scholarly journals The occurrence of fungi in the air of the monumental buildings in the city of Kraków

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Ewa Mędela-Kuder
Keyword(s):  
Old City ◽  
The City

Mycological examinations have been carried out in several rooms of the seven monumental architectural complexes situated in the old city of Kraków. The results of examinations have shown considerable pollution in the investigated rooms. Species, such as: <i>Penicillium, Aspergillus</i> and <i>Aureobasidium</i>, have been represented in the most numerous way. In general about thirty species of fungi have been isolated from the air and from the building dividing walls.

Palestinian Refugees between the City and the Camp

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-621
Author(s):  
Faedah M. Totah
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Social Distinction ◽  
Urban Refugees ◽  
Old City ◽  
Refugee Experience ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

AbstractThe camp and the city are both important for understanding the relationship between space and identity in the refugee experience of exile. In the Palestinian example, the camp has emerged as a potent symbol in the narrative of exile although only a third of refugees registered with UNRWA live in camps. Moreover, the city and urban refugees remain missing in most of the scholarship on the Palestinian experience with space, exile, and identity. Furthermore, there is little attention to how refugees understand the concept of the city and camp in their daily life. This article examines how Palestinian urban refugees in the Old City of Damascus conceptualized the relationship between the camp and the city. It illustrates how the concept of the camp remained necessary for the construction of their collective national identity while in Syria. However, the city was essential in the articulation of individual desires and establishing social distinction from other refugees. Thus, during a protracted exile it is in the interstice between the city and the camp, where most urban refugees in the Old City situated themselves, that informed their national belonging and personal aspirations.

scholarly journals A Study on Urban Furniture: Nicosia Old City

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mine Kuset Bolkaner ◽  
Selda İnançoğlu ◽  
Buket Asilsoy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
The South ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
South Side ◽  
The North ◽  
North Side ◽  
Old City ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
The City

Urban furniture can be defined as aesthetics and comfort elements that reflect the identity of a city and enable the urban space to become livable. Urban furniture is an important element of the city in order to improve the quality of urban life, to create a comfortable and reliable environment and to meet the needs of the users in the best way. For designing these elements, the social, economic, cultural and architectural structure of the city should be considered and evaluated. It is important to adapt the urban furniture to the urban texture and to the cultural structure achieving an urban identity, in order to ensure the survival and sustainability of the historical environments. In this study, a study was carried out in the context of urban furniture in Nicosia Walled City, which has many architectural cultures with its historical texture. In this context, firstly the concept of urban identity and urban furniture was explained and then, information about urban furniture was given in historical circles with urban furniture samples from different countries. As a field study, a main axis was determined and the streets and squares on this axis were discussed. These areas have been explored starting from Kyrenia Gate in North Nicosia; İnönü Square, Girne Street, Atatürk Square, Arasta Square, Lokmacı Barricade and on the south side Ledra Street and Eleftherias Square. In this context, the existing furniture in the North and South were determined and evaluated in terms of urban identity accordingly. As a result, it can be suggested that the existing street furniture equipments, especially on the north side, do not have any characteristic to emphasize the urban identity. According to the findings, it was determined that the urban furniture in the streets and squares on the north side is generally older and neglected, and does not provide a unity with the environment, whereas on the south side, these elements on the street and square are relatively new, functional and environmentally compatible.Key words: urban furniture, historical environment, urban identity, Nicosia Old City

City as a Text: Narratives, Toponymy and Language Competences of the Modern Jerusalem

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Lusine Gushchyan ◽  
◽  
Valentina Fedchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
National State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Old City ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
The City

This paper analyses the processes when the ancient multilingual and multicultural city becomes a modern capital of the national state on the example of the cultural‑historical phenomenon of Jerusalem during the decline of a centuries‑old era. Now, due to political and cultural circumstances, the image of the city shifts into a different, tourist business sphere, which, in the current era of postmodernism, accumulates symbolic paradigms. Until recently, Jerusalem remained the last Middle Mediterranean municipal commune in the antique‑medieval sense of the word by virtue of its sacral and supranational status. Over the period from the second half of the 20th century and until 2017, there can be distinguished a process of subordination to the national state, as the owner of the territories and rights in the old city, which is demonstrated by changes in the languages used and in the subjects of the narratives displayed. Being a fragment of empires included in the Balkan‑Levantine area, Jerusalem, in the second half of the 20th century, forms a new local text, gradually losing the topics, inherited from the past.

City Profile: Madurai, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-330
Author(s):  
Debolina Kundu ◽  
Baishali Lahiri ◽  
Arvind Pandey ◽  
Pragya Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Third ◽  
Old City ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Shrinking City ◽  
The City

Madurai city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, is one of the ancient temple cities of India and has been existing since two millennia. It is the second largest city in terms of area and the third largest in terms of population in the state. Despite this, the city’s population and economy is shrinking. In 2010, the city’s boundary expanded to cover the entire urban agglomeration. But even after 9 years of integration, differences exist between the newly merged areas and the old city. The spatial division in provision of basic services coupled with the characteristics of a shrinking city has posed fundamental challenges in the path of sustainable development. This article discusses the development of Madurai city with regard to its history, demography, economy, health and education infrastructure. It also offers insights into the unique challenges faced by the city and discusses the policy implications for reversal of the retardation of the city to that of holistic progress.

