scholarly journals Formal Urban Dynamics, Policy and Implications on Urban Planning: Perspectives on Kampala, Uganda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Williams ◽  
Fred Bidandi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Dynamics

A case of urban integration: Vienna's port area and the Ottoman merchants in the eighteenth century

Urban History ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
David Do Paço
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Port Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Abstract Studying the Ottoman subjects in eighteenth-century Vienna helps to understand better the process of integration of the different districts of the city in a fast-changing context, especially around its Danube port area. Despite the withdrawal of the Ottoman empire from central Europe after 1683, Ottomans were fully a part of the history of Vienna and their presence has to be explored within the specific urban dynamics of a city: the reconfiguration of its economic sectors and social places, the tensions at play between the socio-economic groups by which a city was made and the evolution of its urban planning. Focusing on the Ottoman merchants operating in Vienna allows us to identify and to analyse the workings of the port area of the fourth largest city in Europe and to explore the social spaces of Viennese markets, streets, courtyards and coffeehouses.

The Median Empire reconsidered: a view from Kerkenes Dağ

2000 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey D. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Data Base ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Central Plateau ◽  
Achaemenid Empire ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
The City

SummaryThe city on the Kerkenes Dağ in central Anatolia is the largest pre-Hellenistic urban centre on the plateau (figs 1–2). It has plausibly been identified with a city of the Medes, called Pteria by Herodotus (1.76). If the identification is accepted, the city represents an expansion and imposition of Iranian power over the northern part of the central plateau. Kerkenes might thus provide evidence concerning the first sustained cultural, political and military contact between an Iranian imperial regime and Anatolian powers. Unique circumstances and developing technologies are providing an opportunity to map the city in great detail. The data base will enable analyses of the urban dynamics of an ancient city that, by combining Iranian, Anatolian and east Greek elements in centralised urban planning, were perhaps catalytic in the formation and development of the Achaemenid Empire.

Spatial-temporal patterns of self-organization: A dynamic 4D model for redeveloping the post-zoning city

2021 ◽  
pp. 239980832110413
Author(s):  
Daphna Levine ◽  
Shai Sussman ◽  
Meirav Aharon-Gutman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Planning Support Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Flexible Planning

Time is the main axis for understanding the functional, economic, and social aspects of self-organized redevelopment. When such processes are intensive and are conducted contemporaneously by large numbers of urban agents on different spatial and temporal scales and as a result of different motivations, urban planning is fragmented into multiple simultaneous and unexpected projects. The post-zoning era in urban planning stemmed from a recognition of this kind of complexity of urban dynamics and the need for a flexible planning system. Web-based geographic information systems (GIS) and planning support systems (PSS) are employed widely as digital tools to support planning practices. Still, the solutions tend to be isolated implementations that do not achieve sophisticated management of the complex temporal-spatial urban dynamics of self-organization. To this end, the article presents a useful set of multidimensional (2D, 3D, and 4D) planning tools that can be implemented by municipal planning departments to improve planning practices with relative ease. This toolbox facilitates the real-time updating of changes to individual buildings and allows all parties to see where delays are occurring, where they are impacting one another, and where environments of accelerated development are evolving in nearby urban plots. Identifying redevelopment clusters enables the formulation of an urban time-based planning policy. Using a spatial-temporal toolbox for planning, we argue, can facilitate recognition of the potential of self-organization as the leading form of contemporary urban planning.

scholarly journals Assessment of Urban Dynamics to Understand Spatiotemporal Differentiation at Various Scales Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangalasseril Mohammad Anees ◽  
Deepika Mann ◽  
Mani Sharma ◽  
Ellen Banzhaf ◽  
Pawan K Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Spatial Association ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Growth Type ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Urban Dynamics

Analysis of urban dynamics is a pivotal step towards understanding landscape changes and developing scientifically sound urban management strategies. Delineating the patterns and processes shaping the evolution of urban regions is an essential part of this step. Utilizing remote-sensing techniques and Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, we performed an integrated analysis on urban expansion in Srinagar city and surrounding areas from 1999 to 2017 at multiple scales in order to assist urban planning initiatives. To capture various spatial indicators of expansion, we analysed (i) land use/land cover (LULC) changes, (ii) rate and intensity of changes to built-up areas, (iii) spatial differentiation in landscape metrics (at 500, 1000 and 2000 m cell-size), and (iv) growth type of the urban expansion. Global Moran’s I statistics and local indicators of spatial association (LISA) were also employed to identify hotspots of change in landscape structure. Our methodology utilizes a range of geovisualization tools which are capable of appropriately addressing various elements required for strategic planning in growing cities. The results highlight aggregation and homogenization of the urban core as well as irregularity and fragmentation in its periphery. A combination of spatial metrics and growth type analysis supports the supposition that there is a continuum in the diffusion-coalescence process. This allows us to extend our understanding of urban growth theory and to report deviations from accepted stages of growth. As our results show, each dominating growth phase of the city—both diffusion (1999) and coalescence (2009 and 2017)—is interspersed with features from the other type. An improved understanding of spatial differentiation and the identification of hotspots can serve to make urban planning more tailored to such local conditions. An important insight derived from the results is the applicability of remote-sensing data in urban planning measures and the usefulness of freely available medium resolution data in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of cities.

scholarly journals THE POTENTIAL OF BUILDING DETECTION FROM SAR AND LIDAR USING DEEP LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W16 ◽  
pp. 489-495
Author(s):  
Z. Nordin ◽  
H. Z. M. Shafri ◽  
A. F. Abdullah ◽  
S. J. Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Building Detection ◽  
Building Extraction ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Airborne Sar

Abstract. The introduction of airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) approach has successfully addressed several challenges for mapping and surveying applications Unlike other conventional sensors, airborne SAR mapping approach offers practicality and significant cost savings for the nation minimizing the need for ground control points on the ground in addition to providing high-resolution, day-and-night, cloud coverage and weather independent images, which in turn provides faster turnaround times for creation of large area geospatial data. Up-to-date building map is necessary to guide the decision making in many fields to understand the urban dynamics such as in disaster management, population estimation, planning and many other applications. Whilst mapping and surveying work using airborne SAR have started to capture many interest among surveyors, professionals and practitioners abroad, Malaysia however is still lacking behind in term of the knowledge and the usage of this technology together with Deep Learning, Machine Learning approach especially in building extraction for topographic mapping and urban planning and development. Deep learning is a subset of the machine learning algorithm. Recently, Deep Learning has been proposed to solve traditional artificial intelligent problems. In order to develop a sustainable national geospatial infrastructure for years to come, the integration between airborne SAR and other sensors as such LIDAR is therefore essential in Malaysia and in high demand for urban planning and management. Thus, this paper reviews current techniques and future trends of multi-sources Remote Sensing for building extraction.

Book Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-389
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
City Image ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition. 

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