scholarly journals Improving the identity of historic city by considering hydraulic infrastructure (the case study: Qazvin city)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Iranmanesh ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Structure ◽  
Underground Water ◽  
Hydraulic Structures ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Hydraulic Infrastructure ◽  
Ancient Civilizations ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

Recently the importance of maintaining of historic identity of the cities is an obvious matter in restoration of a city. Each city depends on its cultural perception and its wealth, tries to reserve and repair its cultural heritage. This matter has been done in many cities in the world and many historic urban fabrics have been restored and rehabilitated to be visited by many tourists to enjoy their atmosphere and physical and spiritual features. Iran is a country with limited water resources but in spite of this fact there are many ancient civilizations and old cities with valuable urban fabrics in them which have intellectual irrigation. The water of most cities of Iran mostly harvested from underground water by a technic which is called Qanat which irrigate city and farms. Water supplement in urban fabric and locating the hydraulic structure in cities had an important effect in forming the city which this impact shouldn’t be ignored in repairing or rehabilitation of urban fabric. In the other word hydraulic infrastructure of historic cities of Iran in hot and dry region is an important factor which shouldn’t forget during planning for rehabilitation. The route of water either underground route or surface water and also hydraulic structures which have been located in the path of water should be preserved. The case study is Qazvin city which its historic hydraulic infrastructure and hydraulic structures had an important effect in forming the city.

scholarly journals Touristification in historic cities. Reflections on Malaga

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana García Bujalance ◽  
Daniel Barrera-Fernández ◽  
Miriam Scalici
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

This research analyses the consequences in the economy of the city, in the urban environment and in the life of residents affected by the massive arrival of tourists in the historic centre of Malaga in Andalusia, Spain. The research combines a mixed methodology consisting of analysis of urban plans and administrative documents, statistics, direct observation of tourism-related activities, the definition of a list of indicators and verification of their application in the case study. Mass tourism in a historic city is a cause of conflicts between visitors and residents, but there are also positive effects such as job creation, cosmopolitanism or the expansion of the cultural offer. This research shows that it is necessary to act on tourists-residents’ conflicts in order to avoid the transformation of historic centres into places that expel the neighbours to give place to tourists. Planning and urban management, the active participation of citizens, as well as an awareness by the public administration, are key issues to avoid that historic centres become emptied of urban content to be turned into a scene for tourist consumption. This is the first research of the kind developed in the city of Malaga, one of the Spanish cities where tourism is growing faster, thus, the results could be applied to other cases in the same situation in the country and the Mediterranean.

scholarly journals Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of Tourism Development in the Historic City of Toledo, Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3854
Author(s):  
Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

Historic centers have become first-line tourist destinations. In order to achieve sustainable development, it is essential to get to know the opinions of the host community on the impact of tourism, the positives, as well as the negatives. This paper aims to understand the residents’ opinions and perceptions of destinations as the historic cities. This research looks into the residents’ opinions on the impact of tourism in the historic city of Toledo, Spain. The results of a quantitative survey among 442 residents in the city of Toledo are presented. The study is a revision of the literature and analysis and explanation of an empiric study’s results. Descriptive statistics have been used, as well as factor analysis and non-parametric tests to analyze data. The main results point out that residents have a positive vision of tourism development, rather than negative. The economic importance of tourism and its ability to create jobs stand out. However, they also think that the historic center is being turned into a museum for tourists. Analyzing their opinions according to certain demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, some major differences come up, such as that the inhabitants of residential areas have a more positive opinion than those who live in the historic center. Understanding the perspective of the residents can help the managers and planners of the tourism in the city to play down the potential negative impact of tourism and to achieve support from the host community in regards to tourism.

