Traffic Issues and its Strategies in the View of Spatial Expansion in the Central Area of Lanzhou City

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2406-2409
Author(s):  
Hong Fei Li ◽  
Han Qing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Lanzhou City ◽  
Topographic Features ◽  
City Construction ◽  
The City ◽  
City Identity

The Lanzhou City construction space and transportation network have obviously changed. Lanzhou city’s terrain is that the Yellow River crossing two mountains caused the valley very long and narrow. So with the subsequent traffic congestion, effective measures should be taken to expand city spaces and to improve traffic network. Only with this, Lanzhou City could be developed fast and shape a unique city identity. Through analysis of the city topographic features and spatial layout, this paper outlines several ideas on city planning of Lanzhou.

Bike your City: Planning and Designing Cycling Infrastructure in the Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jack J. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Design Case Study ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Graphical Design ◽  
The City

<p>Cycling is a memory of the past for most of us, the lack of support from the authorities on the cycling infrastructure made it difficult to attract people to cycle in the city. Urban sprawl, traffic congestion, car dependency, environmental pollution and public health concerns have pressured cities around the world to consider reintegrating cycling into the urban environment.  Design as a research method was utilised to investigate the effectiveness of design methodology and workflow for cycling infrastructure from an architecture and design perspective. Using Wellington City as a design case study, this research aimed to improve the legibility, usability and the image of cycling as a mode of transport in the city. To achieve this, a customisable graphical design framework and branding strategies were developed to structure and organise the design components within cycling infrastructure. The findings from the iterative design processes were visualised through the appropriate architectural and presentation conventions.  This research provided an unique architectural perspectives on the issues of cycling infrastructure; the results would support the transportation advisers and urban planners to further the development and integration of cycling, as a viable mode of transport, within the city.</p>

Simple Discussion on Creating a Historical and Cultural Concept on City Square Design — Exemplified by Hundred Miles of the Yellow River in Lanzhou

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3435-3439
Author(s):  
Ming Hui Ye ◽  
Xiang Wu Meng ◽  
Han Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Lanzhou City ◽  
Spiritual Civilization ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Line Design ◽  
The City

City square, as a major public urban space. By a sense of spiritual civilization, it should be a window of the city and essential building space to daily life of local residents; it also bears an important heritage city in cultural context responsibility. Based on the Yellow River in Lanzhou City, Barry style line design concept of the study, analyzed and summarized, presented the concept of square designs to create a historical and cultural context of urban culture, the importance of heritage and modern artistic expression should be on urban history and culture diversity to interpretation, to make people re-establish the cultural identity for the city to gain ownership of the spirit.

scholarly journals Research on Strategy of Coordinated Development between the City Planning and the Construction of College Town

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Tianlei Gong ◽  
Long Han
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
College Town ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
City Construction ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

The purpose of building a community is to seek a better fit between urban development and college city construction, promote resource sharing and complementary advantages between city and college, then better integrate the university into urban planning, so as to better serve regional development. This paper discusses how to plan and transform the college town, how to improve the leading role and radiation driving effect of the college town in serving the local area, further build the brand of smart college town, and provide relevant suggestions for mutual promotion, common prosperity and common development of urban development and college town.

scholarly journals Research on City Center Area System Identification and Environmental Renewal Strategy under the Background of Smart Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 04047
Author(s):  
Bing Wang ◽  
Cai Dai
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
City Center ◽  
City Construction ◽  
The Times ◽  
The City ◽  
Center Area ◽  
Urban Environmental Management

In this paper, combining the development of the times and the construction of smart cities, the various identification elements of the city center area system were collated and extracted while combing the morphological characteristics of the central area of the city. Moreover, after combining these identification elements, the problems to be solved in the construction environment of the modern urban center area were analyzed. Through the analysis of the content of smart city construction and integration with the organic renewal of the urban center area, a strategic discussion has been proposed, aiming at maximizing the rejuvenation of the environmental vitality of the urban center area while adapting to modern urban environmental management.

scholarly journals Make the Cities Work: Some Stories of Smart City Initiatives Around the Globe

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukmo Pinuji ◽  
Wahyuni Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Main Concept ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The World ◽  
Taking Charge ◽  
The City

The concept of Smart City (SC) has been popular recently, and has been adopted by many cities in the world with various implementation and development. As the world most population now concentrates on urban area, a sustainable city planning and management become important. As the population keeps growing,pressure and tension on a city arise: space for living, waste management, traffic congestion, sufficient clean water resources, and other issues. Beginning in around 2009, the concept of SC was designed to solve problems related to city growth in a sustainable manner. By using technology, Internet of Things (IoT), and community participation, SC aims to make the city a livable place for its inhabitants, putting people as the center of interest and in quality of life in sustainable manners as ultimate goal. This paper aimed to deliver a study on the trend of SC adopted by two cities: Amsterdam and Jakarta. The study was conducted through literature review. The data were analyzed to compare the concept of SC in each city from different parameters, focusing on the developmentprocess, technological adoption, political and institutional arrangement and implementation. The results show that each city has specif ic strategy to implement SC, based on their economic, social, environment and demographic characteristics. It is also important to underline that the main concept of SC is to attract related stakeholders in taking charge of their roles for the success of SC. Furthermore, both cities has a sharing vision in putting environment as the main framework of the development of SC.

