The Landscape Cultural Construction

2016 ◽  
pp. 142-168
Author(s):  
Isabel Sousa Rosa ◽  
Joana C. Lopes ◽  
Ricardo J. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
Land Use Plan

The interdependent relation between urban settlements and their environment has been broadly neglected over the last two centuries, particularly near major urban centers. This reflects in an unbalanced and often inadequate occupation of the territory, leading to the deterioration of quality of human life by loss of ecological and cultural diversity. In this sense, it was carried out a research to develop a Potential Land-Use Plan for the Portuguese territory to assess the land suitability for the installation of multiple human activities. The concept proposed for this chapter, will be based on a reinterpretation of tradition, following the current concepts of ecological and cultural sustainability, concerning the historical occupation of the Portuguese territory focusing on the Roman period using a GIS environment.

The Landscape Cultural Construction

2015 ◽  
pp. 788-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Sousa Rosa ◽  
Joana C. Lopes ◽  
Ricardo J. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
Land Use Plan

The interdependent relation between urban settlements and their environment has been broadly neglected over the last two centuries, particularly near major urban centers. This reflects in an unbalanced and often inadequate occupation of the territory, leading to the deterioration of quality of human life by loss of ecological and cultural diversity. In this sense, it was carried out a research to develop a Potential Land-Use Plan for the Portuguese territory to assess the land suitability for the installation of multiple human activities. The concept proposed for this chapter, will be based on a reinterpretation of tradition, following the current concepts of ecological and cultural sustainability, concerning the historical occupation of the Portuguese territory focusing on the Roman period using a GIS environment.

scholarly journals Land use and its impacts on the water quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed, Guarulhos (SP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhisney Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽  
Reinaldo Romero Vargas ◽  
Antonio Roberto Saad ◽  
Regina De Oliveira Moraes Arruda ◽  
Fabrício Bau Dalmas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Trophic State Index ◽  
Microbiological Analysis ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Quality Of Water

The urbanization process through which large urban centers have been passing has drastically affected the availability and especially the quality of water. The Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed (CIW), located in the municipality of Guarulhos (State of São Paulo, Brazil), includes areas with different land use classes. This paper aims to correlate the spatial and temporal effects of land use and land cover on the water quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed. In a period of 12 months and at six sampling points along the watershed, the physicochemical parameters temperature (T), pH, turbidity (TU), total solids (TS), electrical conductivity (EC), total phosphorus (TP), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), as well as microbiological analysis (E. coli) were measured. Water quality was assessed using a modified version (WQIM) of the Water Quality Index (WQI) and the Trophic State Index (TSI). The areas surrounded by urban development presented a marked worsening in water quality, with the downstream point most affected and ranked as ‘POOR’. From the evaluated parameters, what contributed most to water quality degradation of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed (CIW) was E. coli, followed by BOD, and TP, all parameters related to the presence of sewage in the water. The need for the construction of sewerage and waste treatment, protection and recovery of riparian forests, and environmental education regarding waste disposal are necessary to significantly improve the environmental quality of the Cachoeirinha Invernada Watershed.

Nakanoumi Land Reclamation and Freshening Project

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisao Ohtake
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Coastal Lagoon ◽  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Water Reservoir ◽  
Japan Sea ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
The Japan Sea ◽  
Land Use Plan

Lake Nakanoumi is a shallow coastal lagoon connected with the Japan Sea only by a narrow channel. The Nakanoumi Land Reclamation and Freshening Project was started in 1963. The objectives of this project were to reclaim agricultural lands of 25 km2 from Lake Nakanoumi and to convert the remaining water basin of some 3.6 × 108 m3 into a fresh-water reservoir by damming its narrow entrance. However, socio-economic conditions have drastically changed since the late 1960's. The originial plan of agriculture in newly reclaimed lands had to be changed because of a rice overproduction since 1967 and the future land-use plan has not yet been determined. It was widely appreciated in the 1970's that a natural environment was indispensable for human life. Under these circumstances local people began to raise cries for reconsideration of the project which seemed to lose its original purpose and significance. Until now the full enclosure of Lake Nakanoumi has not been started, despite the completion of a tidal gate in 1974. An inter-disciplinary approach becomes increasingly more necessary to solve the problem.

The land use plan and water quality prediction for the Saemangeum reclamation project

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1397-1408 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Hwang ◽  
J. Y. Choi ◽  
S. M. Yi ◽  
D. H. Han ◽  
S. H. Jang
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Reclaimed Land ◽  
Chl A ◽  
Reclamation Project ◽  
Land Use Plan

