In the context of modern urbanization processes, the priority of sustainable urban development and the actualization of issues of cultural heritage preservation, the revitalization of industrial facilities, in particular historical wineries, is of particular importance. Such complexes form a unique segment of industrial architectural heritage, combining production, cultural and landscape characteristics and closely related to local identity, historical traditions and spatial structure of territories. In the context of the transformation of economic models, deindustrialization and the development of creative industries, former wineries are increasingly being considered as potential centers of socio-cultural activity, tourism, public initiatives and spatial renewal of the urban environment. The aim of the article is to analyze modern approaches and practices of revitalization of historical wineries with a focus on architectural and urban planning directions of adaptive reuse and principles of sustainable development. The study considers key problems of preserving the historical and architectural value of objects, the features of their functional transformation, the formation of new scenarios of use and the integration of modern needs of the community, the market and tourism infrastructure. Special attention is paid to the issues of functional mix, interaction with adjacent urban spaces and the role of revitalized complexes in the formation of a multifunctional urban environment. The evolution of approaches to the revitalization of wineries in European and international practice is summarized, and their potential as a tool for sustainable spatial development and improving the quality of the urban environment is determined. The results obtained can be used in the practice of architectural and urban design, redevelopment of industrial areas and strategic planning of the development of historical production complexes.
In light of the paradigm of sustainable development, the concept or
model of the circular economy has gained a very important role. The
scientific community has made significant efforts to increase knowledge
about the circular economy in the context of abandoning the
conventional linear economic model that has led to various
environmental problems. The circular economy is a valuable element of
sustainable development that emphasizes saving resources, reducing waste, extending the life cycle of products and reducing pollution. The
paper highlights the improvement of the performance of the circular
economy in the European Union in the analysed period, bearing in
mind the movement of selected indicators. The results show that
although the more advanced countries of the European Union have
better foundations for the development of a circular economy, in
practice there is still no strong correlation between circularity and
their economic development. Therefore, it is important that all
countries, regardless of their economic strength, focus their efforts on
enhancing the regulatory framework and embracing the principles of
the circular economy in appropriate cooperation with businesses,
consumers, and the general public.
این مقاله به تحلیل بازیگران شهری در رسانههای اجتماعی و نقش این رسانهها در برساخت مفهوم شهر و تولید فضای شهری میپردازد. در این پژوهش، تحلیل تهران به عنوان یک کلانشهر پیچیده، با استفاده از «نظریهی فضا» هانری لوفور صورت گرفته است. به این منظور پس از تجزیه و تحلیل کمی و کیفی محتوای پستهای رسانههای اجتماعی (توییتر و اینستاگرام) مرتبط با شهر تهران، با استفاده از نرمافزار مکتور تحلیلی آیندهنگارانه درباره روابط بازیگران این میدان صورت گرفت. 10 گروه بازیگران شهری و چهار موضوع از اهداف و مناقشات شهری شناسایی شدند و در دو ماتریس بازیگر-بازیگر و بازیگر-هدف، روابط آنها مشخص شد. بر اساس یافتهها گروههای «شهروند و غیرسرشناس»، «رسانه جریان اصلی»، «حقیقی مدیریت شهری»، «فعال اجتماعی و سیاسی» و «حقوقی مدیریت شهری» بازیگران تقویتکننده و مسلط با بیشترین اثرگذاری در میان گروهها هستند. همچنین سه بازیگر اصلی حوزهی مدیریت شهری یعنی حسابهای «حقوقی مدیریت شهری»، «حقیقی مدیریت شهری» و «رسانهی مدیریت شهری» بیشترین همگرایی را با هم دارند و باتوجه به فاصلهی کم «شورایاران و نهادهای شهروندی» با گروههای مذکور، این گروه میتواند در آینده به عنوان یک متحد برای مجموعهی مدیریت شهری به حساب بیاید. در مقابل «فعالان اجتماعی و سیاسی» بیشترین واگرایی را در میان دیگر بازیگران دارند.
