scholarly journals A "favela dos ricos". Processos de urbanização na encosta de uma cidade do Noroeste de Portugal / The “favela of the rich”. Urbanization processes on the hill of a city in the Northwest of Portugal

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (54) ◽  
pp. 769-792
Author(s):  
Carlos Veloso Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Northern Portugal ◽  
Energy Factors ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The City ◽  
Energy Issues

Este artigo apresenta os resultados do estudo realizado na área da expansão urbana da cidade de Braga, situada na região do Minho, Norte de Portugal, para os terrenos rurais da encosta do Bom Jesus. Essa expansão tem sido feita com base em casas de luxo predominantemente construídas pelos seus proprietários. Com base num questionário aplicado a uma amostra de habitantes da aqui chamada “favela dos ricos”, este artigo teve como objetivo expressar os aspectos sociais, arquitetónicos e urbanos em sua estrita relação com o ambiente onde estão localizados. A análise focaliza-se nas formas de ocupação do espaço e de transformação da paisagem levada a cabo por uma nova elite, que faz da moradia o símbolo mais visível da sua ascensão social. Mostramos também o modo como nos processos de urbanismo os custos da energia e os fatores energéticos de eficiência e sustentabilidade ambiental estão incorporados nas percepções e hábitos dos seus proprietários e refletidos no projetos de construção das suas moradias.Palavras-chave: urbanização; encosta; favela; elite; questões energéticas.AbstractThis article presents the results of the study carried out in the area of urban expansion of the city of Braga, located in the Minho region of northern Portugal, to the rural lands of the Bom Jesus slope. This expansion has been made based on luxury homes predominantly built under the direction of their own residents. Based on a questionnaire applied to a sample of inhabitants of the so-called "favela of the rich", this article aims to express social, architectural and urban aspects in their strict relation with the environment where they are located. The analysis focuses on the forms of occupation of space and transformation of the landscape developed by a new elite, that makes the house the most visible symbol of its social ascent. We also show how urbanization processes energy costs and energy factors, efficiency and environmental sustainability, are incorporated into the perceptions and habits of their homeowners and reflected in the construction projects of their houses.Keywords: urbanization; slope; favela; elite; energy issues

scholarly journals Urban sprawl: Extent and environmental impact in Baguio City, Philippines

Spatium ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lord Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Entropy Model ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
The City

Urban sprawl has emerged as a striking characteristic of recent global urban development. Land use policies advocating urban expansion for residential use to the detriment of a critical environment as in the case of Baguio City, Philippines, have shaped and reinforced the urban sprawl phenomenon. Urban sprawl is characterized by discontinuous, fragmented/leapfrog development, with random population densities. There are generally few studies regarding the environmental impact of urban sprawl and it is along this vein that this study was undertaken. The purpose of the study is to gauge how extensive urban sprawl has grown in Baguio City via Shannon?s entropy model and to explore its impact on the city?s environment. The result of the study revealed that urban sprawl prevails over the city?s physical development. The proximity of the entropy value to the maximum reference value, indicate a highly dispersed urban development attributed to the continuous increase in population, coupled with the physical constraint of topography and its limited land area. The most critical issue challenging the local government of Baguio City and its people is the creation of a Long Term Development Plan that should strike a balance between local ambitions, demographic facts, and the environmental sustainability.

The Hidden Heritage of Ankara Citadel: an Ambigous Future between Conservation and Transformation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salah Ismail ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Neighborhood ◽  
Stone Columns ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
International Attention ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Architectural Preservation ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The City ◽  
Bear Witness

Although Ankara gained international attention mainly after its declaration as Capital of the Turkish Republic in 1923, the city hosts many buildings and monuments from different historical eras. The remains of Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman Empires discovered in the center of the city, clearly bear witness to the rich and diverse heritage of the capital. However, this heritage appears as less documented, studied and even not properly conserved. The citadel of Ankara, which dominates the narrow streets of the old city has withstood its long history very well and today houses a small neighborhood made up of valuable Ottoman wooden buildings. The link to the Roman and Medieval periods is still tangible. The Roman theatre remains at the foot of the hill are still observable, while the stone columns and beams used in the construction of the walls in a later era. The aim of this paper is to document and present the different historical eras of the castle, focusing on the remains of the medieval era. Analyzing the key features of the castle and the previous intervention on it will support the identification of the potentials of the site. Finally, recommendations for future work of architectural preservation will be elaborated on the basis of national and international conservation guidelines.

scholarly journals Environmental Consequences Of Urban Expansion: Case Study Of Environmental Licensing Processes In The Municipality Of Governador Valadares

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Sara Carolina Soares Guerra Fardin ◽  
Talita Jardim Do Nascimento ◽  
Henrique Delboni Fardin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
City Hall ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The City

Urban growth is often accompanied by significant environmental changes, which include modification of the natural landscape and the problems related to it, such as real estate speculation, marginalization of the population, landslide risks, flooding, as well as pressure on environmentally protected areas. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how will new urban development affect the already modified space without generating further environmental problems. The research aimed to analyse five projects of allotments in Governador Valadares/Brazil between 2015 and 2017. Besides the information on the projects themselves, geographic information systems (GIS) were used along with laws and bibliography. The biggest obstacle observed was the lack of standardization in the process required by the City Hall, which culminated in projects with different characteristics, including those that did not present important analyzes, such as the Civil Construction Waste Management Plan. It is necessary to move forward in discussions related to urban environmental sustainability, standardizing the possible actions, not only in the municipality of Governador Valadares.

scholarly journals Implications of Present Land Use Plan on Urban Growth and Environmental Sustainability in a Sub Saharan Africa City

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakka Solomon Dyachia ◽  
Ariva Sugandi Permana ◽  
Chin Siong Ho ◽  
Adams Ndalai Baba ◽  
Oluwagbemiga Paul Agboola
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The City