The Research on Healthy City Planning Based on GIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 730 ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Ming Guo Liu ◽  
Zheng Yu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
City Planning ◽  
City Development ◽  
Spatial Decision Support ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
Ecological Resources ◽  
Industrialization Process ◽  
City Construction ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The City

In this paper, the GIS-based city planning including spatial decision support, planning content and target were analyzed and discussed according to the characteristics of healthy city and the needs of sustainable development. The main contradiction during healthy city construction in China is the contradiction between economic growth and the effective use of ecological resources in the industrialization process. The construction of healthy city is aimed at improving human health level and making the city development in a benign track.

The Exploring for the Concept of History and Culture on City Square Design - Exampled by Lanzhou City

2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 1297-1301
Author(s):  
Xiang Wu Meng ◽  
Ming Hui Ye ◽  
Han Zhang ◽  
Qi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Lanzhou City ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The City

For thousands of years, Lanzhou city has long history and bright culture, and has numerous historic buildings and cultural relics. But with the rapid development of the city, many cultural heritages had been destroyed. The cities appearance are becoming more and more similar, urban culture roots has not clear, the city began to become unfamiliar. The reason is the local residents have a lack of cultural identity to living environment. City square, as a major public urban space. By a sense of spiritual civilization, it should be a window of the city and essential building space to daily life of local residents; it also bears an important responsibility which is heritage city in cultural context. Based on the Yellow River in Lanzhou City, and the study of the new square design concept, analyzed and summarized, presented the concept of square design to create a historical and cultural context of urban culture, the importance of heritage and modern artistic expression should be united with urban history and culture diversity, to make people re-establish the cultural identity for the city to gain ownership in their spirit.

scholarly journals CRITICAL REVIEW ON SUBURBAN TRANSIT ORIENTATION DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Sabri Ahmad ◽  
Robiah Suratman
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Suburban Area ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Development Agency ◽  
Funding Mechanism ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Sprawling

Transit orientation development always been associated as the transport solution for traffic congestion especially in the city. Nevertheless, there is a gap in the research in the suburban area. This paper discusses about the possibility to apply the concept in the suburban area as the solution for urban sprawling. Therefore, four principles have been identified in order for a transit orientation development suit in the suburban necessity. The principles are being central area, density and mixed land uses; the connection between the central area and the transit; developed based on need of density and designed by specific development agency; funding mechanism to allow transit orientation development. The conclusion is transit orientation development is not applied for problem solving, but to avoid future issues.

scholarly journals The Role of Participation in Urban Landscape Planning in Yokohama: The Success of the Takashima Central Park Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-72
Author(s):  
Marco Akira Klebel
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Central Park ◽  
City Construction ◽  
The City

Abstract In Japan, citizens’ participation in urban planning is called machizukuri. This kind of cooperation between citizens and city administration in urban planning appeared in the 1970s, as a countermovement to the traditional top-down urban planning called toshikeikaku of the 1960s. Municipal city planning increasingly encouraged machizukuri projects, allowing citizens to participate in planning activities. The City of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture promoted innovative methods of participation. From the ‘Letters to the Mayor’ in the late 1960s to current programmes, the City of Yokohama established many support measures for machizukuri activities and in the 1990s the administration approved the engagement of citizens as an important management tool, as seen in the City Construction Project for the Citizens of Yokohama. One contribution to this project is the Takashima Central Park Project, which started in 2008 and which is considered by many critics as a very successful participation project. This paper focuses on the questions of how far the Takashima Central Park Project was successful and what the reasons for success or unspoken failure were by referring to the theories of the German political scientist Angelika Vetter and the German political sociologist Brigitte Geißel. The research is based on qualitative interviews with some of the people involved, such as citizens, planners and administrative personnel. The article will identify the various aspects of the complex variable ‘success’ and their interdependence.

scholarly journals Bike your City: Planning and Designing Cycling Infrastructure in the Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jack J. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Design Perspective ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Design Case Study ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Graphical Design ◽  
The City

<p><b>Cycling is a memory of the past for most of us, the lack of support from the authorities on the cycling infrastructure made it difficult to attract people to cycle in the city. Urban sprawl, traffic congestion, car dependency, environmental pollution and public health concerns have pressured cities around the world to consider reintegrating cycling into the urban environment.</b></p> <p>Design as a research method was utilised to investigate the effectiveness of design methodology and workflow for cycling infrastructure from an architecture and design perspective. Using Wellington City as a design case study, this research aimed to improve the legibility, usability and the image of cycling as a mode of transport in the city. To achieve this, a customisable graphical design framework and branding strategies were developed to structure and organise the design components within cycling infrastructure. The findings from the iterative design processes were visualised through the appropriate architectural and presentation conventions.</p> <p>This research provided an unique architectural perspectives on the issues of cycling infrastructure; the results would support the transportation advisers and urban planners to further the development and integration of cycling, as a viable mode of transport, within the city.</p>

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