As the final closure of the world's longest sea dike of 33 km, the use of the Saemangeum reclaimed land becomes an issue in Korea. The Korean government has proclaimed that the Saemangeum Reclamation Project will be handled in an environmentally friendly manner but its effect on the water quality of reservoirs has always been controversial. This study was conducted to estimate the water quality of the Saemangeum reservoir using WASP5 according to the new land use plan adopted in 2007. Predictions on water quality shows that Dongjin reservoir would meet the standards for COD, T-P, and Chl-a if the wastewater from the Dongjin region was properly managed. However, T-P and Chl-a in Mangyeong reservoir would exceed the standards even without releasing the treated wastewater into the reservoir. With further reductions of 20% for T-P and Chl-a from the mouth of Mangyeong river, the water quality standards in the reservoir were achieved. This means that additional schemes, as well as water quality management programs established in the Government Master Plan in 2001, should be considered. Although the Saemangeum reservoir would manage to achieve the standards, it will enter a eutrophic state due to the high concentration of nutrients.

scholarly journals SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS OF CITY TERRITORIES IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN URBAN PROCESSES

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1(78)) ◽  
pp. 95-114
Author(s):  
L.Ye. KUPINETS ◽  
H.O. TIUTIUNNYK
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Nonlinear System ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Material Base ◽  
New Model ◽  
Human Habitat ◽  
Urban Settlements

Topicality. In the context of urban development, the issue of urban management in order to prevent risks and solve economic, environmental, socio-psychological problems of urban development with their impact on human life becomes relevant. Aim and tasks. The aim of the study is to substantiate the essence of managing the formation of local areas as a human habitat and material base in terms of urbanization processes as complex socio-economic and ecological systems. Tasks of the study: analysis of the preconditions, positive and negative features of the development of urban processes; characteristics of trends and stages of urban processes in the world; presentation of a new approach to the study of the city, taking into account its multifunctionality and interdisciplinarity; consideration of current trends and factors in the development of cities and urban settlements; coverage of the socio-psychological side of the development of urban processes; substantiation of the approach to planning and management of urban land use on the basis of a new model of urban territory through the formation of "atmosphere" as a nonlinear system of inevitable interaction of ecosystems, economic and socio-psychological relations; development of principles of urban areas management through socio-economic-ecological components in the context of modern urban processes. Research results. The preconditions, tendencies, risks, ways of development of urbanization are analyzed, the characteristic of a modern condition of this process is given. The study of urban space in terms of demographic, urban, environmental, social, economic and information aspects is substantiated. Factors of development of urban processes, in particular demographic, economic, ecological, town-planning, social and cultural are considered. Modern trends in urban development and urban settlements are described. The directions of risk prevention and solution of economic, ecological, social and psychological problems and problems of development of urban processes with their influence on human life and socio-ecological development of economy are presented. The formation of a new model of the territory of cities on the basis of a nonlinear system - "atmosphere" taking into account the socio-psychological side of the development of urban processes is substantiated. Conclusion. The main goal of the current stage of urban processes requires research and the formation of new approaches to the management of a complex system called "city" and its territories. The new model requires taking into account the socio-economic and ecological potential of the territory, conservation, rational use and reproduction of resources in the relevant area. Particular attention needs to be taken into account socio-psychological and a variety of other factors, according to which urban settlements are developing and functioning, gaining rapid growth with the development of urban processes. The greatest attention is paid to the problems of compliance with environmental requirements, conservation of land use, biodiversity and the general state of the ecosystem.

Planning Versus Plan: A Comparative Analysis of Revitalization Process in Two Inner Cities

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Yael Sivan-Geist ◽  
Rachel Kallus
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Land Use Plan ◽  
Hybrid Planning

By comparing urban regeneration mechanisms implemented in two declining urban centers, this paper attempts to examine the usefulness of hybrid planning strategies over a more traditional statutory land-use plan, considering their respective effectiveness for introducing urban change. The paper compares the planning and implementation methods used to generate urban revitalization in Lev Ha-Ir (City Heart) in Tel Aviv and Hadar in Haifa. In reviewing these two case studies, the paper considers the role of the residents in each area and various bottom-up local initiatives. The paper examines how these initiatives were met and utilized by the planners and by the municipality, and how they acheived the goal of urban revitalization. The approch towards and the use of local assetes of each locality is considered, as well as the way they were implemented in the revitelazing plan. The paper draws attention to official enterprises and planning mechanisms that utilize and even encourage unofficial residents' actions and activities. The findings from the two case studies suggest the importance of mediating between bottom-up initiatives of individual residents, community organizations, and local institutions, and top-down institutional municipal systems, as early in the process as possible, in order to make both the statutory land-use plan and the hybrid planning strategies more effective.

Cashing the Chips

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-260
Author(s):  
Brad Edmondson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Private Land ◽  
The Third ◽  
Public Hearings ◽  
Draft Version ◽  
Land Use Plan

This chapter looks at how the Land Use and Development Plan affect Tony D'Elia, the developer of Loon Lake Estates in the Adirondacks, the vacation-home development where he had invested his life's savings. It examines the draft version of the Land Use and Development Plan and recounts the Adirondack Park Agency's (APA) public hearings. The chapter also emphasizes the agency's mission to enhance the quality of life for local people. The plan had three parts: the first part divided the park's private land into six categories, each allowing progressively less development, the second part described how the regulations on these six categories would be implemented, and the third was a grab-bag of topics like billboard regulations and tax policies. The chapter argues that parts two and three of the draft Land Use and Development Plan proposed a way for the APA to assist town planning boards as they drafted local zoning laws that met these standards. The basic idea was that once the localities had met the APA's standards, the agency would relinquish jurisdiction over all but the biggest projects. Ultimately, the chapter details the arguments of the opposition to the land use plan before it was signed by Nelson Rockefeller at a formal ceremony in the State Capitol building.