Seismic analysis of hydraulic structures affected by alkali-aggregate reaction: a case study

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Parvini ◽  
S Pietruszczak ◽  
V Gocevski
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Single Unit ◽  
Hydraulic Structure ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Seismic Excitation ◽  
Hydraulic Structures ◽  
Seismic Load ◽  
Alkali Aggregate Reaction

This paper describes the results of numerical analysis of a hydraulic structure subjected to seismic load. The paper is divided into two main parts. First, a numerical procedure for the description of mechanical effects of alkali-aggregate reaction in concrete structures is briefly outlined. Subsequently, a single unit of the Beauharnois power plant, situated in Quebec (Canada), is analysed in the context of seismic excitation. The numerical simulations are aimed at assessing the dynamic stability of this unit and investigating the evolution of damage associated with inception of macrocracks.Key words: alkali-aggregate reaction, plasticity, seismic analysis, hydraulic structures.

scholarly journals Tales of the Olympic city: memory, narrative and the built environment

ZARCH ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 12-33
Author(s):  
John R. Gold ◽  
Margaret M. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Event Space ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
City Memory ◽  
The City ◽  
With Memory ◽  
Insight Into

The Olympics have a greater, more profound and more pervasive impact on the urban fabric of their host cities than any other sporting or cultural event.  This paper is concerned with issues of memory and remembering in Olympic host cities.  After a contextual introduction, it employs a case study of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP), the main event space for the London 2012 Summer Games, to supply insight into how to read the urban traces of Olympic memory.  Three key themes are identified when interpreting the memories associated with the Park and its built structures, namely: treatment of the area’s displaced past, memorializing the Games, and with memory legacy.  The ensuing discussion section then adopts a historiographic slant, stressing the importance of narrative and offering wider conclusions about Olympic memory and the city.

scholarly journals Analysis of Public Space in Historic Districts of Historic Cities Based on Community Governance

CONVERTER ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
Fan Ding, Yunying Ren
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Life Mode ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

Purpose: Based on the perspective of community governance, the paper explores the research path of public space renewal in historic city districts. Taking the historical public space of Lhasa City as an example, this paper analyzes the causes of the characteristics of public space, analyzes the logical relationship between public space and urban renewal and community governance, and finally optimizes the pattern of historical public space of Lhasa City by improving the spatial structure. Create intelligent living blocks and optimize the life mode of historical blocks; Significance: From the human-oriented perspective, the exploration of the public space renewal in the Historic Districts was in essence a process in which people develop continuously and their needs are continuously satisfied. It could meet the multi-level needs of residents at different stages. Secondly, from a social perspective, the innovative pattern of community governance could help achieve self-satisfaction within the district, radiate to the surrounding industries, and relieve the pressure of social employment. Thirdly, from the perspective of urban renewal implementation, the research on the public space renewal the Historic Districts would help promote the balance of social ecological environment, improve the regional governance and promote the high-quality development of the city.

scholarly journals When a Patio Becomes a City

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Palacios Labrador ◽  
Beatriz Alonso Romero
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Demographic Growth ◽  
Over Time

In the 1950s, the city of Casablanca underwent a surge in demographic growth. Having become a strategic port during the French protectorate, it quickly had to accommodate more than 140,000 new arrivals from the countryside. The most extensive urban development project in the city was Carrières Centrales, introduced as a case study in the CIAM IX by the GAMMA team. Michel Écochard, Candilis and Woods reinterpreted the traditional Moroccan house in a compact horizontal fabric as well as in singular buildings. This became the typology not only for a house, but for the whole city. A revisit to Carrières Centrales 65 years after its construction provides an understanding of the metamorphosis that the urban fabric has undergone over time. The critical analysis in this research aims to uncover the main architectural and social parameters that have influenced its transformation. To achieve this goal, fieldwork was carried out during a research trip in October 2018. The work involved contacting local professors, accessing the archives of the University of Casablanca, interviewing the residents, and redrawing and graphing all the architectural elements that had changed since their construction. The urban fabric of Carrières Centrales was found to have evolved in a way that supports the following hypothesis: if an urban model imported into a developing country does not adapt to the changes in the life of its residents, it is considered a failure.

