Built environment, commuting behaviour and job accessibility in a rail-based dense urban context

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 102438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengyu Zhu ◽  
Shuk Nuen Ho ◽  
Yanpeng Jiang ◽  
Xinying Tan
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Job Accessibility

scholarly journals Exploring the potential of Urban Leftover Spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jasim Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Visual Preference ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Human Perceptions ◽  
Design Attribute ◽  
Design Preferences ◽  
Preference Study

<p>A city’s spatial environment emerges from the ongoing negotiation between the constructed environment, urban processes, and bodily experience. Many spaces do not represent a static notion but are continually challenged and reconstituted, including spaces that appear to be ‘leftover’. The ability to recognise leftover spaces in the urban context is an integral part of the urban redevelopment process, where structured and layered approaches become useful in understanding how to transform these spaces into places. Consequently, leftover spaces in the urban fabric can be seen both as having potential and as threatening. Researchers have pointed out the issues, conditions, and importance of the positive utilisation of leftover spaces. These spaces can be designed, transformed, and integrated into the main urban fabric to achieve environmental and social gains. Creative and flexible design should lead to psychologically healthy places by improving the image of a city from within. However, there is insufficient information available on how to go about designing such spaces.  The revitalisation and aesthetic quality of leftover spaces could expand the dynamism of a city through strategic design interventions. This study explores how the visual perception of leftover spaces in Wellington City that influences both personal experiences and their potential usage could be enhanced. The research aims to investigate the potential of different types of urban leftover spaces, which could be used in a more effective way than they are present. The mixed methodology undertaken in this study seeks to inform planning initiatives by knowing what people feel about leftover spaces and their aspects that need improvement. This research, therefore, examines how such leftover spaces are defined and can be redesigned to become part of a built environment. The research thus consists of three studies starting with an initial visual preference study to understand human perceptions that could lead to better design solutions. The second study explored the differences in design preferences among participants coming from different fields of study, forming the main visual preference study. Visual preferences can guide behaviour and the emotional responses of different users in the redesign of such spaces and their essential attributes. Lastly, focus group discussions were held with built and non-built environment participants. To sum up, the results revealed that providing more vegetation is a critical design attribute for such spaces. The study contradicts theories that hold there are differences in the ways built and non-built environment experts perceive the environment.</p>

scholarly journals Exploring the potential of Urban Leftover Spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jasim Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Visual Preference ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Human Perceptions ◽  
Design Attribute ◽  
Design Preferences ◽  
Preference Study

<p>A city’s spatial environment emerges from the ongoing negotiation between the constructed environment, urban processes, and bodily experience. Many spaces do not represent a static notion but are continually challenged and reconstituted, including spaces that appear to be ‘leftover’. The ability to recognise leftover spaces in the urban context is an integral part of the urban redevelopment process, where structured and layered approaches become useful in understanding how to transform these spaces into places. Consequently, leftover spaces in the urban fabric can be seen both as having potential and as threatening. Researchers have pointed out the issues, conditions, and importance of the positive utilisation of leftover spaces. These spaces can be designed, transformed, and integrated into the main urban fabric to achieve environmental and social gains. Creative and flexible design should lead to psychologically healthy places by improving the image of a city from within. However, there is insufficient information available on how to go about designing such spaces.  The revitalisation and aesthetic quality of leftover spaces could expand the dynamism of a city through strategic design interventions. This study explores how the visual perception of leftover spaces in Wellington City that influences both personal experiences and their potential usage could be enhanced. The research aims to investigate the potential of different types of urban leftover spaces, which could be used in a more effective way than they are present. The mixed methodology undertaken in this study seeks to inform planning initiatives by knowing what people feel about leftover spaces and their aspects that need improvement. This research, therefore, examines how such leftover spaces are defined and can be redesigned to become part of a built environment. The research thus consists of three studies starting with an initial visual preference study to understand human perceptions that could lead to better design solutions. The second study explored the differences in design preferences among participants coming from different fields of study, forming the main visual preference study. Visual preferences can guide behaviour and the emotional responses of different users in the redesign of such spaces and their essential attributes. Lastly, focus group discussions were held with built and non-built environment participants. To sum up, the results revealed that providing more vegetation is a critical design attribute for such spaces. The study contradicts theories that hold there are differences in the ways built and non-built environment experts perceive the environment.</p>

Comprehensive Analysis of the Built Environment through the Introduction of Induced Impacts via Transportation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2500 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
John E. Anderson ◽  
Gebhard Wulfhorst ◽  
Werner Lang
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Impact Category ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
City Center ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Environmental Goals ◽  
Center City ◽  
Operational Impacts

The built environment, accounting for the building and transportation sectors, is the dominant source of environmental impacts. While significant research has assessed environmental impacts in the built environment, existing research is strongly separated by the scale of analysis: individual buildings or the urban scale. However, assessing buildings as isolated objects ignores their urban context, while concentrating on urban-scale projects does not represent the actual scale of construction: growth within existing cities. As such, environmental impacts resulting from the interplay of individual buildings and their urban context, induced impacts, have yet to be determined. This paper presents a new methodology for capturing induced impacts in the built environment. The new methodology was applied to the urban region of Munich, Germany, at three geographical resolutions (traffic cell, city neighborhood, and district) to illustrate the significance of induced impacts. The research contributes to the literature through the integration of the assessment of the transportation infrastructure in addition to the traditional focus on operational impacts. Transportation embodied impacts were found to account for approximately 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, transportation impacts (embodied and operational) were summarized at three locations: city center, city periphery, and rural. Consequently, the work has identified a missing impact category, expanded the assessment methodology, and provided quantitative analysis for holistic evaluation of the built environment. The inclusion of induced impacts allows for innovative policies to achieve environmental goals within the built environment.

