methodology/approach The paper detects the socio-spatial transformation of the Attaba market through the comparison of archival material. This is supported by observations on the current socio-spatial aspects of the market including forms of interactions, conflicts and interventions of various user groups. A number of 30 semi-structured interviews with traders of the Attaba market were conducted inside the market, along with in-depth observations carried out between 2016 and 2018. Finally, information about local policies toward the market is obtained through interviews with local officials currently managing the market, namely, the Egyptian Endowment Authority and Cairo Governorate. Findings The findings reveal a lack of clear regeneration policy and a complete absence of public participation in decision-making. These factors erode the crucial role these markets play in revitalizing the city’s socio-economic strength and threaten their tangible and intangible values. Originality/value The paper focuses on one of the understudied building types that, however, represent key opportunities for the sustainable development of their contexts. The paper proposes a framework that can be applied to regenerate the Attaba market and its surroundings. When tested, the framework can be also adjusted and applied to the other historic covered markets in Cairo.

The Yamanote Line as architecture: building on the ruination of urban limits

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
François Blanciak
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
General Sense ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
The City ◽  
Field Of Inquiry ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Infrastructure has become a relatively established field of inquiry in architectural academia over the last two decades, insofar as it builds on the rational and generative overtones of the term. However, the contrasting possibility that infrastructure might represent an obstacle for the city and its architecture has often been overlooked. Simultaneously, the idea that the city might be considered as a piece of architecture that can be comprehended, controlled, and eventually designed as a whole (whether from scratch or incrementally), has recently resurfaced, echoing Aldo Rossi's concept of ‘primary elements’. In his seminal book The Architecture of the City, Rossi described the way these elements ‘participate in the evolution of the city over time in a permanent way, often becoming identified with the major artefacts constituting the city’. But, he noted: [p]rimary elements are not only monuments, just as they are not only fixed activities; in a general sense they are those elements capable of accelerating the process of urbanization in a city, and they also characterize the processes of spatial transformation in an area larger than the city.

scholarly journals Sebuah Refleksi Dan Introspeksi Budaya Dalam Journey International Openair Expressions 2008 Hiki

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dwi Marianto
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Boundary Line ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Art Works ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Technically speaking, the journey and experience during the IOE 2008 participation in Japan can be seen as a subject of aesthetic-cultural reflection. In this case, there is no boundary line between the art works that were exhibited in the event with the phenomena of the city which was very greatly attracted the artist. The way how to see and to perceive the phenomena of the nature and culture presented, such as the city center atmosphere, the open space, the spontaneous behaveor of the public, and the city sreets,directly and indirectly, were influenced by the content of the references.

Trial By Space: The Spatial Politcs Of Citizenship And Social Movements In Urban Brazil

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Guidry
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
City Center ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Urban Services ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

This article compares two social movements in Brazil to demonstrate how movements ground citizenship claims in the spaces of everyday life. It draws on Henri Lefebvre's concept of "trial by space," showing how movements contest the way that constitutionally guaranteed citizenship rights are limited in the spaces where people live, work, and play. First, the neighborhood movement of Aurá, a poor community in Belém's periphery, grounds its citizenship claims in demands for urban services that are commonly found in wealthier neighborhoods of the city center. Second, the movement for children's and adolescents' rights—in Belém and nationally—mobilizes around the implementation of the national Statute of the Child and Adolescent. It seeks just treatment of youths through equalization of citizenship rights and practices across the dispersed spaces of the street and house.

scholarly journals History of Jakarta's Chinatown: The Role of the City Gate as a Transition Area and a Starting Point in the Spatial Transformation from the First Chinatown to the Renewal Phase | Sejarah Pecinan Jakarta: Peran Pintu Gerbang Kota Sebagai Area Transisi dan Titik Awal dalam Transformasi Spasial Pecinan Pertama ke Fase Pembaharuan

SPAFA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freta Oktarina ◽  
Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
City Center ◽  
Transition Area ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

