CRUZAR

2010 ◽  
pp. 255-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Mínguez ◽  
Diego Berrueta ◽  
Luis Polo
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Optimal Route ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Cultural Events ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
The City

This chapter describes CRUZAR, a Web application that builds custom tourism routes for each visitor to the city of Zaragoza. This application exploits expert knowledge of the tourism domain (captured in rules and ontologies) and consumes a consolidated repository of relevant tourism resources (RDF instances extracted from different legacy databases: historical buildings, museums, public parks, restaurants, cultural events…). User profiles and interests, as well as user-defined constraints, are modeled with an ontology. A semantic matchmaking algorithm is applied to find the most interesting resources for each profile, and a planner organizes the selections into an optimal route. The authors discuss the main challenges and design choices.

Virtual tourism on the example of the defunct Koscelisko medieval church in the North-Western Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
Pavel HRONČEK ◽  
◽  
Karol WEIS ◽  
Vladimír ČECH
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Field Research ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The North ◽  
Medieval Church

The primary objective of this paper is to present opportunities for creating virtual 3D models of defunct historical buildings, reconstructed on the basis of archival and field research, and the effective promotion and visualisation of such models through a thematic web application. The secondary objective is to increase the tourism potential and attractiveness of the various historical sites and the studied region. The comprehensive methodical processing of documents and the creation of 3D models of objects and other digital visualisation requires not only high-quality programmers and graphic artists, but especially scientists who create historically-relevant descriptive texts, real schemes, and historically acceptable models that can be computer-processed, visualised, and used as an effective tool for the development of tourism. Research and follow-up activities require an interdisciplinary approach, i.e. the cooperation of experts from various disciplines. The research processed in this study points out that even simple, now widely available modern means of communication, such as websites, can be effectively used for the promotion and publicity of this type of attraction. High-quality 3D models and visualisations of buildings and specific destinations, or cultural and technical monuments, can thus become available to tourists also outside museums. This paper introduces the opportunities of digital presentation of preserved, partially defunct and, especially, completely defunct historical buildings and sites that are often almost unknown to tourists. In many cases, only their shells or foundations remain. In terms of cultural heritage conservation and monument protection, these sites are often among the most important religious buildings from various historical periods. This study focuses on the Middle Ages and locations in Slovakia (former Hungary), and presents a methodology that is generally applicable for the research and visualisation of any similar cultural sites, and thus opening up their potential to tourists.

scholarly journals Identifying the unauthorized user in e-government compliant system using valid proofs

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.26) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Mekala T ◽  
Devakar B ◽  
Govindhasamy P ◽  
Nishkal Kanna B
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Citizens of our country face municipal complications like Street damage, Street cleaning, Garbage bin overflowing, light post damage, wa-ter outage etc. They started to register their complaints with advanced technologies. The complaint registration has many ways to file their complaints, it makes easier to register the complaint and saves our time. To solve these types of complications, we are going to implement a web application that helps the people to intimate about their issues directly to the government officer. So when the people iden-tify any complications in the city`s environment then, the government officer will solve the complications through his web portal. This will minimize time as well as money to go to an office for complaint registration. If the problem solved by those subjective then user will get the problem solved message. Otherwise, the problem will be again send to higher authorities to take action about it. The message alert will hap-pens repeatedly until the problem gets solve. Only the authorized persons have the rights to create the account by using aadhar card etc. 

scholarly journals HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES IMPOSED ON OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF LISTED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Fernanda Cardoso Romão Freitas ◽  
Fabiane Domingues de Magalhães de Almeida ◽  
Alcides Garcia Junior
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The worldwide concern regarding sustainable urban development has been increasing as the populations of countries increase and demand more consumption of the already scarce natural resources. According to the United Nations, it is estimated that 55% of the world population lives in urban centers, with the perspective of surpassing 68% in 2050. In Brazil, 84% of the population today live in the cities. One of the goals of sustainable development is to make cities more sustainable and inclusive and, to accomplish such goal, many variables need to be accomplished, among which is the strengthening of efforts to protect and safeguard cities’ cultural heritage, for the present and future generations. Seeing as São Paulo is the 10th urban city in the world, and its historical heritage preservation policies are recent and in the process of being outlined, this research strives to answer: What are the main challenges identified by owners/managers of listed historical buildings in São Paulo, which stand in the way of conserving/preserving their properties? Results revealed that the main challenges are a lack of knowledge about what interventions can be done to the property, lack of knowledge on incentive laws and more feasible ways for the conservation of historical sites and dealing with excessive bureaucracy. Such results contribute to the implementation of urban development policies focused on the sustainable goal of safeguarding the city’s cultural heritage, in order to propitiate advancements in preserving the memory and identity of the city through the conservation of properties listed as historical heritage.  

