scholarly journals Coexistence of Diversified Dog Socialities and Territorialities in the City of Concepción, Chile

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Hugo Capellà Miternique ◽  
Florence Gaunet
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Urban Habitat ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Stray Dogs ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
Feral Dogs ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
The City

There has been scant research on the presence of stray dogs in cities. Studying their very considerable presence in Concepción (Chile) provided a unique opportunity to learn more about the different patterns of sociality and territoriality exhibited by the dog species. Via a set of case studies, we examined the behavior of urban dogs, adopting an ethnographic methodology. This yielded findings of the dogs’ cognitive, social and spatial adjustment abilities, i.e., their territorialities. Our hypothesis was validated: We found numerous types of sociability, we confirmed the presence of two previously established categories: family dogs (pets, guard dogs and beggars’ dogs) and stray dogs (dogs almost entirely unused to humans, aggressive dogs at the far end of the campus and feral dogs in the woods). We also identified three new ones: familiar stray dogs in packs (dogs both spatially and socially close to humans), pet-stray dogs (i.e., village dogs interacting closely with people) and free-roaming pet dogs. We conclude that an ongoing two-way bond between humans and animals allowed these dogs to became part of a city’s urban identity and explains the stray dogs’ plasticity in terms of adapting to the diversified urban habitat. We postulate that it was the human culture and range of urban areas in Concepción that gave rise to this unique diversity of sociospatial positioning and level of adjustment (e.g., dogs crossing crosswalks).

Epizootological features of demodicosis in homeless animals in the city of Tyumen ЭПИЗООТОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ДЕМОДЕКОЗА У БЕЗДОМНЫХ ЖИВОТНЫХ В ГОРОДЕ ТЮМЕНИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-11
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Manifestation ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Stray Dogs ◽  
Stray Cats ◽  
The City

Широкое распространение безнадзорных животных на территории городов несет за собой потенциальную угрозу распространения зооантропонозных заболеваний, одним из которых является демодекоз. Невозможно разработать мероприятия, направленные на борьбу с заболеванием и его профилактику, без анализа данных особенностей возникновения и распространения инвазии среди всей популяции восприимчивых животных. Поэтому целью нашей работы явилось изучение распространения демодекоза среди безнадзорных собак и кошек в городе Тюмени. В задачи исследования входило изучение распространения демодекоза и его клинического проявления среди бездомных собак и кошек в условиях города Тюмени и определение сезонной динамики заболевания. Работу выполняли в 2016-2018 гг. на базе кафедры анатомии и физиологии ФГБОУ ВО ГАУ Северного Зауралья, в лаборатории акарологии ВНИИВЭА – филиала ТюмНЦ СО РАН, а также в производственных условиях на базе пункта временного содержания безнадзорных домашних животных МКУ «ЛесПаркХоз». Демодекозная инвазия распространена среди бездомных кошек и собак. Наиболее часто демодекоз встречается у собак, экстенсивность инвазии от 0,65 до 0,72%. Заболевание демодекозом у бездомных собак регистрировали на протяжении всего года, но 54,6% больных собак поступали в апреле и мае. Большинство больных демодекозом – это молодые собаки в возрасте от 1,5 месяцев до 2-х лет – 75,76%, животные старше двух лет гораздо реже страдали от демодекоза – 24,24%. Генерализацию демодекоза регистрировали у 21 собаки (63,64%), а локализованные очаги – у 12 собак (36,36%). Наиболее распространенной формой проявления демодекоза у бездомных собак является пустулезная, или пиодемодекоз. Данная форма заболевания была отмечена у 16 собак (48,49%), чешуйчатая форма отмечалась у 10 собак (30,30%), а смешанная – у 7 собак (21,21%). The widespread use of stray animals in urban areas carries with it the potential threat of the spread of zooanthroponotic diseases, one of which is demodicosis. It is impossible to develop measures aimed at combating the disease and its prevention without analyzing the data on the characteristics of the occurrence and spread of invasion among the entire population of susceptible animals. Therefore, the purpose of our work was to study the distribution of demodicosis among street dogs and cats in the city of Tyumen. The objectives of the study included the study of the spread of demodicosis and its clinical manifestation among stray dogs and cats in the conditions of the city of Tyumen and the determination of the seasonal dynamics of the disease. Demodectic invasion is common among stray cats and dogs. Most often, demodicosis occurs in dogs, with extensive invasion from 0.65 to 0.72%. Demodecosis in stray dogs was recorded throughout the year, but 54.6% of sick dogs were reported in April and May. The majority of patients with demodicosis are young dogs between the ages of 1.5 months and 2 years old - 75.76%, animals older than two years suffer less from demodicosis, only 24.24%. Generalization of demodicosis was recorded in 21 dogs (63.64%), and localized foci in 12 dogs (36.36%). The most common form of demodicosis in stray dogs is pustular or pyodemodecosis. This form of the disease was observed in 16 dogs (48.49%), scaly form, was observed in 10 dogs (30.30%), and mixed in 7 dogs (21.21%).

