scholarly journals In Search of a Tool to Support Planning inside Large Cities: the SustaIn-LED Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Umberto Cantafio ◽  
Petros Ieromonachou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
P Value ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Innovation Policies

The aim of the present study is to investigate the linkages between local economic development, innovation, and environmental sustainability inside urban areas. Can innovation affect the improvement of the quality of life inside urban areas? This research question comes from the consideration that usually innovation and growth in general are considered sources of conflict in affecting the livability of large cities. The objective of the paper is to design a model — the “SustaIn-Led” - to connect levels of environmental sustainability, quality of life, and economic development inside metropolitan areas, taking into account also innovation processes, activated by the innovation policies and by the knowledge economy. The study takes in consideration the 53 largest United States metropolitan areas with a population over 1 million, with a time series from the years 2000 through 2015. This has been done because of a two-fold reason: (1) the US among high-income countries is the one with the highest number of universities, patents, and citations; (2) several studies have shown that innovation occurs in large cities. The first part of the present study has carried out the identification of the variables to represent and significantly explain the phenomena – local economic development, innovation, and environmental sustainability – linked to the design of the SustaIn-LED model. Environmental sustainability in urban areas in this paper is represented by means of the Air Quality Index (AQI), while the number of workers synthetically quantifies local economic development. Correlation and multiple regression analyses are conducted in order to examine the relationship between the three main indicators. The multiple regressions for the year 2015 produced a low p-value, indicating that the predictors are significant in the regression analysis. Similar results of p-value are shown in all the years from 2000 to 2013. For 2015, the results showed that part of the variance in the measure of total workers of the metropolitan areas could be predicted by measures of innovation and air quality. Higher R² values have been registered for the years from 2000 through 2013. The development of the SustaIn-LED model could be utilized in urban regeneration processes to help in the design of new urban planning policies inside large cities by means of a better comprehension of environmental and economic implications caused by the implementation of innovation policies.

scholarly journals Are Metropolitan Areas Primed for Success? A Prosperity Risk Index for Evaluating Economic Development Patterns

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-337
Author(s):  
Richard Sadler ◽  
Dayne Walling ◽  
Zac Buchalski ◽  
Alan Harris
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Regional Dynamics

Urban areas differ greatly in their exposure to economic change, their trajectory toward recovery and growth, and the extent to which development and equity are paired. Some of this differentiation can be explained by regional dynamics, policies, and migration flows that influence the composition of economic activity, land use, and population characteristics. Simultaneously, the fortunes of center cities are known to often correlate with metropolitan characteristics, yet the interaction of socio-spatial conditions with multi-level governance and development processes—particularly with respect to how prosperity is shared across municipal lines and is distributed among communities—is under-researched. In this article, we use a GIS-based and quantitative approach to characterize such patterns and evaluate regional differences among 117 mid-sized metropolitan areas in the Eastern US with a population between 250,000 and 2,500,000. Our analysis rests on initial GIS-based inquiries to define city, urbanized area, county, and core-based statistical area-level measures of municipal fragmentation, geographic sprawl, racial segregation, economic inequality, and overall poverty. These five characteristics are combined to propose a prosperity risk index for each region. Further, indicators of economic performance such as job and population growth are inverted to create an economic vulnerability index. An interaction model is run to determine relationships among the indices to highlight both the regional differences in these characteristics that became noticeably significant in the analysis and the linkages of spatial patterns of economic growth and social equity. Analyzing these multi-scalar regional dynamics illuminates the socio-spatial patterns that deserve attention in urban economic development theory and, subsequently, offers a framework for evaluating public policy and development practices. We likewise offer two comparisons of outliers as a means of illustrating potential directions urban areas can take toward economic development. These findings are valuable for local economic development practitioners who may be seeking further contextual/comparative information on urban regions, or for others interested in understanding the dynamics behind urban planning that may drive regional competitiveness and prosperity.

scholarly journals Urban Residents Rate the Benefits of Trees in Cities Highly and Are Unconcerned with Problems Associated with Trees

HortScience ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1136B-1136
Author(s):  
Virginia I. Lohr ◽  
Caroline H. Pearson-Mims
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Financial Issues

In a survey, residents of the largest metropolitan areas in the continental United States rated the social, environmental, and practical benefits from trees in urban areas highly. They ranked the ability of trees to shade and cool surroundings highest. The potential of trees to help people feel calmer was ranked second highest. Survey respondents were not very concerned about potential problems with trees in cities, and felt that trees should be planted in cities regardless of any annoyance. Practical problems with trees, such as causing allergies, were bigger concerns than were financial issues. Responses varied slightly, based on childhood background and current demographic factors. For example, people who grew up with a garden near their home or actively worked with plants during childhood were more likely to appreciate the potential benefits of trees than were those who did not have such early experiences. People who strongly agreed that trees were important to their quality of life and those who did not strongly agree ranked the tree benefits and problems similarly, however. Those who strongly agreed that trees were important to their quality of life rated the benefits of trees more highly than people who did not strongly agree.

scholarly journals Bentuk Penerapan Eko-Efisiensi pada Rantai Nilai di Klaster Batik Laweyan, Kota Surakarta

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Nurrizki Dwianto Widodo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Collective Efficiency

<p class="Abstract"><em></em><em>Eco-efficiency is suitable to be applied on </em><em>batik production</em><em> cluster</em><em>,</em><em> because it can </em><em>synergize</em><em> economic and environmental aspects. Application of eco-efficiency will lead to competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and quality of life better. Batik Laweyan cluster is a cluster that not only has great potential in regional economic development but also potentially pollute the environment. Application of eco-efficiency in an industrial cluster can be seen from the value chain that occurs. Eco-efficiency also cannot be applied without the aid of relevant stakeholders and cluster activities such as collective efficiency.</em></p>

scholarly journals Relationship Strategy Family Coping With Quality Of Life In Elderly Post Stroke

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dodik Limansyah ◽  
Junaiti Sahar ◽  
Sukihananto Sukihananto
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Stroke ◽  
The City

Background: Stroke is the highest cause of death in urban areas, one of the regions in Indonesia with stroke exceeds the national rate is the city of Pontianak. Purpose : This study aims to determine the relationship of family coping strategies to the quality of life of elderly post-stroke in the city of Pontianak. Methods : Analytical research design correlation with cross sectional approach. sampling in total sampling with respondents amounted to 58 respondents. The sample of this study was post-stroke elderly and family members as caregiver or primary outpatient who treated elderly with post stroke. Result : The results of multiple linear regression analysis or anova test (f test) with p value = 0.001 (<0.05) indicating that there is a significant relationship between social support, reframing, seeking and receiving, passive income and income with the quality of life of the elderly post stroke. Conclusion : Social support is a dominant element of coping strategy. The role of community nurses is needed to support family caregivers in providing social support to post-stroke elderly.

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