scholarly journals Urban Soundscapes in the Imaginaries of Native Digital Users: Guidelines for Soundscape Design

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Jean-Dominique Polack ◽  
Philippe Taupin ◽  
Hyun In Jo ◽  
Jin Yong Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Semantic Model ◽  
Pilot Experiment ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

We present an experiment run along the lines of a pilot experiment in China based on collages and narratives to illustrate the participants’ experience with urban sceneries. Its aim was to develop a conceptual model based on narrative analysis that linked objects of the environment to the perceived properties of the soundscape. Participants in groups of two were free to clip any image they wanted from a selection of magazines—the same for all groups within each country—and free to add comments or drawings on their collages. Then, they had to present their collages to the other participants, and the presentations were recorded and transcribed. The structural semantic model that underlies the descriptions of the collages and narratives is presented. The results of the analysis were comparable with previous studies, since ideal urban environments should be calm, quiet and green, but urban environments should also promote cultural activities and the possibility to escape outside the city. The analysis also allowed for attaining the emotions created by soundscapes. Thus, the semantic model can be used as a conceptual model for a soundscape, from which guidelines for soundscape planning and design can be derived, as well as suggestions for innovative soundscapes.

scholarly journals Analysis of Small-Scale Fading Distributions in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicent M. Rodrigo-Peñarrocha ◽  
Juan Reig ◽  
Lorenzo Rubio ◽  
Herman Fernández ◽  
Susana Loredo
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Channel Measurements ◽  
Experimental Distribution ◽  
Vehicle To Vehicle ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
Inference Techniques ◽  
The City

This work analyzes the characteristics of the small-scale fading distribution in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) channels. The analysis is based on a narrowband channel measurements campaign at 5.9 GHz designed specifically for that purpose. The measurements were carried out in highway and urban environments around the city of Valencia, Spain. The experimental distribution of the small-scale fading is compared to several analytical distributions traditionally used to model the fast fading in wireless communications, such as Rayleigh, Nakagami-m, Weibull, Rice, andα-μdistributions. The parameters of the distributions are derived through statistical inference techniques and their goodness-of-fit is evaluated using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test. Our results show that theα-μdistribution exhibits a better fit compared to the other distributions, making its use interesting to model the small-scale fading in V2V channels.

scholarly journals Study on Application of Native Plants in Park Greening in Guilin

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 04006
Author(s):  
Yanni Lai ◽  
Fang Zhao ◽  
Qin Du ◽  
Xuefang Xie ◽  
Qiutong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Plants ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
City Image ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Urban Construction ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Native Tree ◽  
Native Tree Species ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

With the Guangxi Guilin being listed as an innovative demonstration zone for the national sustainable development agenda in 2018, the urban construction processes in Guilin continued to advance. In the construction of city image, garden planning and design has played an important role. Urban landscaping plays an important role in urban development and has a great influence on the image of the city. The selection of urban landscaping trees is mainly based on native plants, which directly determines the ornamental effect of landscaping. This paper aims to study the application of native tree species in Guilin in garden planning.

scholarly journals The study of the sociospatial aspect of green building in St.Petersburg: theoretical and practical aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 03054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Orlovskaya ◽  
Svetlana Ershova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Paired Analysis ◽  
Selection Of

The article discusses the modern problems of green building. The duality of the greening problem in large cities is noted: on the one hand, this is one of the factors of conflict, on the other hand, the factor of the quality of life, creativity of the city, and its image level. The selection of factors for the analysis was carried out taking into account the research of Russian and foreign scientists and the possibility of obtaining reliable statistics. The study was conducted according to the landscaping of the districts of St. Petersburg. As a result of the study, clustering of St. Petersburg districts was carried out according to greenery indicators, the level of green construction in each of the considered territories of the city was estimated. A paired analysis of indicators made it possible to identify the most problematic areas of the city, to conduct a comparative assessment of the districts according to the level of greenery and their sufficiency to create a comfortable environment

scholarly journals Green Infrastructure and Biophilic Urbanism as Tools for Integrating Resource Efficient and Ecological Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles Thomson ◽  
Peter Newman
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Parts

In recent decades, the concept of resource efficient cities has emerged as an urban planning paradigm that seeks to achieve sustainable urban environments. This focus is upon compact urban environments that optimise energy, water and waste systems to create cities that help solve climate change and other resource-based sustainability issues. In parallel, there has been a long-standing tradition of ecological approaches to the design of cities that can be traced from Howard, Geddes, McHarg and Lyle. Rather than resource efficiency, the ecological approach has focused upon the retention and repair of natural landscape features and the creation of green infrastructure (GI) to manage urban water, soil and plants in a more ecologically sensitive way. There is some conflict with the resource efficient cities and ecological cities paradigms, as one is pro-density, while the other is anti-density. This article focusses upon how to integrate the two paradigms through new biophilic urbanism (BU) tools that allow the integration of nature into dense urban areas, to supplement more traditional GI tools in less dense areas. We suggest that the theory of urban fabrics can aid with regard to which tools to use where, for the integration of GI and BU into different parts of the city to achieve <em>both</em> resource efficient and ecological outcomes, that optimise energy water and waste systems, <em>and</em> increase urban nature.

scholarly journals Harnessing the Tension from Context-duality in Historic Urban Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ejeng B. Ukabi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Maximum Point ◽  
Historic Areas ◽  
Convergence And Divergence ◽  
Selection Of

