Park Quality and Road Walkability in Greater Noida, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-47
Author(s):  
Prasad Avinash Pathak ◽  
Neha Pagidipati ◽  
Shayna M. Clancy ◽  
Gatha Sharma ◽  
Truls Ostbye
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Variability ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
The City ◽  
Park Quality

In urbanizing India, walkability and outdoor physical activities are essential for a healthy lifestyle. Urban roads need to be assessed for walkability, and public parks need to be assessed as spaces for physical activities. Not many studies have looked at both the aspects together, and use of GIS is not prevalent. This study demonstrates use of GIS to examine various parameters of walkability and parks in the city of Greater Noida, India. GIS was found highly effective for collecting information before performing survey of selected sectors, post-field data visualization, and data integration to understand spatial variability of walkability and usefulness of individual parks. Only one of the sectors was identified as having better walkability as well as good quality of parks for physical activities. Many low-income sectors did not have parks. Walkability parameters had a spatial pattern within each sector, and urban and rural sectors differed in providing walkability.

scholarly journals The Role of Urban Morphology Design on Enhancing Physical Activity and Public Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadegh Fathi ◽  
Hassan Sajadzadeh ◽  
Faezeh Mohammadi Sheshkal ◽  
Farshid Aram ◽  
Gergo Pinter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The City

Along with environmental pollution, urban planning has been connected to public health. The research indicates that the quality of built environments plays an important role in reducing mental disorders and overall health. The structure and shape of the city are considered as one of the factors influencing happiness and health in urban communities and the type of the daily activities of citizens. The aim of this study was to promote physical activity in the main structure of the city via urban design in a way that the main form and morphology of the city can encourage citizens to move around and have physical activity within the city. Functional, physical, cultural-social, and perceptual-visual features are regarded as the most important and effective criteria in increasing physical activities in urban spaces, based on literature review. The environmental quality of urban spaces and their role in the physical activities of citizens in urban spaces were assessed by using the questionnaire tool and analytical network process (ANP) of structural equation modeling. Further, the space syntax method was utilized to evaluate the role of the spatial integration of urban spaces on improving physical activities. Based on the results, consideration of functional diversity, spatial flexibility and integration, security, and the aesthetic and visual quality of urban spaces plays an important role in improving the physical health of citizens in urban spaces. Further, more physical activities, including motivation for walking and the sense of public health and happiness, were observed in the streets having higher linkage and space syntax indexes with their surrounding texture.

REGENERATION OF A DECAYING URBAN INDUSTRIAL AREA DRIVEN BY ENDOGENOUS HOME INDUSTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF MARÉ FAVELA, RIO DE JANEIRO

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-248
Author(s):  
Shanshan Wu ◽  
Hao Li
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Home Production ◽  
Home Industries ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT Favelas are low-income urban communities in Brazil, and Maré in Rio de Janeiro has the largest cluster of favelas in the country. The prevailing view of a unique, regulated, and normative city conflicts with the reality of the continued expansion of the favelas, posing challenges for architects and urban planners in developing new strategies for integrating informal areas with the main city. This study focused on a decaying industrial area adjacent to the Maré favelas and explored a sustainable path for improving both the quality of the built environment and the quality of life of the residents. Effective infrastructure and socioeconomic links between the favelas and the city were proposed. The home production model that emerged from the favelas inspired the use of the abandoned industrial area as a home-industry incubator. The study proposed an urban regeneration strategy involving a bottom-up industry-space process evolving from home industries to group industries, and finally to larger community industries. This strategy can accelerate Maré’s development and integration with the city of Rio de Janeiro.

scholarly journals Informal Land Sale and Housing in the Periphery of Pointe-Noire

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-54
Author(s):  
Gabriel Tati
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Pointe Noire ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
Land Transactions ◽  
The City