The Landscape and the Spatial Design Research of the City Wall Ruins Park of the Old City at Xiaoyi

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1057-1060
Author(s):  
Wei Cheng Han ◽  
Rui Shen
Keyword(s):  
Water Body ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Main Body ◽  
City Wall ◽  
City Block ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Old City ◽  
The City

The city wall ruins park of the old city at Xiaoyi is a ruins park with the city wall as the main body. With the amusement belt formed by the cultural and historical city wall ruins and the moat, and the landscape belt formed by the historical and cultural city block, and also using the design of the space, the water body, the path and the architectural ornaments, the plan focuses on protecting and inheriting the city wall ruins park of the old city at Xiaoyi with the method of protection, restoration, isolation and so on.

The Vatican, Palestinian Christians, Israel, and Jerusalem: Religion, Politics, Diplomacy, and Holy Places, 1945–1950

2000 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 358-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
History Match ◽  
Western Sector ◽  
Old City ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
The City ◽  
Christian Population ◽  
Israeli Occupation

The years 1945–9 were a time of profound political and social transformation for Palestine. Few other periods in its history match these changes, which left no community unaffected. The overwhelming Palestinian-Arab Christian and Muslim community was reduced from a majority to a minority, subject to the rule of a staunchly nationalistic Jewish and Zionist state. The events of 1948–9 were particularly devastating. A large number of Palestinians became refugees, including approximately fifty to seventy per cent of the Palestinian Christian population. Nearly half of the Christian community of Jerusalem had lived and had their businesses in the more modern and developed western sector of the city until Israeli occupation; their property was sequestered after they fled or were compelled to leave. Most of them were forced to seek refuge in the Old City, in monasteries and other Church buildings. Many others were forced to flee elsewhere, some leaving the former Mandate territory altogether.

Urban Street Addressing: A Means for Managing Historic Urban Precincts of India

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-190
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Routh ◽  
Dhruma Bhavsar
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Numbering System ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
The Road ◽  
Old City ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Independence Era ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

The historic precinct of Ahmedabad has a numbering system that was put in place by colonial rulers and got followed in the post-Independence era. The growth of the city around the historic precinct as well as increase of population has led to a number of issues regarding the existing numbering systems. The demographic explosion has resulted in an undesired development within the historic precincts across various cities in India. Such a scenario has made the existing system redundant as the density of building fabric has increased, within the areas, leading to inconsistent numbering systems. While the road hierarchy as well as the numbering system outside the historic precinct differs from that of the old city, centres have led to the difference between the naming and numbering system of the roads inside and outside the old city area. Most of the streets, except the main, have no nomenclature; also, the streets with names have no particular logic or framework behind the naming system. The aim of this prospective study would be to understand and analyze the street addressing approaches and their benefits within the historic precincts, with a focus on the old core of Ahmedabad. The approach of the article would be to understand the various applications of street addressing, especially within historic precincts, and understand the benefits presented by the system. The article will end with the implementation of street addressing at Ahmedabad and what would be the phases of implementation. Furthermore, devising a sample coding system for a particular area of historic Ahmedabad would support this understanding.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Vulnerability to Potential Collapse of Buildings in the Old Medina of Beni-Mellal-MOROCCO

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 08-23
Author(s):  
Abdelatif RAJJI ◽  
Amina Wafik ◽  
Abdessamad Najine ◽  
Amroumoussa Benmoussa
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Hazard Mapping ◽  
Real Risk ◽  
Multicriteria Method ◽  
Old City ◽  
Vulnerability Map ◽  
Beni Mellal ◽  
The City ◽  
Very High

The application of specialized natural hazard mapping is an absolute necessity for the management and prevention of natural hazard events. This paper treats the description of all the procedures carried out in order to produce a map of vulnerability and susceptibility to cave-ins, calculated and evaluated by the multicriteria method (AHP) and by using the GIS tool in the old Medina of Beni Mellal, which is recognized from time to time by cave-ins. The objective of this study is to develop a new method for analyzing the vulnerability of cavities to collapse, which presents a real risk in the urban area of the old cities. The methodology, applied to the old city of Beni-Mellal, consists in identifying and quantifying the stakes linked to the collapse of a cavity using a geographic information system. The weight of each parameter and factor exposed in the vulnerability was estimated using the hierarchical multicriteria method (AHP). The result is presented in the form of a spatialized and synthetic vulnerability map. The detection, mapping and assessment of areas vulnerable to the collapse of these cavities, particularly for large areas of the city, offers the possibility of reducing damage by intervening upstream and introducing preventive and corrective measures against any risk of collapse in the areas deemed vulnerable by our study. The maps show three zones with different degrees of vulnerability. The low and medium vulnerability zones occupy respectively 30 and 20% of the total area of the old city, while the high and very high vulnerability zones occupy respectively 16% and 4%.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Bagi Guru MI di Kota Semarang

