scholarly journals Assessing Walkability of Planned and Historical Streetscape of Urban Dhaka

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Farzana Siddiqua ◽  
Saimum Kabir ◽  
Mania Tahsina Taher
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Width Ratio ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Physical Context ◽  
City Population ◽  
Vegetation Water ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Physical Height ◽  
The City

Urban mobility is one of the pressing challenges Dhaka City facing today. Existing car based mobility network has already proven ineffective and thus leads to congestion, inequity and unhealthy urban environment. Even though largest portion of city population travels by walk, pedestrian mobilityhas been severely compromised especially in newly planned residential areas. Streets here are planned considering automobile as a primary mode of transport; a comfortable setting of walkable streets is almost nonexistent. However, the historic core of the city is an exception where streets are seen dominated by the pedestrian. The paper presents a comparative study of the walkability between planned (Bashundhara R/A) and historic (Shakhari bazar) urban area while taking into account the importance of active mobility for a healthy urban development. The study starts with reviewing theoretical constructs of ‘pedestrian-friendly community development’ while looking into case studies and urban standards in order to synthesize ‘walkability’ matrices. Multiple tools are used to measure walkability of the street. Maps are studied to analyze the physical context of selected urban area, scientific tools are used to collect site specific microclimatic data, observation and questionnaire surveys are conducted to understand user’s response. The aim is to formulate a checklist of walkable streetscape in the context of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study identifies the physical (height width ratio, vegetation, water features, orientation) and functional attributes (location of amenities, infrastructure, safety) of street fabric has strongimpact on improving walkability. 

RESTRUCTURING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE URBAN SPACE OF THE METROPOLIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-139
Author(s):  
A.A. STEPANENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Recycling Rate ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Cycle Economy ◽  
City Population ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
The City

The article considers the developed model of the closed-cycle economy, which, along with economic parameters, takes into account pollution and consumption of building materials suitable for recycling. The model reflects the idea that the economic growth of a society alone cannot maintain or improve the existing quality of the environment, and for this it is necessary to increase the recycling rate. The purpose of the study is to reveal the factors influencing the increase in the level of recycling when introducing efficient and environmentally friendly systems for managing construction waste in megacities. The results of the study will affect the improvement of the quality and standards of life of the city population, the creation of favorable conditions for a safe, healthy and the prosperous life of people while ensuring the economic growth of the city. The process of the managing the growing volume of construction waste is reflected, recycling is emphasized.

scholarly journals Car Ownership of Households in Sub-Urban Area in Makassar City

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 05005
Author(s):  
Mubassirang Pasra ◽  
Muhammad Isran Ramli ◽  
Dimas Endrayana Dharmowijoyo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Multinomial Logit Model ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Mode Choice Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Model Approach

The present study aims to grasp the car ownership characteristics of households in the sub-urban area in Makassar City, Indonesia. The study considers some exogenous characteristics of the households, such house types, family size, income, motorcycle ownership, trip number, and worker number. To construct the relationship between those characteristics and the car ownership, we applied the multinomial logit model approach. This study surveyed seven residential areas in the sub-urban area of the city. The survey conducted an interviewing method using a questionnaire sheet. The survey respondents as representative of the households, which selected randomly from the residential areas. The results show that the goodness of fit of the car ownership model is acceptable enough. Further, all of the exogenous variables significantly influence the households in car ownership. We expected that the results provide a basis for further studies such time valuation of car riders, mode choice model of the households, etc.

scholarly journals COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT ON THE WELL-BEING OF THE CITY POPULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Alexandra Alekseevna KORMINA
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
City Population ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The method of assessing the impact of factors of diff erent nature on the components of the city’s living environment that determine favorable living conditions and the well-being of the population is considered. It is statistically established that the variety of factors should be taken into account when assessing and normalizing the combination of multifactorial impacts on demographic and social processes occurring in the urban environment. Combinations of the most signifi cant interacting factors and statistical models based on them can be taken into account when predicting the level of morbidity, the dynamics of migration processes, the family well-being of the population, and others. The developed models and assessment methodology can serve as a tool to support management decision-making to ensure a high level of quality of life of the population and urban development of residential areas.

scholarly journals Urban Quality Assessment of Public Housing Estates in Murcia, Spain (Vistabella 1940–1950s, La Paz 1960s, La Fama 1970s). Threats or Opportunities for the Medium-Sized Contemporary City?