This article examines the relations between practices in informal land transactions under customary tenure and spatial differentiation among suburbs in the periphery of the city of Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville. Urban sprawl is a permanent feature of urbanisation in Congo-Brazzaville that not only propagates slums for low-income dwellers but also entails locally embedded ways of building the city in the absence of state-led planning. The case of Pointe-Noire shows that large tracts of customary land are sold without public control, a process accompanied by the emergence of new suburbs with different stylistic patterns of housing. While suburbanisation does carry the potential to improve the quality of housing by attracting wealthy residents, it exacerbates spatial fragmentation and the exclusion of certain groups in the population from access to both land for housing in upmarket suburbs and public services. Powerful actors tend to profit most from informality.

scholarly journals RENCANA KEPEMILIKAN RUMAH BAGI MASYARAKAT BERPENGHASILAN RENDAH (STUDI KASUS KELURAHAN TANJUNGMAS KOTA SEMARANG)

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Lulut Indrianingrum
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Housing Programs ◽  
Price Range ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Views ◽  
The City

Affordable housing programs and banking program has been launched for the implementation of housing programs for Low Income Communities (MBR). MBR characteristics in each region are very diverse make housing programs for this segment is not easy to do the right target. Act 2 of 2001 has mandated that states are obliged to implement the settlement habitable housing for people, especially the MBR. This article will discuss how the public views MBR related to home ownership for families. Aspects related studies include family conditions, financing, location, shape and price residence. The research method used descriptive method with the results of questionnaires to the MBR in Sub Tanjungmas as Village poorest residents in the city of Semarang. The results showed that the respondents have a vision of home ownership by saving and installments. That their visions are still living in and near where you live now or anywhere else that has the same price range. They really understand that in order to obtain environmental conditions and a better home, they have to pay higher prices, then, the standards they use is on the quality of life now and that the location that suitable for them is a house in the kampong area.Program-program perumahan terjangkau dan program perbankan telah diluncurkan untuk pelaksanaan program perumahan untuk Masyarakat Berpenghasilan Rendah (MBR). Karakteristik MBR di masing-masing daerah yang sangat beragam membuat program perumahan untuk segmen ini tidak mudah dilakukan secara tepat sasaran. Undang-Undang No.2 tahun 2001 telah mengamanatkan bahwa negara wajib menyelenggarakan perumahan permukiman yang layak huni bagi masyarakat khususnya MBR. Artikel ini akan membahas bagaimana pandangan masyarakat MBR terkait kepemilikan rumah bagi keluarganya. Aspek kajian antara lain terkait kondisi keluarga, pembiayaan, lokasi, bentuk tempat tinggal dan harga. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif melalui hasil kuisioner kepada MBR di Kelurahan Tanjungmas sebagai Kelurahan dengan penduduk miskin terbanyak di Kota Semarang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa responden memiliki visi dalam kepemilikan rumah dengan cara menabung dan mencicil. Bahwa visi mereka adalah masih tinggal disekitar lokasi tempat tinggal sekarang atau tempat lain yang memiliki rentang harga yang sama. Mereka sangat memahami bahwa untuk memperoleh kondisi lingkungan dan rumah yang lebih baik, mereka harus membayar lebih mahal, maka, standar yang mereka gunakan adalah pada kualitas hidup yang dijalani sekarang bahwa lokasi rumah yang cocok untuk mereka adalah rumah di perkampungan.

scholarly journals Towards a New Paradigm in City Branding and Marketing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Alraouf ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
City Branding ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