Abstract Urban regeneration plays a significant role in optimizing the existing urban infrastructure. With the rise of the digital age, the phenomenon of instant online celebrities has influenced the approach to urban regeneration. A trend has emerged towards focusing on single-space renovations and attracting capital, neglecting the historical context that has shaped the city and the importance of interface regeneration and place-making. This paper takes Shapowei in Xiamen as a case study and examines the special historical elements that have contributed to its spatial evolution, with a particular focus on interface regeneration and place-making. Through literature review and field research, the paper explores the relationship between interface regeneration and place-making in the revitalisation of Shapowei's historical environment, aiming to offer new insights into urban regeneration and the preservation of historical culture.
Современные города предъявляют высокие требования к качеству городской среды и застройке. Статья посвящена вопросу разработки градостроительных концепций на начальном этапе осуществления жизненного цикла любого строительного объекта как первичного документа обоснования возможности реализации проекта городской застройки. Исследовательский вопрос заключается в организации процесса поиска оптимальных эффективных проектных решений с учетом интересов всех участников проекта застройки территории: девелоперов, властей города и населения, в интересах которого и происходит застройка территории. Проведен анализ существующего процесса разработки градостроительной концепции, выявлены и систематизированы цели и задачи разработки документа. В статье выделены три основные задачи разработки градостроительной концепции как инструмента финансовой оценки эффективности, правовой оценки реализуемости проекта, а также инструмента согласования проектных решений с городскими планами развития и требованиями, предъявляемыми городом к современной застройке. В статье представлена функциональная модель разработки градостроительного концепции, которая нацелена на эффективную координацию работы всех участников данного процесса.
Indian Railways (IR) currently operates more than 2934 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) across several junction stations [1] dispensing platform tickets that have earned about 16.8 million USD in sales [2]. This statistic highlights the importance of providing user friendly passenger stations for IR. There are more than 7000 stations [3] all over India. The basic design of the IR stations has not changed in over half a century. Existing stations are inconvenient, cause problems to passengers and do not comply with the latest safety standards [4]. This paper examines fundamental challenges that passengers and visitors face, using an example of an existing station. The objective of this paper is to present financially viable solutions that will help railway stations transform into next generation transit nodal centers providing passengers and accompanying people, a significantly positive experience. A "Your Railway Station" smartphone application designed to provide all the pertinent information regarding any railway station, is suggested. Identification of problems and intended solutions were validated with a pan India online survey. A streamline approach involving multiple stakeholders, will facilitate upgradation. The redevelopment of IR stations will usher in urban renewal and solve operational challenges related to infrastructure and passenger comfort.
Food, water and energy are of essential importance for the survival of mankind. In the modern geopolitical and security environment, they become strategically important resources whose production and exploitation determine the direction of social development, but also social crises, political disputes, and even armed conflicts. Since the problems related to food production, water protection, and the exploitation of energy resources in the world have become more and more pronounced, the energy resources of each country in the current global context represent the first-class basis of their international position. The countries of the Western Balkans objectively have small capacities of oil, coal and gas as essential drivers of economic development. Starting from the assumption that food, water and energy will eventually become one of the biggest geopolitical and security challenges for the entire world, that its rational use should be put in a bit more order, i.e. rules that would be applied internally so that states could optimally dispose of strategic resources. The special efforts made at the level of the EU and the United Nations, as well as other relevant international organizations and bodies, only speak in favor of this way of thinking, which takes care of the preservation of national interests and international security.
The federal Housing Act of 1949 funded 'urban renewal', a programme to clear urban areas that White-run local governments deemed 'slums'. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Roanoke joined hundreds of other American cities in levelling old neighbourhoods, usually home to Black citizens and other minorities. In this paper I recount my reporting in the early 1990s on the displacement of residents from neighbourhoods such as Northeast and adjacent Gainsboro. The city destroyed some 1,600 homes, twenty-four churches, Roanoke's first post office, historic schools and around 200 small businesses. All were in one of the only sections where authorities allowed Black people to live. In scores of interviews people spoke longingly of life in their destroyed neighbourhoods and detailed an enduring distrust of their government and the local media that supported the clearances without reporting the consequences. After reading a copy of my 1995 report on how urban renewal uprooted Black Roanoke, Dr Mindy Fullilove visited the city, which would become a central case in Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What Can We Do About It. Today, Roanoke is still recovering from the devastation of urban renewal. Residents repeatedly evoke this history as they scrutinize contemporary redevelopment plans.
