Ecological Recovery of Abandoned Tracks in Xi'an East Suburbs

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1227-1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiong Wang ◽  
Kai Zheng ◽  
Zheng Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protection And Utilization ◽  
Ecological Landscape ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable ◽  
The City ◽  
Xi’An City

This paper studies on the landscape space of waste industry tracks in the Eastern suburbs of Xi'an city. The primary goal of the research is to use the abandoned rail spread in the community to create a simple, green, diverse, variable network of walking space, to construct a participatory and ecologically sustainable ecological landscape habitats, to look for a new model to retain and continue the memory of the city and to restore the ecological, economic, cultural dynamic around the abandoned orbit, to fix broken ecological patches progressively. This paper focuses on giving a new meaning to the abandoned orbit space by changing it into the city's green space and community public open space, by the reconstruction of biological diversity, the public participation, protection and utilization of industrial heritage and community cultural shows and other ways.

scholarly journals Retrofitting Obsolete Railroad Infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corina Ardeleanu
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Thesis Statement ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The City

Thesis Statement This thesis will explore the development and design opportunities related to the retrofitting of abandoned railroad corridors in post industrial cities. These lines of infrastructure will be viewed as the lifelines of the city whereby, the ramifications of main transportation arteries will impact the urban network through connectivity and the creation of public open space. This thesis will look at obsolete public railroad infrastructure, as an important fragment of the collective memory of a post-industrial city that can be reactivated to connect back into the transportation urban network. These structures will be identified as landmarks that must be preserved and incorporated into public space and amenity. The reestablishment of the railroad in this context will result in the connection of the contemporary to its past, creating more meaningful and resonant spaces. These transportation corridors will be addressed as part of expanding ecological and man-made systems, thus becoming lifelines of the city, expanding their arteries to feed life into the urban fabric. The natural areas affected by these railroads will be treated as the lungs of the city and made more accessible to the public in order to raise ecological awareness. The railroad thus creates permeability, linking urban and natural areas and reviving its former function of connectivity by re-stitching the urban fabric.

scholarly journals Does Immigration Affect Space Identity? Kastamonu Cumhuriyet Square Sample

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401989427
Author(s):  
Nur Belkayali ◽  
Elif Ayan Çeven
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Local People ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The City ◽  
Intended Use

Humans change places voluntarily or involuntarily because of many factors, such as life struggle, wars, and diseases. The most intense city environments in which these translocations are observed are cities where many native and foreign individuals1 settle with the purposes of job, education, sheltering, and protection. Today, as in many cities of Turkey, it can be observed that the population of neighboring countries’ citizens in Kastamonu is increasing, mostly for educational purposes. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of cultural differences that especially take place due to migration on the use of public open space. Since squares are the vital points of cities, can be accessed easily by everyone, appeal to everyone, provide opportunity to socializing and they are the democratic environments that symbolize the culture of the city, they were considered to be the public open space which can define the effect of cultural differences in the use of public space the best and in this context Cumhuriyet Square was chosen as the study area which has an important place in the history of the city. In accordance with the aim of the study, the intended use of the square by foreign individuals from different cultures was determined, and therefore, it was aimed to reveal in what way the square was affected by this movement of migration. In the scope of the study, observations were made with area studies, and also 170 questionnaire studies were conducted with the users of the area. As a result of the study, a statistically significant difference was determined between the intended use of the Cumhuriyet Square, which has an important value for the identity of the city, by the local people and foreign individuals. It is required for foreign individuals to socialize with the local people in relation to adopting the space by improving their sense of belonging to prevent the identity of the space to be affected negatively and to create a common value on the emergence of a common culture, and it is considered that the most appropriate place for these values to emerge is squares which are one of the public open spaces.

The Conservation of the Industrial Heritage Road — Taking "Tianjin Tractor Factory" Site Revival as an Example

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 2901-2904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Rui Zhang ◽  
Yong Tian ◽  
Chun Mei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
The City ◽  
Factory Site ◽  
Careful Investigation

Industrial heritage or problems in modern city construction has been the focus of concern and controversy, Tianjin as an important port city of China in modern, the previous light and heavy industrial production activities in the city left numbers of traces. There is no longer have traditional industry vitality in these industry base, we should be how to locate it? We have make great errors in "construction" and got the demolitions in our city, but also we accumulated a lot of experience too. Through careful investigation we found both not indulging in idle space in the old city has become a knot, also not be reckless of the cultural context in which the demolition and reconstruction, After all we are in decision-making mistakes in a short moment lost the "Tianjin ancient fossils -- old Chengxiang". To achieve sustainable city construction, we should respect the continuity of development of things, equilibrium and the public. Based on the transformation of "Tractor factory of Nankai District in Tianjin as example, we hope to explore and find some strategy in economy, balanced and sustainable development of industrial building heritages.

