scholarly journals Urban Form and Natural Hazards: Exploring the Dual Aspect Concept of Urban Forms on Flood Damage

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9007
Author(s):  
Seungwon Kang ◽  
Jaeweon Yeom ◽  
Juchul Jung
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Present Complex ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The purpose of the paper is to explore the dual aspect concept of the impact of urban forms on flood damage. Theoretically, urban form has the dual aspect concept of increasing or decreasing flood damage. Recent issues such as climate change and pandemics are increasing the need to re-discuss the relationship between urban forms and natural hazards. By revisiting the dual aspect concepts of urban forms such as aggregation and dispersion, we can effectively respond to specific urban problems that present complex issues at the city level. Accordingly, this paper once again considers what is a more resilient and ideal urban form for natural hazards by exploring dual aspect concepts of urban form for flood damage spatially and quantitatively from a macroscopic point of view.

scholarly journals Television, Attitudes, and Drugs in Adolescents: Research on their Effects

Comunicar ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (33) ◽  
pp. 185-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Luisa Sevillano-García ◽  
María del Pilar González-Flores ◽  
Luis Rey-Yedra
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Television Programming ◽  
Uso De Sustancias ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Drug Free

Studies related to the use of addictive substances usually reflect the point of view of consumers. In this paper we present a qualitative analysis of the answers of non-users related to the impact of television on their attitudes and behaviour. This article is the result of extensive research carried out in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that aimed to describe the relationship between television and the identification and promotion of values that protect the city’s teenagers from drug use. The data obtained provide those in charge of television programming with suggestions from the teenagers to help them stay drug-free. Los estudios relacionados con el uso de sustancias adictivas recaban, habitualmente, la opinión de los consumidores. En este trabajo presentamos un análisis cualitativo de las respuestas de los usuarios respecto de la incidencia de la televisión en su comportamiento y actitudes. Es fruto de una investigación realizada en la ciudad de Xalapa, Veracruz (México) que tuvo la finalidad de describir la relación que guarda la televisión con la identificación y promoción de los valores que protegen a los adolescentes de la localidad del uso de drogas. Los datos obtenidos ofrecen a los encargados de la programación televisiva las sugerencias emanadas de los propios adolescentes, obtenidas de forma científica para ayudarlos a mantenerse al margen de las drogas.

scholarly journals Relationship between Changes over Time in Factors, Including the Impact of Meteorology on Photochemical Oxidant Concentration and Causative Atmospheric Pollutants in Kawasaki

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Akinori Fukunaga ◽  
Takaharu Sato ◽  
Kazuki Fujita ◽  
Daisuke Yamada ◽  
Shinya Ishida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moving Average ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Photochemical Oxidant ◽  
Oxidant Concentration ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

To clarify the relationship between changes in photochemical oxidants’ (Ox) concentrations and their precursors in Kawasaki, a series of analyses were conducted using data on Ox, their precursors, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and meteorology that had been monitored throughout the city of Kawasaki for 30 years from 1990 to 2019. The trend in air temperature was upward, wind speed was downward, and solar radiation was upward, indicating an increasing trend in meteorological factors in which Ox concentrations tend to be higher. Between 1990 and 2013, the annual average Ox increased throughout Kawasaki and remained flat after that. The three-year moving average of the daily peak increased until 2015, and after that, it exhibited a slight decline. The amount of generated Ox is another important indicator. To evaluate this, a new indicator, the daytime production of photochemical oxidant (DPOx), was proposed. DPOx is defined by daytime averaged Ox concentrations less the previous day’s nighttime averaged Ox concentrations. The trend in DPOx from April to October has been decreasing since around 2006, and it was found that this indicator reflects the impact of reducing emissions of NOx and VOCs in Kawasaki.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Urban Morphology to the Formation of the Microclimate in Compact Urban Cores: A Study in the City Center of Thessaloniki

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Georgios-Rafail Kouklis ◽  
Athena Yiannakou
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
City Center ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
Microclimatic Conditions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of urban morphology to the formation of microclimatic conditions prevailing within urban outdoor spaces. We studied the compact form of a city and examined, at a detailed, street plan level, elements related to air temperature, urban ventilation, and the individual’s thermal comfort. All elements examined are directly affected by both the urban form and the availability of open and green spaces. The field study took place in a typical compact urban fabric of an old city center, the city center of Thessaloniki, where we investigated the relationship between urban morphology and microclimate. Urban morphology was gauged by examining the detailed street plan, along with the local building patterns. We used a simulation method based on the ENVI-met© software. The findings of the field study highlight the fact that the street layout, the urban canyon, and the open and green spaces in a compact urban form contribute decisively both to the creation of the microclimatic conditions and to the influence of the bioclimatic parameters.

Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-85
Author(s):  
Fereshteh Habib ◽  
Ibrahim Numan ◽  
Hifsiye Pulhan
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Dimensional Approach ◽  
Sociocultural Influences ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

In casting a new look at city; this study interprets the urban form in respect of the role played by human perception of space. The main aim of this research at a macro level is to attain a strong theorical basis through a multi-dimensional approach to the city. The method of analyzing and carrying out a critique of it at an applied level will clarify the impact, which cultural factors have in the formation of urban form. This preliminary recognition and idealism is based on a hermeneutic and deductive method that is particular to the intellectual sciences In the process of devising theories, studying the urban planning texts related to the subject of study and the conclusion from the field study which is carried out in the Isfahan Naghshe Jahan square in the Safavy period played a key role in the research in addition to the goals and questions.

scholarly journals The city and the war

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Leonid Salmin
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Visual Discourse ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Ritual Practices

The article focuses on the city as a visual discourse. This topic was previously studied in the article “Invisible Moscow” (Salmin, 2018). The impact of the war on the concepts of visibility / invisibility of the city and their relationship is analyzed from the point of view of mytho-ritual practices. Inversions of the visible and invisible are considered in the context of evolution of the city's symbolism under the influence of the military threats.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS ON THE HUMAN RESOURCES FROM THE HEALTH SYSTEM DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
Vol S.I. (1) ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Ana-Madalina Potcovaru ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Stress ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article shows the impact of organizational stress on the human resources from the health system. The research wants to highlight the main stressors factors among the medical staff, physicians, and assistants from Târgoviște Emergency Hospital from Dâmbovița County and to determine if the organizational stress affects the personal life of the employees. Understanding the sources of stress and reducing them has a great impact on job satisfaction and on the relationship patient-physician. Also, the article presents the impact of the COVID-19 on the health care workers from a psychological point of view. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected global mental health.

scholarly journals Interfaces and divisions in the Dublin Docklands 'Smart District'

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam James Heaphy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Form ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
Port Area ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The study of physical and social divisions in divided societies has long been an area of study, such as the continued usage of 'peace walls' in Belfast, hostile architecture to prevent anti-social behaviour and rough sleeping, and the securitisation of private spaces. In the context of a new drive to create a smart district, this paper looks at the relationship between smart urbanism and planning, and at the spatial and social divisions between a new 'gentrifying' and well-educated community in the Dublin Docklands and established communities in the area. The Dublin Docklands redevelopment marks a significant break from a pattern of suburbanisation and inner-city decline and repurposes part of the former port area as a city centre extension. The paper accounts for the reshaping of the Dublin Docklands as a ‘smart district’ in collaboration with the city authorities, based on over thirty semi-structured interviews and participant-observation at consultation events. It argues that reductive definitions of smart cities as networking technologies be reworked into broader considerations on urban technologies and the future of cities, with greater emphasis on the relationship between technologies branded as ‘smart’ and the material and digital manifestation of boundaries in urban form.

scholarly journals (Re)discovering Toronto's waterfront: infrastructure and connectivity in a post-industrial landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geordie Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Waterfront Redevelopment ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

The transition of waterfront land use from industrial to post-industrial is a global phenomenon. There are several forces that are driving this change, including the advancement of shipping technology and the relocation of industrial processes to areas with greater availability of land. In place of industrial uses, many cities have undertaken, or are in the process of undertaking the redevelopment of their waterfront. As a result of past industrial use, there often exists, a significant amount of transportation infrastructure that isolates the city from the waterfront. This paper establishes the context for waterfront redevelopment, before examining the impact of infrastructure urban forms by using the work of Kevin Lynch as a tool for analysis. Several case precedents are used to examine the course of action that other North American cities have pursued to mitigate the impact of infrastructure forms on the waterfront and how they may influence the way Toronto deals with its waterfront infrastructure.

The Impact of the Work Environment on Innovation and Business Sustainability in SMEs

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-156
Author(s):  
Rafael Ignacio Pérez-Uribe ◽  
Solange Dianira Jordan Bustamante ◽  
Carlos Salcedo -Perez
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Innovation Processes

Innovation is a process, where the interpersonal relationships of employees are key to the creation of ideas that will contribute to the generation of value for organizations in the face of disruptive environments. This chapter analyzes the relationship between the work environment as a key factor and its impact on the development of innovation processes and business sustainability, taking as a sample 182 SMEs, from commercial, footwear, and textile sectors from the city of Cúcuta. The results showed an interrelation between the organizational climate and the culture of innovation as an agent that generates change that contributes to business sustainability.

scholarly journals Natural factors of technological accidents: the case of Russia

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2227-2234 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Petrova
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Overhead Lines ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Russian Far East ◽  
Special Protection

Abstract. The data base of technological accidents and disasters that have occurred in Russia has been created. More than 13 000 information units have been collected and analyzed. The proportion of accidents triggered by natural events (natural-technological accidents or NTA) in the total number of technological accidents as well as a part of every NTA type in the total number of NTA was estimated. About 10 percent of all accidents registered in the data base were caused by natural events; among some types of accidents this proportion is even higher. Transmission facilities with more than 90 percent of overhead lines are the most vulnerable to the impact of natural hazards. The contribution of different natural hazards was evaluated. Regions with the greatest NTA risk were revealed. The influence of natural events on the technosphere is stronger in the South of the European Russia and in the Russian Far East, which are more exposed to hurricanes, snowstorms, rainfalls, icing and other natural hazards producing NTA. The critical infrastructure needs special protection and modernization in these regions. The problem of the relationship between natural hazards and the technosphere is very complicated and needs further investigation, especially taking the expected climate changes into consideration.

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