scholarly journals Discovering the Library with Google Earth

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Digital Collection

Libraries need to provide attractive and exciting discovery tools to draw patrons to the valuable resources in their catalogs. The authors conducted a pilot project to explore the free version of Google Earth as such a discover tool for Portland State Library’s digital collection of urban planning documents. They created eye-catching placemarks with links to parts of this collection, as well as to other pertinent materials like books, images, and historical background information. The detailed how-to-do part of this article is preceded by a discussion about discovery of library materials and followed by possible applications of this Google Earth project.

scholarly journals Protocol for a quasi-experimental study examining the effect of a ball skills intervention on four domains of preschooler development

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Wu ◽  
Wichai Eungpinichpong ◽  
Hui Ruan ◽  
Xinding Zhang ◽  
Sansan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ball Skills

Abstract Background: Preschooler inactivity and insufficient motor development have serious long-term consequences. The Chinese Ministry of Education launched a nationwide football-focused pilot project aimed at kindergartens in 2019 and issued the policy “Notice on the Establishment of National Football Kindergartens” in 2020. However, the impact of fundamental movement skills (FMS) interventions on other aspects of child development is unclear. Aim: This study will evaluate the effects of ball skills physical education projects on the development of Chinese preschoolers’ physical, motor, cognitive, and social competencies and examine the influencing factors. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study evaluating how well the “Hello Sunshine” curriculum project promotes children’s development over 10 weeks. The trial will be conducted from September 2021 to November 2021 in 12 classes from 3 kindergartens with a total of 249 children aged 4 to 6 years in Haikou, China. Pre- and posttest analyses will include tests on participants’ physical fitness, FMS, cognitive self-regulation, and emotional competence. Participants’ background information will be collected through questionnaires answered by parents and teachers. The intervention will focus on game-based basic ball skills. Findings: If this intervention provides evidence that these skills improve children’s multidimensional development, it will support the promotion of similar programs in China. We will also outline the social-ecological factors affecting the intervention’s results, providing further information for improving pedagogical methods related to preschool ball skills.

“It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s an Elementary-Aged Girl!”

Funny Girls ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Michelle Ann Abate
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Gender Dynamics ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Popular Appeal

The Introduction provides necessary historical background information. It gives an overview of the book's overall aims and argument, and it also summarizes the project's methodology and organizational plan.When critics, scholars, and fans think about major developments in American comics from the first half of the twentieth century, they commonly think of events like the advent of the Sunday newspaper supplement, the rise of the comic book, and the backlash against the industry by individuals like Fredric Wertham. The Introduction to this project makes a case for adding another phenomenon to this history: the popularity of young female protagonists.As it explains, examining figures like Little Lulu, Nancy, and Little Orphan Annie-both individually and as part of a larger tradition-yields compelling new insights about the industry during the first half of the twentieth century. Remembering and recouping the cadre of Funny Girls who played such a significant role in the popular appeal and commercial success of American comics during the first half of the twentieth century challenges longstanding perceptions about the gender dynamics operating during this era.

Recent Progress in Online Communication Tools for Urban Planning

2018 ◽  
pp. 1139-1155
Author(s):  
Lukasz Damurski
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Comprehensive Method ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Online Communication Tools ◽  
Regional Capital

This comparative analysis of Polish and German online communication tools for urban planning follows a similar study conducted in 2012. A comprehensive method for analysis of e-participation tools including three complimentary criteria: “transparency”, “spatiality” and “interactivity” is now enhanced with mobile applications for planning. Using the same research sample (the biggest regional capital cities) enables the comparison of the ICT tools in the years 2012-2015. The results show how public planning institutions improve and develop their online communication in urban planning processes in line with the contemporary trends and citizens' expectations. They also point to the emerging standards in e-participation in urban planning, evidently similar in Poland and Germany despite different historical background as well as socio-political and technological contexts.

scholarly journals Exploring the Dynamics of Urban Greenness Space and Their Driving Factors Using Geographically Weighted Regression: A Case Study in Wuhan Metropolis, China

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Chengjie Yang ◽  
Ruren Li ◽  
Zongyao Sha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Weighted Regression ◽  
Landscape Indices ◽  
Aggregation Index ◽  
Terrain Elevation