scholarly journals What is the threshold in urban regeneration projects in the context of urban identity? The case of Turkey

Spatium ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
İmre Eren
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The Past ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

Cities are trying to adapt to the rapidly changing global trends by regenerating themselves. Approaches and practices of this regeneration are different in several countries. In big Turkish cities, particularly in the past decade, urban regeneration practices, processes and consequences have sparked several debates. The ?new? gained or converted spaces in the city are also significant in terms of their impacts on urban identity. In this context, this study aims to identify the impacts of urban regeneration, which occurred in historical city centres, on urban identity in the case of Turkey. The study determines general framework of urban regeneration and then defines a conceptual framework of urban identity. It focuses on urban regeneration projects in the case of Turkey. Then, the topic is explored through two case studies which are selected from Turkey, Istanbul and Bursa. The findings of the study indicate that there are several problematic aspects of urban regeneration. The findings also show that urban identity was ignored in urban regeneration projects, which caused significant breaks in the context of physical, cultural, historical and semantic continuity.

scholarly journals Estimation of Ecological Connectivity in a City Based on Land Cover and Urban Habitat Maps

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9529
Author(s):  
Dohee Kim ◽  
Wonhyeop Shin ◽  
Heejoon Choi ◽  
Jihwan Kim ◽  
Youngkeun Song
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Urban Habitat ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Ecological Connectivity ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The City

Anthropogenic land use has led to the loss and fragmentation of native habitats and disruption to ecosystem processes, resulting in a decline in landscape connectivity and biodiversity. Here, in order to find the potentials of improvements in ecological connectivity, we provide a spatial analysis to present differences in ecological connectivity based on land cover maps and urban habitat maps in Suwon city, Republic of Korea. We generated two permeability maps for use in a network analysis, one being land cover and the other urban habitat, including a 5-km buffer area from the city boundary. We then determined the current-flow betweenness centrality (CFBC) for each map. Our results indicate that forests are typically the most highly connected areas in both maps. However, in the land cover map results, nearly all high-priority areas were in the mountainous region (CFBC value: 0.0100 ± 0.0028), but the urban habitat indicated that grasslands and rivers within the city also significantly contribute to connectivity (CFBC value: 0.0071 ± 0.0022). The CFBC maps developed here could be used as a reference when introducing green infrastructure in cities. Before establishing ecological networks for urban areas, future work should integrate the land use and ecological data of different administrative districts with continuous ecological connection.

scholarly journals Harnessing Conflict: Antagonism and Spatiotemporal Design Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 182-213
Author(s):  
Roger Paez ◽  
Manuela Valtchanova
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Urban Habitat ◽  
Related Case ◽  
Liminal Spaces ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Multiple Processes ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

This paper explores the capacities of design to interrogate the socio-spatial context in order to foreground conflict, dissent and dispute as creative practices to fuel urban transformation. In today’s urban habitat, spaces and actions do not mesh seamlessly. The city is characterised by a disjunction between the physicality of the urban fabric as a materialisation of ideologies and the relationality of contested supremacies and entropic dynamics that inhabit it. Consequently, the practices of contemporary transformative city-making need to be reinvented through temporality and impermanence, accounting for disorder and embracing instability. In that sense, antagonism is a key element to harness in critical design practices aimed at promoting urban diversity. In this paper we study how incorporating antagonism in design practices can trigger processes of urban reformulation by constituting liminal spaces of opportunity where democratisation emerges as a spatiotemporal practice. Two related case studies carried out in 2020 in the Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona (Subjective Cartographies: A Mirror of Diversity and Infrastructures for Public Space Interaction), are presented to explore how design can support dissidence and plurality, whether through identification and visualisation or by catalysing them as situated practices of active citizenship. In both case studies, design fosters de-hierarchisation and trans-linearity in the city, reclaiming the right to direct action in collective urban spaces. In this sense, this paper explores how design contributes to activating multiple processes of emancipated citizenship, harnessing conflict and constructive dissent as situated spatiotemporal practices to promote diversity. Facilitating the proliferation of counter-hegemonic notions of cosmopolitics, territory, domesticity and publicness, the design practices revisited in this paper operate between politics, space and affect in order to promote intersubjective relations in public spaces, using the material, temporal and affective dimensions of design to co-create diverse and resilient urban habitats.

scholarly journals Urban Identity From the Perspective of Urban Atmosphere Case Study : Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Made Agus Mahendra ◽  
Syamsul Alam Paturusi ◽  
Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra ◽  
I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Urban Atmosphere ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
International Scope ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
The City