Architecture and the Urban Life of Cairo

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Urban Imaginary ◽  
Architectural Development ◽  
The City

When it comes to Cairo, there is a plethora of writing taking place amid its streets and alleyways. Trying to make sense of, and structure, such an immense output is quite a difficult task. However, this article aims to highlight some significant writings that would offer those interested in Cairo’s architecture an opportunity to learn more about the city and its built environment. My intent is also to expand the scope of the inquiry. Rather than simply focusing on specific buildings, I seek to include the broader urban context and also look at the socioeconomic conditions that gave rise to important structures. I start with a review of some major texts that have looked at the city from different perspectives and, in doing so, shed light on the city’s urban and architectural development. It is interesting to note that for the most part, authors in this section do not come from an architectural or urban-planning background. Instead they write from a historical, economic, and geographic perspective. Following this, I look at a variety of other sources and writings that have appeared in edited books and book chapters. I have also included journal articles, since they offer an in-depth examination of certain buildings and the city’s overall urban growth. In addition to writings about the city, I also sought to capture its “urban imaginary” (i.e., the extent to which its built environment has been represented by writers, filmmakers, and artists). To that end, a section is dedicated toward a review of key works and the extent to which they have shed valuable insights into Cairo’s past, present, and future. The city’s urban imaginary is also portrayed through the medium of film, which allows for a conveyance of a visual narrative that evokes the sight and sounds of the city. Here I review key articles discussing the representation of the city through cinema, which is then followed by a filmography of major movies released since the late 20th century. Last, I review online resources, offering researchers material about the city’s architecture and urban environment in the form of images, maps, and drawings, in addition to blogs discussing Cairo’s rich history as well as modern problems.

scholarly journals Urbanization of Suburbia: Context, Theory, and Design Strategies

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Barrie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Context Theory

This paper discusses ways in which a sense of place can be established and community supported through the selective and thoughtful urbanization of suburbia. Historical models of meaningful places and urbanity are described, critical inquiry regarding the contemporary built environment presented, and characteristics of successful and livable urban centers discussed. The appropriate transformation and application of theoretical and urban context strategies in suburban centers is presented through case studies of junior level projects from the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University.

scholarly journals Technical Tours as Special Interest Tourism in the Urban Context: A case study of Kuala Lumpur

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (16) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Khalilah Zakariya ◽  
Roziha Che Haron ◽  
Zeenat Begam Yusof ◽  
Illyani Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Tourism Attractions

Studies on Special Interest Tourism (SIT) have gained an increasing attention within the last decade. This article examined the potentials of attractions in Kuala Lumpur that can attract built environment professionals as a niche group of tourists. Based on analysing secondary data sourced from technical tours, tour packages and attractions promoted by different agencies, this study mapped, tabulated and examined existing buildings and sites with their unique characteristics. 58 buildings and sites showed potentials as tourism attractions for built environment professionals through technical tours. A customised experience can be high-yield as they are tailor-made to special interest tourists.Keywords: Built environment; special interest tourism; technical tours; urban tourism.eISSN: 2514-751X © 2020 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ajebs.v5i16.370

scholarly journals Impact of Changing the Surrounding Urban Context on Sustainable Design of Historic Buildings

2021 ◽  
Vol 318 ◽  
pp. 04010
Author(s):  
Hafedh Abed Yahya ◽  
Khalid J. Aluddin Ismail ◽  
Turki Hasan Ali
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Impact

Research aims are to explain the impact of the built environment on the efficiency of sustainability of historical buildings. The most vital factor of sustainability in hot and semi-dry climates is the thermal efficiency of inner spaces. The conventional building materials used in historic buildings in Mosul have high thermal efficiency, but it works with the surrounding built environment as an integrated thermal system. This surrounding built environment could be exposed to dramatic changes within the efforts of reconstruction of Mosul city. Al-Aghawat mosque was selected as a case study due to its surrounding urban context and original conventional building materials. This research adopts ENVImet analysis method. Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) index was assumed to be the indicator for thermal comfort in hot and semi-dry weather. ENVI-met program applied for simulation of two cases at the hottest day in the summer of 2019-2020 through climatic data. The first case estimates the air temperature in the inner and open spaces of the mosque with its original surrounding context and then checks the air temperature of the same spaces after removing the surrounding context. The results reveal changes in thermal efficiency within the two cases. In order to conserve the thermal efficiency of the historic buildings, the researchers recommended adopting a conservation strategy of the surrounding context.

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