Urban greenness plays a vital role in supporting the ecosystem services of a city. Exploring the dynamics of urban greenness space and their driving forces can provide valuable information for making solid urban planning policies. This study aims to investigate the dynamics of urban greenness space patterns through landscape indices and to apply geographically weighted regression (GWR) to map the spatially varied impact on the indices from economic and environmental factors. Two typical landscape indices, i.e., percentage of landscape (PLAND) and aggregation index (AI), which measure the abundance and fragmentation of urban greenness coverage, respectively, were taken to map the changes in urban greenness. As a case study, the metropolis of Wuhan, China was selected, where time-series of urban greenness space were extracted at an annual step from the Landsat collections from Google Earth Engine during 2000–2018. The study shows that the urban greenness space not only decreased significantly, but also tended to be more fragmented over the years. Road network density, normalized difference built-up index (NDBI), terrain elevation and slope, and precipitation were found to significantly correlate to the landscape indices. GWR modeling successfully captures the spatially varied impact from the considered factors and the results from GWR modeling provide a critical reference for making location-specific urban planning.

scholarly journals YEDI KULE - MONUMENT ROAD RACE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 3D MAPPING ANIMATION OF THE OLD CITY OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKOS LAMBRINOS ◽  
Efthimios-Spyridon Georgiou
Keyword(s):  
Google Earth ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Modern City ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Digital Storage ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Old City ◽  
Road Race ◽  
Governmental Politics

This project refers to the construction of a 3D map of Thessaloniki’s historical route. The Yedi Kule Conquest – Monument Road Race took place in the old city of Thessaloniki, which was built during the Byzantine and Ottoman period.  The purpose of this project is the digital recording of the castles, the monuments, the old churches, the traditional buildings, and the squares which are prime examples of the architectural beauty of the place. The methodology of the project is based on the online software Google Earth Studio and Adobe Premiere Pro. These are the tools of digitization, rendering, and building process of the animation. With this methodology, the authors achieved the documentation of land use and the architectural landscape. The animation is a credible graphic index of the historical background of Thessaloniki. The Yedi Kule area constitutes of a cultural mosaic made from different historic periods. The buildings and the neighbourhoods give the sense of transition of the narrow roads, the old Christian churches, the house of the first Turkish governor, and the byzantine castle to the modern city. In Thessaloniki, three historic periods coexist the Ancient Greek/Roman, the Byzantine, and Ottoman Empire. The responsibility of the governmental politics and of every citizen of Thessaloniki is to promote and preserve the historic background of the city. The final product offers a good opportunity for the digital storage of Thessaloniki’s old city. The animation creates an interactive environment that portrays the current image of the transition from the old to a modern city.

scholarly journals Mapeamento da Cobertura do Solo com Base nos Princípios do Planejamento da Paisagem Aplicado ao Bairro Cabral, Curitiba/PR (Land Cover Mapping Based on Landscape Planning Principles Applied to Cabral District, Curitiba/PR)

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 731
Author(s):  
Laura Estêvez ◽  
João Carlos Nucci ◽  
Simone Valaski
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Landscape Classification ◽  
Urban Land Cover ◽  
Made In

O Planejamento da Paisagem aplicado ao meio urbanizado tem como um dos princípios a manutenção ou melhoria da qualidade ambiental urbana. A cobertura do solo urbano é um dos aspectos que interfere na qualidade ambiental. Assim, mapeou-se a cobertura do solo do bairro Cabral, Curitiba/PR e foi elaborada uma chave classificatória (legenda do mapa) destacando aspectos da estrutura de cada paisagem, com inferências sobre a dinâmica e a qualidade ambiental das paisagens do bairro. Foram utilizadas imagens de 2009 do Google Earth e a base cartográfica de 2011 do Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC) na escala 1:25.000. O mapa final, na escala 1:12.500, e a chave classificatória foram trabalhadas no software CorelDRAW X6. As 18 categorias de paisagens identificadas diferem entre si pela presença de espaços edificados, espaços sem edificações, vias de tráfego e terminal de ônibus, sendo a cobertura vegetal um importante aspecto que interferiu na classificação das paisagens. Com a avaliação da qualidade ambiental do bairro Cabral concluiu-se que a presença de corredores de edifícios e de barracões em pontos localizados diminui a qualidade ambiental, mas as áreas de manchas verdes importantes, que representam a cobertura vegetal, atuam como contribuintes para aumentar a qualidade ambiental e devem ser preservadas.  A B S T R A C T The Landscape Planning applied to urbanized areas has as one of the principles the upkeep or improvement of the urban environmental quality. The urban land cover is one of the aspects that interfere in the environmental quality. So that, the land cover of Cabral district, located in Curitiba/PR was mapped and qualifying key (key of map) was organized highlighting the structure aspects of which landscape, with inferences about the dynamic and the environmental quality of the district’s landscapes. It was used Google Earth images (2009) and the cartographic base (2011) from IPPUC (Institut of Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba), scale 1:25.000. The final map, in scale 1:12.500 and the qualifying key were made in software Corel Draw X6. It was identified eighteen categories of landscapes that are differed among themselves by built-up spaces, non-built-up spaces, traffic roads and bus station. The vegetation cover was an important aspect which interfered on the landscape classification. With the environmental quality evaluation of Cabral district it was concluded that the existence of lines of buildings and large sheds, in some specific areas decrease the environmental quality, but the important green spots areas, which represent the vegetation cover, act as contributors to increase the environmental quality and they should be preserved. Keywords:  Urban environmental quality; Landscape classification; Urban planning 

