scholarly journals Potential Appraisal of Urban Landscape and Open Space in Great City, Osaka

1983 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Tadashi KUBO ◽  
Daishu ABE ◽  
Kenichi MIYAZAKI ◽  
Isao NAKASE ◽  
Akiharu KAMIHOGI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Great City

Changing Places

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John MacDonald ◽  
Charles Branas ◽  
Robert Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
City Life ◽  
New Science ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Scientific Testing ◽  
Large Groups

The design of every aspect of the urban landscape—from streets and sidewalks to green spaces, mass transit, and housing—fundamentally influences the health and safety of the communities who live there. It can affect people's stress levels and determine whether they walk or drive, the quality of the air they breathe, and how free they are from crime. This book provides a compelling look at the new science and art of urban planning, showing how scientists, planners, and citizens can work together to reshape city life in measurably positive ways. It demonstrates how well-designed changes to place can significantly improve the well-being of large groups of people. The book argues that there is a disconnect between those who implement place-based changes, such as planners and developers, and the urban scientists who are now able to rigorously evaluate these changes through testing and experimentation. It covers a broad range of structural interventions, such as building and housing, land and open space, transportation and street environments, and entertainment and recreation centers. Science shows we can enhance people's health and safety by changing neighborhoods block-by-block. The book explains why planners and developers need to recognize the value of scientific testing, and why scientists need to embrace the indispensable know-how of planners and developers. It reveals how these professionals, working together and with urban residents, can create place-based interventions that are simple, affordable, and scalable to entire cities.

The cartographic ambiguities of HarassMap: Crowdmapping security and sexual violence in Egypt

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Sunday Grove
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Security Governance ◽  
Crowdsourced Data ◽  
Control State

In December 2010, HarassMap was launched as a Cairo-based interactive online mapping interface for reporting and mapping incidents of sexual harassment anonymously and in real time, in Egypt. The project’s use of spatial information technologies for crowdmapping sexual harassment raises important questions about the use of crowdsourced mapping as a technique of global human security governance, as well as the techno-politics of interpreting and representing spaces of gendered security and insecurity in Egypt’s urban streetscape. By recoding Egypt’s urban landscape into spaces subordinated to the visual cartography of the project’s crowdsourced data, HarassMap obscures the complex assemblage that it draws together as the differentially open space of the Egyptian street – spaces that are territorialized and deterritorialized for authoritarian control, state violence, revolt, rape, new solidarities, gender reversals, sectarian tensions, and class-based mobilization. What is at stake in my analysis is the plasticity of victimage: to what extent can attempts to ‘empower’ women be pursued at the microlevel without amplifying the similarly imperial techniques of objectifying them as resources used to justify other forms of state violence? The question requires taking seriously the practices of mapping and targeting as an interface for securing public space.

scholarly journals Urban Rehabilitation of the Unirii Square in Cluj-Napoca

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Alex Péter COTOZ ◽  
Valentin Sebastian DAN ◽  
Maria CANTOR
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Component ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Different Types

To improve the design of the Unirii Square from Cluj-Napoca both aesthetically and functionally, principles of urban landscape and sustainable design were implemented. To achieve this goal, modular and mobile structures with two different types of low maintenance plant species, Sedum and Cornus were selected. These species have been chosen because of their ecological benefits, hardiness attributes and morphological characteristics. This paper aims to present an urban green component adaptable to different scenarios such as major annual events without interfering with temporary constructions and pedestrian routes while at the same time creating a more aesthetic and attractive open space for locals and tourists alike. Every element added to the square can be relocated or moved at any given time without negative impact to the environment. To present the potential of this design concept, three different arrangement design scenarios were conducted - one for the everyday life of the public and the other to accommodate the unfolding of two major events held annually: the TIFF film festival and the Christmas fair.

scholarly journals The Dusseldorf artist group “ZERO”: at the origins of the kinetic light art in the urban landscape (1958–1960s)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Евгения Валерьевна Орлова
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Physical Phenomenon ◽  
Virtual Images ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multimedia Technologies ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Zero Group

В искусстве художников дюссельдорфской группы ЗЕРО Хайнца Мака, Отто Пине и Гюнтера Юккера сформировался культ света как реального оптико-физического явления. Световая кинетика стала новой эстетической утопией в западноевропейском искусстве 1960-х годов. В статье рассматриваются творческие истоки рождения новой художественной идеологии и такие яркие многолетние проекты, как музеефицированный ландшафт у Хайнца Мака и произведения под общим названием событие в небе ( Sky-events ) с воздушными шарами у Отто Пине. В творческой программе группы ЗЕРО искусство открытого пространства, объединившее небо, воздух, воду и свет, трактовалось как начало рождения урбанистического ландшафта Будущего. Статья показывает путь формирования нового взгляда на оформление городского пространства, в основе которого лежит синтез архитектуры и кинетических виртуальных образов, выполненных с помощью мультимедийных технологий. In the art of the Dusseldorf artist group ZERO by Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Gnter Jcker a cult of light was formed as a real optical-physical phenomenon. Light kinetics has become a new aesthetic utopia in West European art of the 1960s. The author analyzes the creative origins of the birth of a new artistic ideology and such vivid long-term projects as the museum-like landscape by Heinz Mack and works under the general name Sky-events with balloons by Otto Piene. In the creative program of the ZERO group, the art of open space, combining sky, air, water and light, was interpreted as the beginning of the birth of the urban landscape of the Future. The article shows the way of forming a new look at the design of urban space, which is based on a synthesis of architecture and kinetic virtual images made using multimedia technologies.