In rentier countries around the Gulf, a paradigm shift is certainly happening. Gulf States resorted to branding strategies which would secure a global recognition for their cities. The paper analyzes the effectiveness of tools used in Doha, the capital city of Qatar to create its own identity within the Gulf States and the rest of the Middle East. The analyzed tools will include City Uniqueness, Quality of Public Spaces, Signature Architecture, Events, Festivals, Cultural Tourism and Facilities. One of the main strategies used in Doha to articulate its brand is enhancing the ability of the city to host global Events, Festivals, and international sports. Competitions and cultural Carnivals. The research illustrates the use of Interesting Architecture, Cultural Facilities, Unique streets, Public parks, City natural and man-made Uniqueness as a City Marketing and Positive Branding Tools. The paper investigates crucial questions including the impact of the digital paradigm on the competitiveness of cities? How to regionally and globally market a city? What are the sustainable and resilient strategies for branding contemporary city? The paper also articulates a model for the case of Doha city banding and marketing which is based on a balanced approach. Such an approach would consider traditional assets including history and heritage. Also, it will include contemporary and innovative assets resulted from the last decade unprecedented investments in the sectors of education, research, culture and knowledge. Hence, the paper suggests a more holistic approach to city branding which would balance between social equity, economic prospertiy and ecological intergrity.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN TENTANG GAYA HIDUP SEHAT PENDERITA DIABETES MELLITUS PADA KELOMPOK PKK DI KELURAHAN KAUMAN KOTA MALANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 854
Author(s):  
Ellyvina Setya Dhini ◽  
Wibowo Wibowo ◽  
Mamiek Wilastri
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The City

ABSTRAKAngka prevalensi Diabetes Mellitus (DM) di Jawa Timur lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan daerah lain di Indonesia. Hal ini tergambar  di kota Malang  Jawa Timur tepatnya di Kelurahan Kauman yang berdomisili ditengah kota diketahui jumlah penderita DM cukup tinggi sedangkan pengetahuan warganya dalam pemahaman gaya hidup sehat penderita DM (diabetisi) masih kurang. Tujuan dari pengabdian kepada masyarakat (PKM) ini adalah memberikan pengetahuan tentang gaya hidup sehat diabetisi, dengan metode melakukan pelatihan melalui media zoom kepada kelompok PKK Kelurahan Kauman Malang. Dalam pelatihan tersebut juga dilakukan pre dan post test serta pengisian kuisioner menggunakan google form oleh peserta pelatihan. Hasil dari pre dan  post test serta kuisioner dianalisa sehingga diperoleh persentase untuk mengetahui gambaran pemahaman dan kemampuan peserta dalam memberikan informasi dan melaksanakan gaya hidup sehat diabetisi kepada keluarga/ tetangga disekitarnya. Dari hasil pre dan post test diperoleh gambaran terjadinya peningkatan pengetahuan tentang gaya hidup sehat diabetisi dari rata rata 46% menjadi 98,8%. Peserta yang memahami dan menyatakan bahwa gaya hidup sehat diabetisi memungkinkan untuk diterapkan dalam kehidupan sehari hari sebanyak 94%. Seluruh peserta (100%) bersedia menerangkan, menerapkan, melaksanakan dan telah terjadi perubahan gaya hidup sehat diabetisi kepada keluarga dan orang – orang dilingkungan sekitarnya. Hasil dari pelatihan ini memberikan harapan tejadinya perbaikan kualitas hidup diabetisi di Kelurahan Kauman kota Malang. Kata kunci : gaya hidup; diabetes mellitus; kelompok PKK ABSTRACTPrevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in East Java is higher than other regions in Indonesia. That illustrated in the city of Malang, East Java, precisely in the Kauman Village, which is domiciled in the middle of the city, it is known that number of DM sufferers is quite high, while the knowledge of  citizens in understanding of healthy lifestyle of DM patients) is still lacking.The purpose of this community service (PKM) is to provide knowledge about healthy lifestyles with diabetes, with the method of conducting training through zoom media to the PKK group in Kauman Malang Village. In the training, pre and post tests were also carried out as well as filling out questionnaires using google forms by the trainees to get a picture of the participants' understanding and ability in providing information and implementing a healthy lifestyle with diabetes to their families/neighbors around them. The results of pre and post tests, it was obtained  there was an increase in knowledge about a healthy lifestyle with diabetes from an average of 46% to 98.8%. Participants who understand and state that a healthy lifestyle with diabetes allows it to be applied in daily life as many as 94%. All participants (100%) are willing to explain, implementation and there have been changes to a healthy lifestyle with diabetes to their families and people in the surrounding environment. The results of this training provide hope for an improvement in the quality of life for people with diabetes in Kauman Village, Malang City. Keywords : lifestyle; diabetes mellitus; PKK group