scholarly journals Museum and center for contemporary art: design principles and functional features

2021 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 01019
Author(s):  
Elza Bashirova ◽  
Elena Denisenko ◽  
Kamilla Akhmetova ◽  
Vilnur Kadirov
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Art Museums ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The Ideal

The article discusses the topical issue of the establishment of museum and center for contemporary art. The objective of the research is to analyze the historical background of contemporary art museums; to review the world design practice of them according to urban planning, functional, architectural and expositional criteria; to reveal functional features’ trends and to identify the design principles of an advanced center for contemporary art. We collected more than 45 leading examples to compile a matrix using classification and analysis methods. As a result, we reached the museums’ functional features: administrative, exhibition, educational, recreational are fixed functions; storage and research functions are optional; cultural and entertainment are particularly additional functions. At first, art museums and centers are focused on adaption to visitors and intersection with them, secondly, on the exhibit. To sum up, we define the design principles of the ideal architectural model on the basis of urban planning, architectural, sociocultural and technological radicals. In conclusion, it is revealed that contemporary art centers have absorbed most of the historical functions of the museum and today are one of the developed types of the multifunctional architecture.

scholarly journals Image of the city and modern architecture in the Polish feature films of the 1960s’

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (31) ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Adam Nadolny
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Film Image ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The City

This article focuses on the inter-dependencies between the film image and architecture. The author has attempted to define what sort of historical background preconditions the film image to gain the status of a source for research on the history of Polish urban planning and post-war architecture, with particular emphasis placed on the 1960s.

scholarly journals Why Fire Sprinklers Should Not Be Required in Open Parking Structures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
White Paper ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Technical Documentation ◽  
Fire Hazards ◽  
Fire Sprinklers ◽  
Sprinkler Protection ◽  
Fire Area ◽  
Automatic Sprinkler ◽  
In Fire

In the 2021 editions of the International Building Code (IBC) and International Fire Code (IFC), provisions were added by code change F110-18 to require automatic sprinkler protection in all open parking structures that exceed 48,000 square feet in fire area. Unfortunately, the technical documentation that was submitted to support such a drastic change to the building and fire codes did not meet the expected robustness to justify these new requirements. This white paper provides: • Historical background information on the fire experience in open parking structures. • A summary of the documentation used to require sprinkler protection for open parking structures in the 2021 IFC. • A review of the potential fire hazards in open parking structures. • An explanation of why this added expense for the construction of open parking structures is not justified.

scholarly journals The Reports by the Juries: A Finding Aid for a Publication From the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Offenbeck
Keyword(s):  
Public Institutions ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Crystal Palace ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Great Exhibition

Produced by the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the four-volume Reports by the Juries is illustrated with 154 salted paper prints from negatives by Claude-Marie Ferrier (1811-1889) and Hugh Owen (1808-1897) and document the exhibits and the Crystal Palace building. 137 copies of the Reports were produced and distributed internationally to individuals and countries that participated in the exhibition. This presentation set, which also includes the Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, the Reports to the Crown, and a presentation set of exhibition medals, belonged to Sir William Crossman (1830-1901) of the Royal Engineers. A specially designed wooden cabinet houses the set. This thesis project is divided into two parts: Part I describes the process of researching and creating the finding aid; Part II is the finding aid itself, containing ten sections addressing historical background information, photographers' biographies, photographic processes, a complete illustrated catalogue of the photographs, an analysis of the photographs, provenance, and a preliminary list of other copies of the publication in public institutions.

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