Urban areas are areas that give different atmosphere and taste in different places. There are aspects that can affect the atmosphere of urban areas. Where in each urban area has different characteristics. Klungkung city area which basically is strongly influenced by the strong cultural character of the past. Urban atmosphere has a very important role in the identity of urban areas. cities on the island of Bali have unique and unique characteristics that make the city atmosphere different. Moreover, Bali in national and international scope already has an attraction that cannot be separated from the atmosphere of the island of Bali. The atmosphere of the city space gives a different atmosphere both in the identity and character of the urban area of Klungkung, Bali. In the urban environment there is a spatial atmosphere as an indicator and reference for the development of the identity of the Klungkung urban area, Bali.    This research is motivated by the lack of understanding and understanding of the community, institutions and local governments about the atmosphere of urban space. The atmosphere of urban space provides a very important understanding and analysis of the taste and atmosphere of urban areas. The approach to the atmosphere of the city can be seen from nine aspects that must be considered in creating atmosphere in buildings and cities. The atmosphere in this study has the meaning of the sense of taste, the atmosphere in which a person is in space, creativity, taste and intention that form a shelter in a particular area. The atmosphere in this study emphasizes the atmosphere, the meaning of space and taste which includes local Balinese culture, especially in the city of Klungkung. This research uses qualitative methods by emphasizing descriptive studies, and literature studies. This study aims to determine the urban atmosphere of the Klungkung region and the relationship between the urban atmosphere and the identity of the Klungkung Bali urban area. From the results of the analysis in the conceptual order, the benefits and results obtained provide an overview of the atmosphere of the urban space as one of the identity of the Klungkung Bali urban area. Index Terms— Urban atmosphere, urban identity, urban space, urban areas  

scholarly journals OPEN MUSEUM AS A TOOL FOR CULTURE SUSTAINABILITY: PRAMBANAN TEMPLE STUDY CASE

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Munadjat Wardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Heritage Planning ◽  
The City

A city or region can not escape the rapid development from time to time. This development certainly begins with the planning that is well-prepared in all aspects that want to be developed in the city, where one of them is a cultural heritage. Planning or plans that are formed of course will directly or indirectly affect the entire related aspects, so it is very important to support historical buildings or other cultural heritage. Therefore, it suggests the concept of the open museum as a tool or a way to maintain and protect cultural heritage, which can then also help develop culture and heritage tourism in a particular city or region. In this discussion, it was also stated that the open museum is an effective tool to maintain urban heritage, maintain history and culture, and encourage sustainable tourism. There are two case studies that will be discussed in this paper, which are case studies from related journals, which are about the City of Mecca, which with the existence of urban development projects is feared to endanger the historical locations in the city. The planning solution which was then developed was by proposing to make the inner-city area a protected historical location and developing it as an open museum with the aim of giving consideration or recommendations for the maintenance and protection of the historical location of Mecca, and forming a sustainable tourism industry taking into account the existence of Hajj activities and Umrah business. The discussion of this paper will also be complemented by a reflection of the open museum concept in the Indonesian context, which focuses on the Prambanan Temple Complex as one of the applications of the open museum concept that can be used as a way to realize sustainable cultural heritage in urban areas.

scholarly journals Application of traffic simulation models for urban road network analyses – case Studies from Rijeka city

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljaš ◽  
Ivan Klasić ◽  
Sanja Šurdonja ◽  
Irena Ištoka Otković
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Micro Simulation ◽  
Optimum Solution ◽  
The City

The process of road network planning and designing in urban areas can be significantly improved by using microsimulation of traffic models. Traffic microsimulations are used for analyses and estimation of new proposals as well as for the reconstruction of existing infrastructure in order to reach optimum solution for defined problem. In this paper, applications of different analyses approaches are analyzed in two case studies. Both case studies are located in the city of Rijeka but in different parts of the city, in different traffic conditions and in circumstances where different changes in traffic network are planned. In both cases new solutions were tested through VISSIM traffic model and by application of SIDRA Intersection methodology. VISSIM is a stochastic, discrete, micro-simulation model designed for traffic analyses while SIDRA Intersection is a lane-based micro-analytical model. The results proved the suitability as well as advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. The paper contains suggestions for optimal application of selected models regarding different traffic problems.

scholarly journals KAJIAN ARSITEKTUR BERKELANJUTAN PADA BANGUNAN PUSAT PERBELANJAAN : MAL CILANDAK TOWN SQUARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-251
Author(s):  
Pandu Afdhalul Mu'min
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Shopping Center ◽  
Architectural Principles ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Building Standards ◽  
The City