scholarly journals PENGARUH AKTIVITAS ZIARAH TERHADAP RUANG PUBLIK ALUN-ALUN STUDI KASUS : KAWASAN PEMAKAMAN SUNAN BONANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Lidya Mahardhika Allan ◽  
Mila Karmilah
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

Tuban town square are included in one of the utilization of active open space in the Tuban area. The town square is located in the city center and near of the many tourism objects in Tuban. One of them such us Sunan Bonang Funeral. The goals of this study are to verivy the effect of pilgrimages acivity to the public open space of Tuban town square. The Targets to be achieved, such us :1) Identification the effect based on characteristics Type of Activities in the Sunan Bonang Funeral Pilgrimage Area, 2) Identification the effect based on characteristics Type of activity Around the Public Open Space, 3) Analysing the factors that affect the pilgrimage activity to the public open space. 4) Verivy the affectthe pilgrimage activity to the public open space. Hypothesisin this studyare have or have no effect of pilgrimage activitytothe public open space of Tuban town square.So it can be seen the factors that effect of the pilgrimage activity to the public open space, and also presence the effect caused by pilgrimage activity to the public open space of Tuban town square.Keywords: Activity, Pilgrimage area, Public Open Space

scholarly journals Public Perception of Visual Quality of Cut Mutia Mosque Park as Public Space in Jakarta

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Agus S Sadana
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The Public ◽  
Value Perception ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
The City ◽  
City Park

Cut Mutia Park is a city park which is an integral part and attached to the main courtyard of the mosque cut mutia. This park is a green open space that serves as a public space and generate the aesthetics of the city. There are seven critical elements that need to be studied to determine the public's perception of the park. Knowledgeable public perception of these elements, useful for city authorities in the development of city parks for future. The results of the research showed that of the seven elements studied, only two elements of which will be a positive perception, namely aspects of cleanliness and coolness, while five other aspects got a negative perception. As a result, generally Cut Mutia Parks research object only gets the value perception of -0.24. Details of the value obtained by each of these aspects are: -0.52 for comfortability; +0.13 for cleanliness; -0.003 for freshness; +0.26 for coolness; -0.77 for harmony level; -0.42 for beauty level; and -0.32 for interesting presented. Low perception from respondents indicated that Cut Mutia Park need better design such that it can give added value to the mosque and the environment surrounding. At the end can be said that the city authorities need to further improve attention in structuring of the park, to makes Cut Mutia Park become more comfortable, interesting and favored by the public, and also strengthening the power of the mosque as the central point.

scholarly journals Karakteristik Elemen Pembentuk Fisik Kota pada Ruang Terbuka Publik di Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Yuniar Rahadian ◽  
Alisha Nuur Salamah ◽  
Verina Dyah Kania ◽  
Vigia Tri Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
City Image ◽  
City Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK Ruang terbuka publik pada dasarnya merupakan suatu wadah yang dapat menampung aktivitas tertentu dari masyarakatnya. Ruang terbuka Publik juga merupakan salah satu identitas citra kota atau kawasan dan indikator kualitas hidup kawasan perkotaan. Mengingat pentingnya peranan keberadaan ruang terbuka publik di dalam suatu kawasan perkotaan, maka sebuah ruang terbuka publik harus memiliki perencanaan dan perancangan sesuai dengan kelengkapan elemen pembentuk fisik kota. Kelengkapan elemen pembentuk kota tersebut juga terkait dengan desain arsitektural agar berfungsi sebagaimana mestinya ruang terbuka publik. Salah satu ruang terbuka publik di Bandung yaitu Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung yang didesain secara arsitektural dan menjadi icon kawasan Cicendo, berfungsi sebagai wadah untuk menampung aktivitas sosial masyarakat di kawasan Cicendo. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji karakretistik ruang terbuka publik berdasarkan elemen-elemen pembentuk fisik kota yang berada di kawasan Alun-alun Cicendo Bandung dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Hasil pembahasan dapat menggambarkan bahwa kawasan Alun alun Cicendo Bandung memenuhi elemen-elemen pembentuk fisik kota dengan desain yang baik. Kata kunci : Ruang Tebuka Publik, Alun-alun, Elemen Pembentuk Fisik Kota. ABSTRACT Open Space basically is a space that can accommodate people’s activity. Open space is one of the city image and a city life quality indicator. The existence of open space in a city has an important role in an urban area so a public space needs proper planning and design with completeness an image of the city elements. The completeness image of the city elements is related to an architectural design so the public space can operate properly. Alun alun Cicendo is one of open space in Bandung that designed architecturally and become an icon of Cicendo, functions as a place to accommodate a social activity. This research aims to review the characteristics of a public space based on the image of the city elements around Alun alun Cicendo Bandung with the descriptive qualitative method. The result can describe that Alun alun Cicendo Bandung complies image of the city elements with a good design. Keywords: Open Space, Square, Image of the City Elements

scholarly journals Activity in Bandung city square as a public open space with open field concept