scholarly journals Hotel design and adaptive reuse: From historic palaces to the city’s dilapidated structures

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Nikolic ◽  
Nadja Kurtovic-Folic ◽  
Aleksandar Milojkovic
Keyword(s):  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Popular Approach ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
Hotel Design ◽  
Historic Structures ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

At the time of changing economic circumstances, adaptation and conversion of historic structures is an increasingly popular approach. Some historical buildings are very suitable for the revitalization into the modern hotels. The paper analyzes the relationship of the hotel, the city and its architectural heritage, as well as some of the factors that led to the eruption of alternative models of hotels, shown through a series of successful solutions. Many challenges of hotel design in historic buildings are listed and corresponding solutions are offered. Some methodological directions are indicated, and certain guidelines and principles for further activities in this field are formulated. In conclusion their applicability in practice is discussed, and certain disadvantages and limitations are listed.

A 3D City Model as User Interface Connected to an Energy Model

2014 ◽  
pp. 228-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Kjems ◽  
Poul Alberg Østergaard
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Model ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Precise Calculation ◽  
3D City Model ◽  
City Model ◽  
The City

Back in 2007 the municipality of Frederikshavn in Northern Jutland in Denmark decided to use only 100% renewable energy for electricity, heat and transport by the year of 2015. Frederikshavn, the largest city in the municipality, was naturally chosen as case city. To be able to verify whether the green energy balance is possible to achieve, it was necessary to create energy scenarios for the whole city and also give the possibility to alter the current energy production and consumption. At the same time the city decided to involve as many people living in the city as possible, making it a project for the citizens of Frederikshavn. One result of this decision was an interactive Web application developed at Aalborg University. The application uses a 3D city model of the city of Frederikshavn as interface and gives the possibility to alter inputs for the energy consumption and energy production of the city using sliders and buttons as part of the interface. While the 3D model gives an immediate visual result, a connection to an underlying numerical energy model developed in earlier years at the University delivers a quite precise calculation on all vital data involved in the overall calculation of renewable energy within a closed energy system. This chapter describes the underlying theories and methods for creating such a system and presents the system, which can be understood as a case story among many.

When Technology Draws Society

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Belli ◽  
Juan C. Aceros
Keyword(s):  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Social Organizations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Affective Processes ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Specific Device ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
The City

The authors present a research based in Spain and carried out between 2011 and 2014 on the social organizations and affective processes involved in social movements. Using extracts from narrative interviews, they explore how participants in social protests cross attachment and technology in order to develop trusting relationships. The way they propose to analyse the issue of trust in social organizations is to examine the discursive construction of the links between the attachment of actors and the use of different technologies. The narrative was recorded in an event that was organised in the city of Madrid in 2014. The analysis is organised in three parts. The first step is to introduce the first approach to constructing the horizontal infrastructure. In the second step, the authors show how good practice stimulates social organizations to create the perfect environment to distribute trust. In the last step, they present technology and society zigzagging together to achieve a common purpose. They consider technology as a marker of the emergence of new forms of cooperation and innovation constructed by shared trust among the actors involved in social organizations. They introduce a specific device, where expert knowledge contributes to the very definition and shaping of the trust within social organizations.

scholarly journals PENGEMASAN PAKET WISATA CITY TOUR BERBASIS BUDAYA DI KOTA DENPASAR BALI

Jurnal IPTA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
I Wayan Ary Mahendra Putra ◽  
I Made Kusuma Negara ◽  
I Putu Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Graphical Form ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Traditional Market ◽  
Tourism Potential ◽  
The City