ABSTRACT Despite controversy over the meaning of financialization, there are two major dimensions to understanding whether the city is financialized. This paper explores these dimensions in China, namely whether the Chinese city (increasingly) uses financial instruments to carry out its urban development tasks and whether the utilization of financial instruments imposes a financial logic on urban governance. Financing the Chinese city involves creating land collateral and financial vehicles, extending shadow banking, formalizing and securitizing local government debts, and “deleveraging” developers’ debts through urban redevelopment. Applying land instruments leads to financial securitization, showing a financial logic in operation. However, financializing the Chinese city is engineered by the state through its credit expansion to cope with the Global Financial Crisis and the ramifications of the entrepreneurial model of the “export-oriented world factory.” It is a state-led financial turn, in which the financial logic is imperative but may not occupy a central position.
Abstract The continuing expansion of construction land at the cost of agricultural lands and natural resources has elicited considerable concern among scholars and policy makers. Habitat III sponsored by United Nations in 2016, encourages spatial development strategies of prioritizing urban renewal and highlights approaches using contextual urban planning and design, policies, rules and regulations to shape the New Urban Agenda for sustainable urbanization. Chinese government sets New-type Urbanization for promoting urban renewal. In respect of land use policy in a local context, the “three old renewals” practice underpins the pioneering movement by planners and decision-makers in Chinse cities (started from Guagnzhou city). This research selects three typical urban renewal cases in Guangzhou, China, namely, Shipai Village, Litchi Bay, and Huangbiancun Industrial Park, to investigate the transformation of the “three old”. Policies and processes of “three old renewals” differ from the previous “top-down” approach to property-led urban redevelopment projects, which requires local governments to incentivize different stakeholders with active involvement from the public to engage in urban redevelopment projects. Culture-driven creativity is a catalyst in designating the renewal of historical neighborhood areas and the micro-transformation approach is a good strategy for community rebuilding, which provides valuable lessons and experiences that can be borrowed for other cities in China or in other developing countries.
Khusi Ram Tiwari, Dilip Raj Panthee, Bal Krishna Joshi
et al.
Crop Breeding programs were initiated in Nepal in 1951 with a focus on the varietal improvement of cereal crops. These varieties, however, have limited impact in the farmers' field due to their low adaptation and low yield potentials. Nepal annually imports hybrid seeds of cereals, vegetables, and flowers from India, China, and elsewhere costing billions of Rupees. It is estimated that approximately 73% of the vegetable seeds and over 60% of the hybrid seeds of maize and rice are imported annually. Hybrid seeds generally produce 20-25% more yield than conventional varieties. Despite this fact, only about 15% of maize and <10% of rice acreage in Nepal has hybrid seeds compared to over 50-60% in China. Nepal is behind in developing policies for genetic innovations, including genetics and breeding, utilizing genetic diversity, and using new biotechnological traits such as golden rice and drought tolerant wheat which could be important for Nepal in the future. Nepal has the technical knowledge, skilled human resources, and appropriate environment to produce hybrid and improved seeds of most of the crops in Nepal, but there is a lack of proper policies in place. Nepal can learn lessons from our neighboring countries, including India, China, Philippines, and Bangladesh, which are highly engaged in new technology of crop genetics, hybrid breeding, proper Plant Variety Protection (PVP) laws, and private-sector entrepreneurship. In addition, Nepal should aim to be self-sufficient and export quality hybrid seeds of cereals and vegetables that can be produced in its diverse geographies and production niches.
The majority of hotels in Balikpapan use a modern look that does not accommodate tropical climate conditions. In addition, hotels in Balikpapan are also somewhat inconsistent with local architecture, so the buildings do not have a character that reflects local culture. This is one of the main reasons for designing hotels in Balikpapan with a tropical architectural approach. The character of this Tropical Architecture is the approach that will be applied to this design to anticipate tropical climate conditions which have quite high temperatures and humidity. The design approach that will be applied to the building is the determination of spatial orientation, shading, cross ventilation (air circulation), lighting and the use of traditional Dayak motifs. The method used in this design is the rational method. It is hoped that the Hotel Design in Balikpapan with a Tropical Architectural Approach can become a design that can accommodate the tropical climate, support the needs of people who are on business trips and become buildings that have local cultural characteristics in Balikpapan.