The quest for improvement and upgrading of the historic urban environment through coexisting historical context and new context had introduced tension over the previous years. The resultant flows have jeopardized the harmonious layers of historical settings. The concept of conservation that provides the needed bridge between the forces in many cases implemented exhibits a no consideration of the three polarities that controls historic areas. The aftermath shows up in two ways. At one end is convergence and divergence at the other but the emphasis of this paper focuses on investigating what happens in historic urban environments when annex developments exceed historic limits? Historic Limit (HL) is the hidden benchmark and maximum point of the historic urban environment at which the forces produced by the two contexts coexist elastically. In order to answer the generated question, a literature review of the keywords that constitutes the topic is explored. The ideas of Warren John on ‘interaction’ and that of Getty Conservation Institute on ‘relationship’ that happens in the built above environment will buttress the argument. A model that represents the correlation of the two contexts is developed to simplify the overall intentions of the essay. Another technique is the selection of two composite annex cases to validate the targeted objectives. The article is concluded by recommending that conservation schemes in historic urban landscapes should adopt consensus design strategy for tackling context tension. As a sure way of sustainably welcoming the voices of the community in the process before implementation of the development.

scholarly journals The architectural guidebook: from Palladio to pod

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Day ◽  
Vaughan Hart
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Andrea Palladio ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

In 1554 the Renaissance architectural master, Andrea Palladio (born Andrea della Gondola, or ‘di Pietro’), produced two little-known guidebooks to the city of Rome. These were unillustrated texts, one of which described the ancient wonders of the city while the other concentrated on the later medieval churches. Guidebooks of this kind had existed since medieval times but Palladio introduced a new kind of structure to the guide by organising the material into logical routes which the tourist could follow. Since then architectural guidebooks have proliferated and the introduction of photography and high quality graphics has changed their appearance significantly. However, in many respects things have not altered a great deal. Architectural guidebooks still present a view of a city which is that of a single individual (or small group of authors) and the selection of the material determines what is deemed to be of significance. Some guides, such as those by Nikolaus Pevsner, attempt to present the buildings in as neutral a way as possible in order to give the work a degree of objectivity but, nonetheless, the visitor is still being presented with a particular view of the city.

scholarly journals Meropenem as a broad-spectrum antibiotic choice for various bacterial infections

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 1458-1462
Author(s):  
Harshith N ◽  
Naga Pravallika K ◽  
Sujay Mugaloremutt Jayadeva ◽  
Kanakavalli K Kundury
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic ◽  
Survey Population ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

There are Numerous Antibiotics are available for the Treatment of numerous kinds of Bacterial Infections but the selection of Particular antibiotic will always hold the Key. The Study was carried out to evaluate whether Meropenem as a Choice of Antibiotic for various Bacterial Infections. To assess the effectiveness of Meropenem, the field survey for this project was conducted through a structured questionnaire for the doctors out in Bengaluru for Period of 2 months with the Support of Micro Labs Pvt. Ltd by involving 150 leading Doctors in the City from March to April 2020. The Survey population was chosen based on convenient random sampling. Analysis was done based on the several diseases associated with the Bacterial Infections and the occurrence of these Infections observed in their Clinical Practice every week. Comparison of Infections in ICU’S and comparison were made with the other available Antibiotics for the combination treatment and different conditions on using Meropenem. The Study Outcomes indicated that Most of the Doctors favored Meropenem as the Antibiotic Choice for their Prescription.

scholarly journals Urban ecosemiotics of trees: Why the ecological alien species paradigm has not gained ground in cities?

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 319-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riin Magnus ◽  
Tiit Remm
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Model ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Semiotic System ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
The City

The transportation and translocation of species beyond their natural habitats is considered to be one of the major causes of biodiversity loss these days. Concerns are growing also about urbanization and the resulting destruction of natural habitats. At the same time, the integration of urban environments into nature protection efforts has brought along the intent to apply the ecological alien species paradigm in cities. Yet, as the practices of urban landscaping demonstrate, this objective has not been achieved. In this article, we propose that the reasons behind it are largely related to the specifics of the city as a semiotic system. Multiplicity of codes and subjects of various origins is contested by the ecological alien species paradigm, yet characteristic of the urban semiotic environment. The city often serves the function of a cultural model, embodying the principles of setting the borders between Self and the Other. Also in this case, the ecological alien species paradigm has to face a different complex of meanings attributed to the Other. We demonstrate how two different models of the city are expressed in the interpretations of alien trees by using pyramid oaks and poplars in Estonia as an example.

Note on Selection of Coordinate Systems for Geodynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Static Systems ◽  
Selection Of

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.

Minimetrò in Perugia as leverage for urban regeneration

TERRITORIO ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 148-163
Author(s):  
Luca Fondacci
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Peripheral Area ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Centre

In the 1970s, the fragile historical centre of the city of Perugia was a key area where the binomial of sustainable mobility and urban regeneration was developed and applied. At the turn of the xxi century, the low carbon automatic people-mover Minimetrò broadened that application from the city's historical centre to the outskirts, promoting the enhancement of several urban environments. This paper is the outcome of an investigation of original sources, field surveys and direct interviews, which addresses the Minimetrò as the backbone of a wide regeneration process which has had a considerable impact on the economic development of a peripheral area of the city which was previously devoid of any clear urban sense. The conclusion proposes some solutions to improve the nature of the Minimetrò as an experimental alternative means of transport.

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