ENVIRONMENTAL TOURISM. FRAGMENTS OF THE WHOLE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN OBJECT OF TOURIST ATTRACTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
Dmitry N. ORLOV ◽  
Natalia A. ORLOVA ◽  
Valeria V. MOLCHANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City

In the course of this work, the following tasks were identifi ed: 1) the formulation of the defi nition of “environmental tourism”; 2) identifi cation of opportunities and prospects for the development of environmental tourism with the help of additional eff orts (saturation of infrastructure, scenery, changing architectural and landscape organization, entertainment programs, etc.); 3) identifi cation of areas of valuable development; 4) identifi cation of areas that most clearly form the image of the city; 5) identifi cation of tourist routes; 6) development of principles and techniques of cultural and entertainment organization of zones. In this work, we set as our goal the fi xation of sections of urban fabric that have survived to our time with a stable morphotype of building up. We give a brief justifying description of this morphotype and show the general approach to environmental tourism as a complex event. Issues of detailed routing, economic calculations and legal justifi cation are beyond the scope of this work. The proposed approach can potentially both increase the tourist att ractiveness of the city for nonresident and foreign tourists, and will contribute to the preservation of the historical heritage in its most vulnerable component - a valuable background building. Such activity can stimulate the development of business and investment attractiveness of the historic city.

scholarly journals Potentialities in Creating the Pedestrian Malls in the Historical City Centers : A Study Case of Mawlawi Street, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Karzan Saleem Ismael ◽  
Najmaldin Hussien Mohammed ◽  
Hoshyar Qadir Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
City Center ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Urban Planner ◽  
Traditional Structure ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

The characteristics of public open spaces in the city center play an important role in attracting people to walk when they attend their daily needs, entertainment and interact with other physical and even nonphysical feature of the built environment. The notion of car-free streets or pedestrian malls, especially in the downtown or the historical city centers has been emerged as a critical challenge faced to whose are responsible for urban managing, besides of urban planner and architects as well. Many factors (outside and inside) contribute to take the decision in transforming these streets into the pedestrian malls. Sulaimani as the other historic cities, although has the most compacted and traditional structure, especially in original and commercial part of the city, has suffered from the congested city center which day by day increases, the related urban problems and became more un-friendly. The study will identify the considerations that promote the decision makers in order to transform the most significant street in the historical city center into a pedestrian mall. This aim requires to investigate factors which have become more common in most studies conducted previously, but some factors which were considered as effective and invisible at the same time, will act potentially and has been more  impressive in enhancing these types of decisions. Mixed methods have been used for analyzing the case study. The results displayed that the Mawlawi street has the potentiality in transforming to a pedestrian mall. In conclusion, the decisions and some possible solutions have been introduced for awareness of cityʼs authorities in order to take place in their near future development programs.

scholarly journals Traffic calming in historic city centres - a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 1203 (2) ◽  
pp. 022106
Author(s):  
Andrzej Zalewski ◽  
Jacek Chmielewski ◽  
Jan Kempa ◽  
Bertha Santos ◽  
Jorge Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres ◽  
Significant Attention

Abstract The aim of the paper is to compare the existing transport service solutions in the city centers of Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Hasselt (Belgium) that use the widely understood idea of calming the movement. The method of elaboration consisted of analyzes of the literature on the subject of the article, analyzes of available documents and local visits. The solution has been operating in Hasselt since September 2018, and in Bydgoszcz also since September, but 2019. Analyzed solutions in terms of traffic calming goals in these areas, implemented principles, methods used and traffic calming measures that are to lead to a consensus between traffic and the accessibility of the area and making centers living areas. The analyzes carried out confirm that the primary effect of leading to obtain areas centers as areas of “livable city" is to eliminate traffic not associated with a given area, the implementation of restrictions on the availability of cars while maintaining accessibility to public and residential buildings and creating preferences in terms of accessibility for pedestrians, bicycles and public transport. In both cities significant attention was paid to shaping public spaces for pedestrians and development of street fronts with facilities for attractive functions for center users and tourists. Analyzed examples of Bydgoszcz and Hasselt show that the implementation of a separated cycling infrastructure in the historic structure of centers is very difficult. For achievement of “livable city", special emphasis is placed on functional solutions and forms of pedestrian areas, taking into account the requirements of conservation protection, aesthetics and road safety.

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