Denpasar city has a variety of tourist potential, namely the potential of cultural tourism such as historical buildings, art attractions, a traditional market with a wide variety of traditional dishes as well as community activities related to culture. Given these potentials can be developed into a tourist city tour packages in Denpasar. In connection with the travel package packing city tour, then the formulation of issues to be discussed are (1) What is the potential of the city of Denpasar as a cultural tourist attraction ?, (2) How packaging travel packages culture-based city tour in Denpasar? This study aims to determine the potential of the city of Denpasar as cultural charms, knowing the way of packaging travel packages culture-based city tour in the city of Denpasar. Data collection techniques in this study was done by observation, interview, and literature study. The results of this study indicate that the city of Denpasar has tourism potential which comprise the majority of the potential of cultural tourism, the potential that made travel packages in this study is the charm of the castle and temple, traditional market and museum in the city of Denpasar The potential is then packaged in three forms, namely, in narrative form, tabular and graphical form four- travel packages including: Melali ke Puri, Heritage Denpasar City Tour, Beautiful Cultural of Denpasar City Tour, Historic Denpasar City Tour.

scholarly journals Modern Thought of Photovoltaic Technology in the Implementation of Transit Oriented Development’s Concept and Revitalization for Jakarta Old Town

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Bahri Saeful ◽  
Purwantiasning Ari Widyati
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Alternative Solution ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology ◽  
The City ◽  
Town Area

The idea of this research is based on the development of the city which has a historical area, particularly Jakarta Old Town, which is become abandoned in some part area. The main problem of this research is how to implement of Transit Oriented Development’s concept for historical buildings within the historical area and modern thought using photovoltaic technology. By doing a precedent study of some case studies, this research will give an alternative solution for local government to maintain historical area by combining between old and modern concept. As an outcome, this research will give a solution how to use the technology of photovoltaic in the implementation of Transit Oriented Development for historical area particularly Jakarta Old Town Area in Indonesia.

scholarly journals The Use of Dolostone in Historical Buildings of Coimbra (Central Portugal)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Catarino ◽  
Roque Figueiredo ◽  
Fernando Pedro Figueiredo ◽  
Pedro Andrade ◽  
João Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Rock ◽  
Carbonate Mineral ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Urban Buildings ◽  
Central Portugal ◽  
Southern Side ◽  
Local Geology ◽  
The City ◽  
Carbonate Sedimentary Rock

In this paper, the importance of the dolostone (a carbonate sedimentary rock where the dominant carbonate mineral is dolomite) in monuments and urban buildings of the city of Coimbra, Portugal, is highlighted. Old quarries are not visible in the nucleus of the city, due to the sequential occupation by houses, and can only be identified by documentation (draws, contract letters and purchase orders). However, on the southern side of Mondego River (Santa Clara) some outcrops can be observed and were exploited until the mid-20th. It is presented a list of the old quarries and monuments made with this rock. The characterization of dolostones from the Coimbra Formation is also presented. It is made the connection between the local geology and the “identity” of Coimbra, putting in evidence the stone as a symbol that characterize the gilded aspect of the buildings. For restoration and rehabilitation works, a small number of blocks could be extracted from the Carvalhais quarry if were eventually necessary.

scholarly journals Designing the Sustainable Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage to Enhance the Local Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania De Gregorio ◽  
Mariangela De Vita ◽  
Pierluigi De Berardinis ◽  
Luis Palmero ◽  
Alessandra Risdonne
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Architectural Characteristics ◽  
The City

Since the European Year of Cultural Heritage, adaptive reuse is considered a strategy for intervention on historical buildings and territories to preserve and enhance artifacts, cities, and communities. Adaptive reuse can also generate social and economic benefits. This work looks at adaptive reuse in the context of industrial heritage, which represents an excellent test benchmark because of its intrinsic architectural characteristics and its localization in the city suburbs. The paper puts forward a methodological approach, verified through the application to a case study, which analyzes both the local context and the building. This study concludes using the data obtained to define an adaptive reuse project with positive repercussions for the community, the environment, and the local economy.

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