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Antonio Jesús Martínez-Espinosa ◽  
Patricia Reus ◽  
Manuel Alejandro Ródenas-López
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Franco Regime ◽  
La Paz ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City ◽  
Housing Estates

The public housing built under the Franco regime in Spain (1939–1975) brought about the largest urban growth in the country’s recent history. It shares similar characteristics with other public housing built in Europe during the 20th century, and today it houses a predominantly multicultural and socioeconomically precarious population. This study analyses and evaluates three estates that make up a new urban axis in the city of Murcia. The objective is to evaluate the benefits and shortcomings of these developments in order to establish rehabilitation plans, which will seek to improve the lives of their inhabitants and enhance their experience of the urban area from environmental, functional and interactive perspectives. The methodology used for this study is based on the application of three systems of indicators in order to obtain a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of each neighborhood. The quantitative analysis evaluates the urban area in terms of environmental sustainability, while the two qualitative systems explore the neighborhoods’ functionality and ability to instil a sense of attachment, and therefore responsibility, among their inhabitants. In its conclusions, the article provides concrete lines of action for updating and regenerating these residential areas that form a significant part of the city of Murcia.

scholarly journals The regional pattern of renewal in urban residential areas in Germany since the 1970s

Dela ◽  
2004 ◽  
pp. 475-484
Author(s):  
Ito Tetsuya
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
City Center ◽  
Regional Pattern ◽  
Southern Area ◽  
The City ◽  
Housing Units

This study uses the case of Nuremberg to investigate the regional pattern of renewal in urban residential areas on a middle scale from the standpoint of physical and social structure in Ger-many since the 1970s when the supply of dwellings surpassed demand and many urban renewal projects have been carried out. I study the regional pattern of social structure, social housing units, urban renewal projects and the number of construction in the urban area. The regional pattern of renewal is divided into two types in the urban area located within a radius of 3 km from the city center and in the southern area.

scholarly journals Analisis Jalur Trans Kutaraja di Kota Banda Aceh di Tinjau Dari Pengembangan Wilayah

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-105
Author(s):  
Renny Anggeraeni Robin ◽  
Noer Fadhly ◽  
Ashfa Achmad
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Land Use Pattern ◽  
Public Road ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
Transportation Accessibility ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
The City ◽  
Banda Aceh

ABSTRACT Banda Aceh City is the capital of Aceh Province with a population growth rate of 1.97%, has a city spatial planning area of 6,136 Ha, or 5,903 Ha based on digitizing Satellite Imagery, with a population in 2019 of 270,321 thousand people, and a density population of 4,405 people/ km2 . Trans Kutaraja is one mode of transport public road based in the city of Banda Aceh has been in operation since 2016. Banda Aceh with all aktivistas in it continues to develop, the land use pattern is dominated by residential areas of 52.62%, trade and services areas of 13.38%, public service areas of 6.30%, office areas of 2.37% and mixed areas of 2.79%. Population density can affect accessibility in achieving travel destinations , increasing travel will lead to the need for transportation facilities , currently the percentage of Trans Kutaraja service coverage still has not reached all corners of the city of Banda Aceh, which is 31%. Keywords: Public Transportation, Accessibility, Banda Aceh City.  

Perencanaan Sistem Pengurangan Sampah Permukiman Bantaran Sungai Cidurian Kota Bandung

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raka Maulana ◽  
Yulianti Pratama ◽  
Lina Apriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Flow ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Inorganic Waste ◽  
Waste Bank ◽  
The City