Land-Use Plan Design—Quadratic Assignment and Central-Facility Models

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 625-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
L D Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Test Problem ◽  
Quadratic Assignment ◽  
Plan Design ◽  
Land Use Plan ◽  
Assignment Models ◽  
Central Facility

Models for designing suburban land-use plans are evaluated with respect to the same large well-defined test problem. This evaluation—including quality of solutions obtained, cost of search, validity of representation, and generality—indicates that central-facility models are likely to be more useful than quadratic assignment models for the design of suburban land-use plans at the scale considered. These results emphasize the importance of the evaluation of models both with respect to representations and with respect to search procedures.

CITTASLOW HAREKETİNDEN İLHAM ALINARAK TEKSTİL VE MODA SEKTÖRÜNDE DE YAVAŞLAMA HAREKETİNİN YAYGINLAŞTIRILMASI

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (27) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Tuğba ÖZTÜRK
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Slow Food ◽  
Permanent Damage ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Short Time

The Cittaslow Movement, which emerged as a response to the negative effects of globalization on small cities, was founded in 1999 with the initiative of the mayors of four small urban settlements in Italy and the founder of Slow Food. This movement, which aims to improve the quality of life by preserving and maintaining the local values of the settlements, has been adopted by 30 countries and more than 200 small-scale urban settlements in a short time. This movement is so important that it has to be implemented in all areas of human life. Because natural resources are consumed faster than they should be, and there is a slowdown in every field that is experienced as if it were unlimited. And of course the textile and fashion sector is one of them. Low-cost disposable products cause permanent damage to nature and create a consumption spree. In this study, the Cittaslow movement was inspired by the emergence of a deceleration movement in the fashion sector and we tried to draw attention to what we can do as consumers.

scholarly journals Concentração de Nitrato em águas superficiais e sua correlação com a agricultura e o despejo de esgoto bruto: Estudo de caso da represa de Nova Ponte – MG (Nitrate concentration in surface water and its correlation with agriculture and raw sewage...)

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 2121
Author(s):  
Eliane Maria Vieira ◽  
Elizabeth Lomelino Cardoso ◽  
Vicente De Paulo Macedo Gontijo ◽  
Giovanni Resende de Oliveira ◽  
Maria Lélia Rodriguez Simão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Nitrate Concentration ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Sewage Discharge ◽  
Sampling Points

O presente estudo foi desenvolvido para a represa de Nova Ponte, localizada no estado de Minas Gerais. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o comportamento e as possíveis causas da concentração de Nitrato na represa de Nova Ponte. Foram empregadas técnicas de Geoprocessamento e avaliando-se o uso do solo, as classes de solos e o aporte por descarga de esgoto bruto das cidades no entorno da represa. Para a realização do trabalho foram coletados cinquenta e nove pontos amostrais distribuídos ao longo de toda a represa onde foram obtidos a concentração de Nitrato em agosto de 2007 e espacializado para a represam empregando-se geoestatistica, foi elaborado o mapa de uso e ocupação do entorno da represa e digitalizado o mapa de solos da região, além da espacialização dos centros urbanos no entorno da represa e a quantificação da distância destes à represa. Analisando conjuntamente o uso do solo, as classes de solo e o aporte de esgoto bruto nos tributários da represa e contrapondo-se às regiões de maiores concentrações de Nitrato, conclui-se que tais concentrações seriam advindas do esgoto bruto e não da agropecuária nesta região.   A B S T R A C T The presence of nitrate in water bodies can promote the appearance of algae and other aquatic plants affecting the quality of these for various uses. Depending on the concentration you can also promote the development of methemoglobinemia, of certain types of cancer, so studies related to determining the concentration and the possible contribution of causes are extremely important. This study was conducted for the dam of Nova Ponte, located in the Minas Gerais states. The aim of this study was to analyze the behavior and the possible causes of the nitrate concentration in the Nova Ponte Dam. It was done using GIS techniques and also evaluating the land use, the soil types and the possible contribution of the raw sewage discharge of the cities surrounding the dam. To conduct the study were collected fifty nine sampling points distributed throughout the dam in August 2007 and spatialized for dam employing geostatistics, and it was prepared the use and occupation of the surrounding map dam and digitized the region of soil map, in addition to the spatial distribution of urban centers in the vicinity of the dam and the quantification of the distance between the cite to the dam. Analyzing together the land use, the soil classes and the raw sewage inflow in the dam tributaries and contrasting to the regions of higher concentrations of nitrate, it is concluded that such concentrations would be coming from the raw sewage and not from the agriculture in this region. Keywords: nitrate, agriculture, sewage, geoprocessing.   

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