In the history of Jakarta, Chinatown played a significant role to the formation of the city. The Chinatown area accompanied Jakarta along its journey and has been around since the city was still known as Batavia. The Chinese were among the actors who played a major role in the formation of urban space when Batavia began to develop. After four centuries, Jakarta’s Chinatown, which is now known as the Glodok area, continues to exist and is a bustling commercial area. The research conducted tries to dig further into the existence of Jakarta’s Chinatown to reveal what lies behind its current formation. The Chinatown that can be found at this time is the second phase of the Jakarta Chinatown. At the beginning of Batavia, the Chinatown area was part of the city center. In 1740 there was a massacre that killed almost the entire Chinese population in Batavia. After the massacre, the Chinese no longer lived in the city center but filled the area outside the city walls. Through the study of archives and documents, the research tries to trace Jakarta’s Chinatown from the 17th to the 19th century to examine the spatial transformation that occurred when the first Chinatown was destroyed and a new Chinatown area grew. This research is a study of architectural history to better identify the formation of hidden layers in urban space. The findings show that there is an important role of the city gate or Pintoe Ketjil as a transition area and a starting point for the renewal phase of Chinatown. The market that develops from people's houses is a characteristic that enlivens the area. Glodok was originally the final boundary for the area before the relocation of the city center turned Glodok into the gateway for the new Chinatown.   Pecinan memiliki peran yang signifikan di dalam sejarah terbentuknya kota Jakarta. Kawasan Pecinan telah mengiringi Jakarta di sepanjang usia perjalanannya dan hadir sejak kota berdiri saat masih bernama Batavia. Penduduk Cina adalah di antara aktor-aktor yang berperan besar dalam pembentukan ruang kota pada saat Batavia mulai dikembangkan. Setelah empat abad berjalan, daerah Pecinan di Jakarta yang kini dikenal sebagai kawasan Glodok masih terus hadir dan merupakan kawasan perniagaan yang ramai. Penelitian yang dilakukan mencoba menggali lebih jauh keberadaan kawasan Pecinan Jakarta untuk mengungkapkan apa yang berlangsung di balik terbentuknya Pecinan saat ini. Pecinan yang dapat ditemui kini adalah fase kedua dari Pecinan Jakarta. Pada awal Batavia berdiri, kawasan Pecinan merupakan permukiman penduduk Cina berada di pusat kota. Hingga di tahun 1740 terjadi pembantaian yang menghabisi hampir seluruh penduduk Cina di Batavia. Pasca pembantaian penduduk Cina tidak lagi tinggal di pusat kota melainkan memenuhi area di luar dinding kota. Melalui kajian arsip dan dokumen, penelitian mencoba menelusuri kondisi Pecinan Jakarta di abad ke-17 hingga akhir abad ke-19 untuk menelaah transformasi ruang yang berlangsung pada saat Pecinan pertama musnah dan tumbuhnya kawasan Pecinan baru. Penelitian ini merupakan studi sejarah arsitektur untuk lebih mengenali formasi dari lapisan-lapisan tersembunyi di dalam ruang kota. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peranan penting wilayah pintu gerbang kota atau Pintoe Ketjil sebagai area transisi dan titik awal tumbuhnya Pecinan fase kedua. Pasar yang berkembang dari rumah-rumah penduduk adalah ciri khas yang menghidupkan kawasan. Glodok pada awalnya adalah batas akhir kawasan Pecinan, sebelum kemudian terjadinya perpindahan pusat kota mengubah Glodok menjadi pintu gerbang Pecinan baru.

scholarly journals City Center for Social Work Belgrade and assistance for victims of crime

Temida ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmina Nikolic
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Counseling Center ◽  
Referral System ◽  
City Center ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Therapeutic Work ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

This paper contains review of a work of the City Center for Social Work in Belgrade and its importance for victims of crime. Article presents Center?s organization of work, referral system and the way of functioning, with particular emphasis on counseling and therapeutic work of the Counseling Center for marriage and family.

Vulgar Cosmopolitanism

2017 ◽  
pp. 27-52
Author(s):  
Will Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Streets ◽  
The Way

“Vulgar Cosmopolitanism” is a portrait of Alexandria’s urban society at the turn of the twentieth century. The chapter juxtaposes views of the city along two rival main streets: elite Rue de Rosette and popular Rue des Soeurs. It explores vernacular geographies of the city, and the categories that a largely illiterate population of newcomers developed to describe and navigate a complex social and legal landscape. It proposes the idea of vulgar cosmopolitanism—common, colloquial, unromantic—to describe the way that ordinary people got along in Alexandria.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document