Abstract: New shopping center facilities in urban areas are competing to be established by managers and investors to benefit from increasing demand for people’s daily needs today. However, the aspects that are applied to the building have not fully paid attention to sustainaible architecture factors, so that instead it has a negative impact on the surrounding environtment. Mall building was chosen because it is one of the examples of shopping facilities that are in demand by the community with quite rapid growth in every city, including the city of Jakarta as predicate metropolitan city and the capita of countryl today. The method used in this research is to use qualitative methods by collecting data, searching for literature, conducting observations in the field and analyzing sustainable architectural principles that have been applied to case studies. This research is expected to increase knowledge related to shopping center building standards and the application of sustainable architectural concepts that are appropriate threre in.Keywords: Sustainaible architecture, shopping center, qualitative method.Abstrak: Fasilitas pusat perbelanjaan baru di wilayah perkotaan berlomba – lomba didirikan oleh para pengelola dan investor untuk meraup keuntungan dari meningkatnya permintaan kebutuhan harian masyarakat nya saat ini. Akan tetapi, aspek – aspek yang diterapkan pada bangunan belum sepenuhnya memperhatikan faktor arsitektur berkelanjutan, sehingga malah menimbulkan dampak negatif pada lingkungan sekitarnya. Bangunan mal dipilih karena merupakan salah satu contoh fasilitas pusat perbelanjaan yang diminati oleh masyarakat dengan pertumbuhan yang cukup pesat di setiap kota, tak terkecuali kota Jakarta sebagai penyandang predikat kota metropolitan dan  ibukota negara saat ini. Adapun dalam penelitian ini metode yang digunakan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan melakukan pengumpulan data, mencari literatur, melakukan obvservasi ke lapangan dan menganalisis prinsip arsitektur berkelanjutan yang sudah diterapkan pada studi kasus. Dengan dilakukan nya penelitian ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan terkait standar bangunan pusat perbelanjaan serta penerapan konsep arsitektur berkelanjutan yang sesuai didalamnya.Kata Kunci: Arsitektur berkelanjutan, pusat perbelanjaan, metode kualitatif.

The Contribution of Riparian Zone on Urban Ecosystems through Climate Change Urban Adaptation Process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hande Gündel ◽  
Ayşe Kalaycı Önaç
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Riparian Zone ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Habitat ◽  
The City

The riparian zone plays a crucial role in the development and transformation of cities. This zone dramatically changes cities both ecologically and economically and is one of the cornerstones of the future scenarios of the city. These areas constitute significant emphasis throughout the city by providing wildlife, improving the water quality, reducing flood areas, and creating social activity areas in the city. Besides, it influences land use, transportation, energy efficiency, social life. The riparian zones are one of the most significant components of the cities that mitigate the climate change effects. Because, the existence of water creates microclimatic conditions around the cities and this conserves the heat island effect, greenhouse effect, and also air pollution. The deterioration of the sustainability of this important backbone throughout the city causes an important loss in terms of urban ecosystems. Because it is an important connection of natural life and urban life, and any deterioration causes two important characters to be separated from one another. In this regard, ensuring water management in the city is a crucial issue in terms of urban habitat. In the scope of this study, research was conducted on the contribution of riparian zone to the urban ecosystem and also how the presence of this backbone system in the city transforms the urban areas was discussed.

scholarly journals IMAGES OF THE URBAN IDENTITY OF THE REPUBLIC’s CAPITAL CITY IN THE STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION (THE CASE OF SARANSK)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-437
Author(s):  
O.A. Bogatova ◽  
E.I. Dolgaeva
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City

The article based on the data of qualitative and quantitative res earch undertaken by the authors in the capital of the Republic of Mordovia - Saransk, identifies and analyzes the symbolic components of the social identity of the population of the administrative center of the repub lic in structure of the Russian Federation - the images of a capital city on the example of Saransk. There are such levels of metropolitan identity as the level of representations (ideas about the territoriality of the city as a "space of belonging" and its visual images) and the level of social practices, including a set of ideas, assessments and attitudes for the use (individual and shared with other citizens) of urban social sp ace in those spheres of activity and in those territories that are the residence of individuals and groups of the urban population (for example, in certain urban areas). The "representative" components of the identity of citi zens include integral visual images of the city, artistic and architectural sights that perform the fu nctions of "places of memory" and asso ciated performative rituals, traditional "folk" toponyms in the "mental maps" of citizens. The level of representations, as more superficial, is most likely a product of urban and regional symbolic identity politics, while the formation of metropolitan identity at the level of social practices depends on the results of urban development and the degree of participation in it of individuals and population groups that are subjects of urban identity. The soci al construction and transformation of the "practical" level of the capital's identity are mediated by the satisfaction of the population of the capital with the state of the urban environment as a means of meeting various needs, as well as the personal experience of citizen s, in particular, the experience of staying in larger cities, acting as a comparison criterion. Such experience creates limitations to the influence of republican symbolic politics, giving grounds for assessing the status of Saransk as a peripheral city and becomes the basis for a critical assessment of the authorities' activities in th e development of the capital city and the very concept of the capital's identity.

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