The fragmentation of urban landscapes: global evidence of a key attribute of the spatial structure of cities, 1990–2000

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shlomo Angel ◽  
Jason Parent ◽  
Daniel L Civco
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Multiple Regression Models ◽  
Global Evidence

The fragmentation of urban landscapes – or the inter-penetration of the built-up areas of cities and the open spaces in and around them – is a key attribute of their spatial structure. Analyzing satellite images for 1990 and 2000 for a global sample of 120 cities, we find that cities typically contain or disturb vast quantities of open spaces equal in area, on average, to their built-up areas. We also find that fragmentation, defined as the relative share of open space in the urban landscape, is now in decline. Using multiple regression models, we find that larger cities are less fragmented, that higher-income cities are more fragmented, that cities with higher levels of car ownership are less fragmented, and that cities that constrain urban development are less fragmented. We recommend that making room for urban expansion in rapidly growing cities should take into account their expected fragmentation levels.

Taipei Beautiful: How Does Government Policy Affect Architectural Engineering?

2012 ◽  
Vol 461 ◽  
pp. 725-732
Author(s):  
Yi Kai Juan ◽  
Fan Sheng Kuo ◽  
Yeng Horng Perng
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
City Government ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Architectural Engineering ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The City

Globalization and urbanization encourage city policymakers to deal with more challenges and opportunities for the sustainable future. Creating an attractive cityscape surly can increase urban competitiveness. Taipei City is now composed of complex urban systems chaotically enclosed by existing and new urban environments. The city government is attempting to re-shape its cityscape by implementing a series of city regeneration plans and provide new guidelines for architectural engineering, namely “Taipei Beautiful”, considering the improvement of urban landscape, greenery open space, built environments, sustainable campuses and public facilities. Although Taipei Beautiful is an ongoing project, achievements of the current stage have revealed potentials to significantly increase the number of tourists, decrease energy consumption, and promote economic benefits. This study presents an overall review of policies and engineering actions enacted by the city government. Difficulties, challenges, and the role of the city government in affecting architectural engineering are also discussed.

scholarly journals IDENTIFIKASI KEANEKARAGAMAN HAYATI RTH DI KOTA DEPOK

NALARs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ray March Syahadat ◽  
Priambudi Trie Putra ◽  
Pitria Ramadanti ◽  
Daisy Radnawati ◽  
Siti Nurisjah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Vegetation Diversity ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Green Development

ABSTRAK. Pembangunan perkotaan tidak hanya harus terfokus pada lanskap binaan tetapi juga pada lanskap alami. Salah satu elemen lunak yang dianggap penting yaitu keberadaan ruang terbuka hijau (RTH). Pengembangan RTH di lanskap perkotaan selama ini umumnya lebih terfokus dalam mencapai tujuan mereduksi polutan, menciptakan kenyamanan termal, dan juga estetika. Sayangnya, masih banyak yang mengabaikan manfaat RTH dari sudut pandang konservasi khususnya flora dan fauna. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mendata keanekaragaman hayati di Kota Depok untuk menjadi acuan dalam mencapai pembangunan berkelanjutan (green development), sehingga kualitas lingkungan dapat ditingkatkan dan fungsional bukan hanya bagi manusia tetapi juga bagi flora dan fauna. Studi dilaksanakan di tiga lokasi dengan karakter yang berbeda yaitu Taman Lembah Gurame, Tahura Pancoran Mas, dan Jalan Juanda. Hasil yang diperoleh nilai keanekaragaman vegetasi berturut-turut berada pada Tahura Pancoran Mas (2,535), Taman Lembah Gurame (1,287), dan Jalan Juanda (0,967). RTH di Jalan Juanda merupakan RTH dengan nilai keanekaragaman vegetasi paling rendah. Rendahnya nilai keanekaragaman vegetasi berpengaruh langsung terhadap keberadaan fauna yang tidak ditemukan pada RTH Jalan Juanda. Studi ini juga berhasil mendata vegetasi-vegetasi penting pada tiap-tiap lokasi yang dapat memberikan informasi mengenai mampu tidaknya vegetasi tersebut beradaptasi dengan lingkungannya. Kata kunci: fauna, flora, konservasi, lanskap perkotaan, ruang terbuka hijau. ABSTRACT. Urban development should not only focus on the man-made landscape but also the natural landscape. One of the important natural landscape is the existence of green open space. Green open space development in urban landscape areas has generally been more focused on achieving the goal of reducing pollutants, creating thermal comfort, as well as aesthetics. Unfortunately, the benefits of green space from the conservation, especially for flora and fauna are still largely ignored. This study aims to record biodiversity in Depok City to become a reference in achieving sustainable development (green development), so that environmental quality can be improved and functional not only for human but also for flora and fauna. The study was conducted in three locations with different characters namely Taman Lembah Gurame, Tahura Pancoran Mas, and Jalan Juanda. The results obtained by the value of vegetation diversity are consecutively in Tahura Pancoran Mas (2,535), Lembah Gurame Park (1,287), and Jalan Juanda (0.967). Green open space on Jalan Juanda has the lowest value of vegetation diversity. The low value of vegetation diversity directly affects the presence of fauna because not found in the Jalan Juanda. This study also managed to record important vegetations in each location that can provide information for whether or not the vegetation well-adapted in its environment. Keywords: conservation, fauna, flora, green open space, urban landscape

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