Land use, urban development and environmental sustainability have become an interesting research arena as urban development would change the city landscape as well as generate environmental degradation. This paper looks at the missing link between land use planning and urban growth, and it implications for environmental sustainability in a selected sub Saharan Africa city of Kaduna, Nigeria. We assessed urban growth from historical GIS data of the city to evaluate the urban expansion. At the same time, regression analysis was used to established relationship between carbon emission and traffic volume in the city. A city characterized by weak land use planning has created a gap leading to uncoordinated land use planning and uncontrolled physical growth. A steady increase of built up area of 8,400.31 hectares in 1982 to an area of 17,120.5 hectares in 2015 can be a reflection of the presence of uncontrolled urban expansion. The lack of coordination between land use planning and urban growth has resulted to environmental ills within the city. One among the ills, is ubiquitous traffic congestion within the city leading to high carbon (CO2) emission. Findings shows a strong connection between emission and volume of traffic. In addition to findings, is the decline of green areas in the city. By this findings, it is suggested that the modern concept of land use planning which embraces flexibility, public participation and integration of environmental issues should be entrenched and allow to take the lead in the process of urban growth.

The City Below The Hill

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Brown Ames ◽  
Paul Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
The Hill ◽  
The City

Rebuilding the City on the Hill

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad M. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
The Hill ◽  
The City

Contesting the City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian D. Liddy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Politics ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Urban Citizenship ◽  
Town Government ◽  
Medieval Europe ◽  
Political Narrative ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The City

The political narrative of late medieval English towns is often reduced to the story of the gradual intensification of oligarchy, in which power was exercised and projected by an ever smaller ruling group over an increasingly subservient urban population. This book takes its inspiration not from English historiography, but from a more dynamic continental scholarship on towns in the southern Low Countries, Germany, and France. Its premise is that scholarly debate about urban oligarchy has obscured contemporary debate about urban citizenship. It identifies from the records of English towns a tradition of urban citizenship, which did not draw upon the intellectual legacy of classical models of the ‘citizen’. This was a vernacular citizenship, which was not peculiar to England, but which was present elsewhere in late medieval Europe. It was a citizenship that was defined and created through action. There were multiple, and divergent, ideas about citizenship, which encouraged townspeople to make demands, to assert rights, and to resist authority. This book exploits the rich archival sources of the five major towns in England—Bristol, Coventry, London, Norwich, and York—in order to present a new picture of town government and urban politics over three centuries. The power of urban governors was much more precarious than historians have imagined. Urban oligarchy could never prevail—whether ideologically or in practice—when there was never a single, fixed meaning of the citizen.

scholarly journals Virtual Sound Field of the Roman Theatre of Malaca

Acoustics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-96
Author(s):  
Javier Alayón ◽  
Sara Girón ◽  
José A. Romero-Odero ◽  
Francisco J. Nieves
Keyword(s):  
3D Model ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Roman Emperor ◽  
Stone Surface ◽  
Process Adjustment ◽  
Decay Parameters ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The City

In Hispania (present-day Spain and Portugal), there are 25 structures documented of classical Roman open-air theatres, of which 10 are in the south, in the Roman Baetica (Andalusia). The Baetica embraced the progress of urbanisation in the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, where theatres, built in stone, were the foci of entertainment, performance, and propaganda of the empire. The Roman theatre in Malaga presents the archaeological remains of the main vestige of the Roman Malaca. It is located in the historical centre of the city, at the foot of the hill of the Muslim Alcazaba and was discovered in 1952. It is a medium-sized theatre whose design corresponds to a mixed construction that combines making use of the hillside for the terraces, in the manner of Greek theatres, with a major construction where rock is non-existent, thereby creating the necessary space for the stands. In this paper, the production process, adjustment, and validation of the 3D model of the theatre are analysed for the creation of a numerical predictive model of its sound field. Acoustic properties of the venue are examined and the effect of the Muslim Alcazaba and the hillside on the various acoustic descriptors is analysed. The results highlight the influence of this large stone surface mainly on the time decay parameters.

scholarly journals Urban Growth, Real Estate Development and Indigenous Property: Simulating the Expansion Process in the City of Temuco, Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Francisco Maturana ◽  
Mauricio Morales ◽  
Fernando Peña-Cortés ◽  
Marco A. Peña ◽  
Carlos Vielma
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Territorial Planning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Urban Scenario ◽  
The City

Urbanization is spreading across the world and beyond metropolitan areas. Medium-sized cities have also undergone processes of accelerated urban expansion, especially in Latin America, thanks to scant regulation or a complete lack thereof. Thus, understanding urban growth in the past and simulating it in the future has become a tool to raise its visibility and challenge territorial planners. In this work, we use Markov chains, cellular automata, multi-criteria multi-objective evaluation, and the determination of land use/land cover (LULC) to model the urban growth of the city of Temuco, Chile, a paradigmatic case because it has experienced powerful growth, where real estate development pressures coexist with a high natural value and the presence of indigenous communities. The urban scenario is determined for the years 2033 and 2049 based on the spatial patterns between 1985 and 2017, where the model shows the trend of expansion toward the northeast and significant development in the western sector of the city, making them two potential centers of expansion and conflict in the future given the heavy pressure on lands that are indigenous property and have a high natural value, aspects that need to be incorporated into future territorial planning instruments.

The influence of urban expansion in the socio-economic, demographic, and environmental indicators in the City of Arapiraca-Alagoas, Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 100662
Author(s):  
Washington Luiz Félix Correia Filho ◽  
José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior ◽  
Carla Taciane Brasil dos Santos ◽  
Bárbara Alves Batista ◽  
Dimas de Barros Santiago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
The City
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