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Patients with Arterial Hypertension

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Snarska ◽  
Monika Chorąży ◽  
Michał Szczepański ◽  
Marzena Wojewódzka-Żelezniakowicz ◽  
Jerzy Robert Ładny
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Modifiable Risk Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
The City

Symptoms of hypertension with accompanying complications result in a significant reduction in patients’ quality of life. Effective conduct of prescribed pharmacotherapy supported by a healthy lifestyle allows to achieve satisfactory effects of treatment, which translates into an improvement in the quality of life of patients. The aim of the work was to determine the quality of life of patients with hypertension and the factors affecting it. The study included 100 people with hypertension, who are patients of the department of internal diseases of the hospital in Hajnówka during the period 1.6.2019–1.12.2019. The questionnaire survey, the standardized WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF scale and the Barthel scale were the research tools. The probability p < 0.05 was assumed as the level of statistical significance. The study group consisted of subjects between 30–89 years old. The majority were men and those living in the city. The average BMI (body mass index) of the subjects was 28.4 kg/m2. The duration of the disease among those surveyed was on average 7 ± 6.34 years. The highest-rated area of quality of life was the physical field and the lowest social sphere according to the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Patients with hypertension have determined their quality of life at a good or medium level in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental sphere. There are many factors that improve quality of life in all areas. These include following the recommendations on modifiable risk factors.

Brigdeheader Space for Dwell in Jakarta

2015 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 136-140
Author(s):  
Deni ◽  
Salwin
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Practical Observation ◽  
Low Cost Housing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The City ◽  
Collection Methods

Bridgeheader is one of the typology of low-income people in the city who assume that the house is only ‘a springboard’ for their life in the city. This group of people dwelt not far from the location of their place to work; occupying marginal spaces in the city and its environment tend to be slump. Almost all areas in the city of Jakarta have marginal spaces, therefore the government attempt to improve the quality of their houses, for example by providing low-cost housing. In fact the low-cost house which was provided by the government failed to be ‘consumed’ by the brigdeheaders at the time when the used value of the house has been turned into market value. The research aimed to determine such approaches of use value of the house that can be ‘consumed’ by the brigdeheader, but did not undermine the space in the city. Data collection methods using practical observation conducted with interviews. While the analysis using descriptive pragmatic method in four case study area in Jakarta. The findings indicate that the concept of house for this group is not determined only by the ‘low price tag’ but also ‘the way of use’ of the space contributed with the result that the house can be ‘consumed’ well.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Program Bantuan Stimulan Perumahan Swadaya (BSPS) Pada Masyarakat di Kelurahan Lowulowu Kecamatan Lealea Kota Baubau

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Kuflia Muak Hara
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Government Program ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

The house renovation program is one of the programs of the government in an effort to provide protection to poor families in order to improve the level of welfare of poor families. This program is carried out in the form of providing building materials along with builders and technicians to build or renovate homes that are not livable and do not meet the health requirements of being livable. This study aims to address the research problem of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of a government program called Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) for low-income people in the City of Baubau especially in Sub-Lowulowu. The BSPS program provides a fairly good change and impact. The BSPS program improves the quality of residents' homes and increases welfare.

scholarly journals Development of the Program of Effective Use of Objects of Sports Infrastructure of the City

2018 ◽  
pp. 94-98
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Service Package ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The City

Sports infrastructure in Tatarstan received a boost to improvement during the preparation of the capital of the region for the XXVII World Summer Universiade. Participation in such international sports events forms a certain experience and base, named as a heritage, raises the quality of life of the population, stimulates a healthy lifestyle. In order to improve the efficiency of the use of sports infrastructure facilities, an analysis of the actual capacity of the municipal sports facilities was conducted. A program is presented to improve the efficiency of the use of sports infrastructure facilities of the city of Kazan. The scope of the program includes measures to improve the regulatory framework, the need to develop a range of standards in the formation of a guaranteed social service package, including physical education and sports, etc.

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