<p>Some areas in the city of Bandung is an area that dilitasi by the flow of the river, to prevent the introduction of garbage into the river basin is necessary to note the waste management systems in residential areas along the river. Cidurian river has a length of 24.86 Km along the river flow. Consists of the city of Bandung and Bandung regency. Administrative regions Cidurian River past eight (8) districts, from the region in the District Kiaracondong precisely Village Babakan Babakan Sari and Surabaya populous and the most densely populated. Thus, there should be community-based waste management in the form of a reduction in resources to prevent potential entry of waste into the river basin. Planning waste reduction will be divided into two, namely the reduction of inorganic waste with waste bank then the reduction of organic waste with absorption holes biopori, and bio reactor mini determination of the reduction is determined by the results of the analysis of the sampling covers the composition and garbage, then the result of the measurement characteristics test and analysis results questionnaire.</p>

Жизненное состояние древесных насаждений в условиях города Актобе (Казахстан)

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
S. A. Abiev ◽  
S. A. Aipeisova ◽  
N. A. Utarbaeva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Health State ◽  
Urban Habitats ◽  
Resistant Species ◽  
Vital State ◽  
Ulmus Laevis ◽  
Urban Conditions ◽  
The City ◽  
Trees And Shrubs

<p>The purpose of our work is to assess the health state of woody plants growing in different habitats of the city of Aktobe. We have studied the health state of arboreal and shrubby plants growing in various urban habitats; the survey was conducted during 2016-2017 by route-visual method. We performed the analysis of species diversity, abundance and density in urban area. The assessment of health state of the trees was made according to V.A. Alekseev. From your data and literature review we established that such species as Ulmus pinnato-ramosa, Acer negundo, Populus tremula, Populus nigra, and Syringa vulgaris have strong winter resistnce in the territory of Aktobe; we registered that only their apex buds and emds of the shoots were frozen in severe winters. The medium-resistant speices include Ulmus laevis and Acer platonoides. They are less plastic and suffer from late spring and early autumn frosts. The Amorpha fruticosa, Vitis vinifera, and Parthenocissus guinguefolia could be considered as the non-resistant species, since they usually freeze up to the snow cover line. The analysis of the vital state made it possible to assess the resistance to urban conditions of the majority of trees and shrubs registered in urban habitats of Aktobe. According to the preliminary data, the origin of the plant and its winter resistance are of main importance when introducing new species to urban area.</p>

HIGH-RAISED BUILDINGS IN URBAN AREA CONTRIBUTES TO THE SNATCH THEFT INCIDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Anith Nabilah Mustafa ◽  
Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographical Information System ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Development Area ◽  
Crime Reports ◽  
Index Crime

Snatch theft incidents are on the rise in Malaysia especially in the cities. It tends to happen in cities because there is a possibility to commit it and both crime and urban are often associated with each other. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the building with two or more levels in urban area contributes to the snatch theft incidents. The present study has been taken up to detect the hotspots of snatch theft in Selangor, Malaysia. The crime data were obtained by requesting and analysing the index crime statistical data from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). This study made use of the Geographical Information System (GIS) where its 3D modelling function to construct, assess and analyse the area with high snatch theft cases. The crime reports of 2010 until 2015 were geocoded and the crime maps were prepared in ArcGIS 10.2. It was found that the hotspot area is a mix-used development area which consists mainly of commercial and residential areas of more than two-level buildings. 

Spatial Hotspot Analysis of Bucharest’s Urban Heat Island (UHI) Using Modis Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgiana Grigoraș ◽  
Bogdan Urițescu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Land Surface Temperature ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
The City

Abstract The aim of the study is to find the relationship between the land surface temperature and air temperature and to determine the hot spots in the urban area of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The analysis was based on images from both moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS), located on both Terra and Aqua platforms, as well as on data recorded by the four automatic weather stations existing in the endowment of The National Air Quality Monitoring Network, from the summer of 2017. Correlation coefficients between land surface temperature and air temperature were higher at night (0.8-0.87) and slightly lower during the day (0.71-0.77). After the validation of satellite data with in-situ temperature measurements, the hot spots in the metropolitan area of Bucharest were identified using Getis-Ord spatial statistics analysis. It has been achieved that the “very hot” areas are grouped in the center of the city and along the main traffic streets and dense residential areas. During the day the "very hot spots” represent 33.2% of the city's surface, and during the night 31.6%. The area where the mentioned spots persist, falls into the "very hot spot" category both day and night, it represents 27.1% of the city’s surface and it is mainly represented by the city center.

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