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTEKS Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur ◽  
Grace Putri Dianty ◽  
Yohanes Basuki Dwisusanto
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Shade Trees ◽  
Functional Area ◽  
The Public ◽  
Play Area ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The City ◽  
City Park ◽  
New Facilities

Bandung city square is an icon of Bandung, known by the public as a public open space with a field in the middle. The shape of the square has changed to resemble a city park with the addition of new facilities in it such as seating area, play area, sport area and so on. The changes affect its function as public space and the activities formed in it. The purpose of this study is to identify patterns of activities and their correspondence with the shape of the square as a public space in the city of Bandung. This study is carried out through stages (1) mapping the functional area based on its physical arrangement; (2) identifying activities formed in it and (3) interviewing the users. The result of the study indicates that the types of activities in Bandung city square are more diverse due to the addition of seating area, play area and renewal of the concept of the field. But besides that, the placement of shade trees in each sitting area needs to be considered so that the square is not only active at night, but also during the daytime.

scholarly journals A floristic survey of the Boulder Mountain Park: with notes on its conservation and management (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-314
Author(s):  
Tim Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Front Range ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Montane Vegetation ◽  
The City

The City of Boulder Mountain Park sits in the eastern foothills of the northern Front Range of Colorado. Approximately 7000 acres (2800 ha) in extent, the study area is characterized by a foothills and montane vegetation and flora, predominantly of western North American distribution. Situated at the interface of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, the flora of the Mountain Park is distinguished by a wealth of species with eastern woodland affinities, as well as a number of southern Rocky Mountain species endemic to the Front Range. Six hundred and ninety-eight (698) species of vascular plants in 426 genera and 100 families are documented in this survey. Twenty (20) of the plants are listed as Species of Special Concern by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, with an additional 26 listed as sensitive by the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP). Introduced non-native species constitute 21% of the flora (147 species), a figure that exaggerates their ecological role in the Park; less than a dozen introduced species are of serious concern in their impact upon native diversity. The Mountain Park is viewed by many as the crown jewel of the City’s OSMP system, and serves as a model for public land management across other open spaces in urban areas nationwide. These forested foothills, with their prominent relief and associated diversity of habitats, serve as one of the last low-elevation nature refuges along the Colorado Front Range. With the increasing urbanization of the region and the loss of biological diversity worldwide, the wisdom of the Boulder community in protecting this landscape is becoming ever more apparent. This report presents a thoroughly revised checklist of the flora of the Boulder Mountain Parks since the area was last inventoried in 1993.

scholarly journals The Association between Ground Floor Features and Public Open Space Face-To-Face Interactions: Evidence from Nantou Village, Shenzhen

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 4934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirna Zordan ◽  
Gianni Talamini ◽  
Caterina Villani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Internal Space ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Ground Floor ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The City

With face-to-face interaction proving beneficial for mental health, there is still a paucity of research on the correlation between ground floor features (GFFs), defined here as the features of the ground floor of buildings overlooking a street, and public open space face-to-face interaction density (POSFTFID), defined as the density of human face-to-face interactions in the public open space (POS) adjacent to each building. Is there a correlation between GFFs and POSFTFID? This study aims to answer this question gaining empirical evidence from a Chinese village in the city (ViC). Behavioural mapping and statistical analysis were employed and the following GFFs were tested: Ground floor area, indoor visible space, presence of stairs, POS adjacent area, and land use. Results show an association between POSFTFID and: (1) The area of the POS adjacent to each building, (2) the degree of visibility (ratio of indoor visible space to total internal space) of the ground floor, (3) the presence of stairs. Moreover, food appears to be an important attribute fostering social interaction. Results can provide insights on future implications in urban design strategies and planning policies aiming at enhancing mental health conditions in contemporary cities.

scholarly journals Ruptured space and spatial estrangement: (Un)making of public space in Kathmandu

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2780-2800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmi Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City

Public space is increasingly recognised to be central to spatial discourse of cities. A city’s urbanism is displayed in public spaces, representing a myriad of complex socio-cultural, economic and democratic practices of everyday life. In cities of the Global South, especially those with nascent democracies, different values attached to a space by various actors – both material and symbolic – frame the contestation, making the physical space a normative instrument for contestation. Tundikhel, once believed to be the largest open space in Asia, is an important part of Kathmandu’s urbanism, which has witnessed two civil wars popularly known as Jana Andolans, and the subsequent political upheavals, to emerge as the symbolic meeting point of the city, democracy, and its people. The paper argues that the confluence of the three modalities of power – institutionalisation, militarisation and informalisation – has underpinned its historical transformation, resulting in what I call ‘urban rupturing’: a process of (un)making of public space, through physical and symbolic fragmentation and spatial estrangement. The paper contends that unlike the common notion that public spaces such as Tundikhel are quintessentially public, hypocrisy is inherent to the ‘publicness’ agenda of the state and the institutional machinery in Kathmandu. It is an urban condition that not only maligns the public space agenda but also creeps into other spheres of urban development.

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