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-100
Author(s):  
Ali Imron ◽  
Ma'as Shobirin
Keyword(s):  
Dual Role ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Teaching Laboratory ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Old City ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
The City

The teacher in learning has a dual role as a guide, director, motivator, supervisor and designer as well as executor. Increasing the ability to develop teaching materials as an illustration of the changes that occur in students based on the local wisdom of a community also needs to be done. The purpose of writing articles from this mentoring activity is to: 1) find out how the development of teaching materials based on local wisdom for MI teachers in Semarang City, 2) find out the various potentials of local wisdom that have educational value in Semarang City The results of the MI teacher mentoring activities in developing teaching materials based on local wisdom are: 1) The implementation of activities focused on mentoring teachers in developing teaching materials based on local wisdom through an asset-based approach. Activities involving MI teachers in the city of Semarang. The form of activities carried out were FGD and practical training and evaluation and monitoring, the implementation of activities at the Micro Teaching Laboratory of the Faculty of Religion, Wahid Hasyim University. 2) The material of local wisdom if grouped based on its characteristics into 3, namely: local figures (ulama) Semarang and around, Heritage (historical buildings) and culture. There are several scholars in Semarang and its surroundings who are visited by many or the community's pilgrimage destinations, including: Kiai Sholeh Darat, Mbah Mudzakkir, Mbah Shodiq Jago and Syekh Jumadil Kubro. Meanwhile, several historical buildings as relics and become tourist destinations include: Lawang Sewu, Ronggowarsito Museum, Sampo Kong, belenduk church, and old buildings around the old city of Semarang. The culture that is maintained and carried out regularly and properly includes: Nyadran, Ritual Offerings Rewandha Goa Kreo, Dugderan. Guru dalam pembelajaran memiliki peran ganda sebagai pembimbing, pengarah, pemotivasi, pengawas dan perancang sekaligus pelaksana. Meningkatkan kemampuan dalam mengembangkan bahan ajar sebagai gambaran perubahan yang terjadi pada peserta didik bersumber pada kearifan lokal suatu masyarakat juga perlu dilakukan. Tujuan penulisan artikel dari kegiatan pendampingan ini adalah untuk: 1) mengetahui bagaimana pelaksanaan pengembangan bahan ajar berbasis kearifan lokal bagi guru MI di Kota Semarang, 2) mengetahui berbagai potensi kearifan lokal yang memiliki nilai edukatif yang ada di Kota Semarang. Hasil dari kegiatan pendampingan guru MI dalam mengembangkan bahan ajar berbasis kearifan lokal adalah: 1) Pelaksanaan kegiatan fokus pada pendampingan guru dalam mengembangkan bahan ajar berbasi kearifan lokal melalui pendekatan berbasis aset. Kegiatan melibatkan guru MI di Kota Semarang. Bentuk Kegiatan yang dilaksanakan adalah FGD dan Pelatihan praktik dan evaluasi serta monitoring, pelaksanaan kegiatan di Laboratorium Micro Teaching Fakultas Agama Universitas Wahid Hasyim. 2) Materi kearifan lokal tersebut apabila dikelompokkan berdasarkan karakteristiknya menjadi 3, yaitu: tokoh (ulama) Lokal Semarang dan sekitar, Peninggalan (bangunan sejarah) dan Kebudayaan. Terdapat beberapa ulama di Semarang dan Sekitarnya yang banyak dikunjungi atau tujuan ziarah masyarakat antara lain: Kiai Sholeh Darat, Mbah Mudzakkir, Mbah Shodiq Jago dan Syekh Jumadil Kubro. Sedangkan beberapa bangunan bersejarah sebagai peninggalan dan menjadi tujuan wisata antara lain: Lawang Sewu, Museum Ronggowarsito, Sampo Kong, Gereja Blenduk, dan bangunan tua di sekitar kota lama Semarang. Adapun kebudayaan yang terjaga dan terlaksana secara rutin dan dengan baik diantaranya: Nyadran, Ritual Sesaji Rewandha Goa Kreo, Dugderan.

scholarly journals CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE OLD ALGIERS’S WALL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (07) ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
Saliha DJEDDI ◽  
Baya BENNOUI
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Old City ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Stone Walls ◽  
The City

The old city of Algiers is located in the area of the youngest structure on the African continent consisting of the folding chain of the Tell Atlas. It is arranged in a triangular amphitheater whose base runs along the Mediterranean Sea and the summit reaches the Qasbah, citadel of Algiers; a disposition that shelters it from attacks and external threats for a long time. This defensive position is reinforced by a very deep ditch located on the sides of the triangle and on the side of which stood high and solid stone walls forming the ramparts of the city. The narrations of travelers, historians and soldiers evoke the splendor and resistance of these works and constitute an undeniable source in the recognition of the defensive system of the old city at that time. This said, the discovery of very interesting archaeological traces during the consolidation of part of the walls of the Qasbah “citadel of Algiers” on the side of the battery 4 is an essential element in the commitment to a reflection on the development of the defensive system of Algiers . As well as the different phases of construction of the wall of the city (at least in the eastern part), based on tangible physical evidence.

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