Details in building design and construction. Including walls, roofs, Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
Abstract This article tracks the remarkable role played by a commercial property developer, the Arndale Property Company, in the transformation of urban Britain across the second half of the twentieth century. This was an era of great change in cities, as urban environments were remodeled and urban centers had to adapt to deindustrialization and the rise of a consumer-driven and service-dominated economy. Arndale was at the forefront of these changes, installing dozens of shopping centers in British towns and cities from the 1950s to the 1990s. The company imported American-inspired commercial architectures, furnishing cities with new landscapes of consumption and mass leisure through which the affluent society was encountered and made concrete. Arndale was also a driving force in the growing financialization of urban property development that began in Britain as early as the 1950s and gathered pace as the century wore on. The company's history thus illuminates important shifts in economic activity and cultural life that had far-reaching impacts on British cities and society. It also highlights Arndale's role at the heart of the postwar urban renewal order, showing how far the company's success depended on its status as a favored partner to public planning authorities pursuing town center redevelopment. The centrality of such public-private developmental partnerships, often overlooked, particularly within adjacent urban disciplines, reveals much about the precise contours and political economy of the British postwar settlement.
Mojtaba Rafieian, zahra rahmati, Hashem Dadash Pour
Today, with the spread of urbanization, we witness more and more the space of competitive logic and development in the world around us. In other words, it can be said that what we deal with in the form of various plans and programs is considered representative of the mentioned logic. As an example of these development plans and programs, this article uses the qualitative grounded theory method. It describes the conflict space formed around the University of Tehran's development plan. The research findings show that in this field, through an intertwining of academic rationality and power networks, the knowledge concerned with the public good is produced and creates the issue necessary here to develop a green, entrepreneurial, and Entrepreneur university. At the same time, this particular knowledge generated by power relations is legitimized. This is where the logic of development is reproduced in a specific spatial form. One of the commonalities of this spatiality in the general concept of development logic is the types of dispossession and gentrification. This expropriation, along with all the exercise of power, leads to resistance from the residents of the Vesal neighborhood. Finally, the set of these multiple forces is drawn around the University of Tehran's development plan. The relationship between the plan's claims and the reality field is measured using the methodology.
Dalam Kehidupan manusia saat ini erat kaitannya dengan yang namanya seni dan budaya. Terutama seni teater yang menampilkan pertunjukan yang berisi dialog, akting, tarian, dan nyanyian yang dilakukan oleh para pemainnya diatas panggung. Fasilitas penunjang dan pendidikan yang berfokus pada bakat dan minat generasi muda terutama pada bidang seni teater saat ini sangat kurang diperhatikan. Hal ini mempengaruhi penurunan aktivitas pada beberapa komunitas atau sanggar teater yang sudah ada. Kurangnya fasilitas yang memadai untuk pendidikan dan pertunjukan seni teater merupakan salah satu yang melatar belakangi perencanaan dan perancangan Theatre Art Center di Rengat. Rengat merupakan kota yang kaya tentang adat istiadat serta kesenian teaternya, hal ini dapat dilihat dari sering diadakannya pementasan teater di beberapa gedung. Ditambah dengan banyaknya berdiri komunitas atau sanggar teater didaerah tersebut. Theatre Art Center menjadi wadah kegiatan seni teater yang berfungsi sebagai ruang edukasi dan pertunjukan, sehingga dapat mendukung minat dan bakat bagi masyarakat dalam pementasan seni teater. Tema Ekspresionis akan menerapkan ciri dan nilai dari ekspresionisme ke dalam rancangan. Tema akan diterapkan pada tapak, fasad maupun ruang di dalam bangunan.
Details in building design and construction. Including walls, roofs, Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
The Historic City of Yazd is a part of Yazd city which has been inscribed as the first urban fabric of Iran on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since this area faces many challenges due to the lack of coordination between influential organizations and institutions in urban management, identifying the indicators affecting the establishment of the integrated urban management system in the Historic City of Yazd could help improve its condition. According to the research method, an experts’ panel was convened with five current and former officials and urban managers of Yazd city to scrutinize the challenges faced by the influential agents in the historic fabric of Iranian cities. After summing up, 48 indicators were obtained, which were classified based on the nature of the dimensions of the integrated urban management. These indicators were distributed in the form of a questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale among 32 experienced city officials and managers in Yazd who were selected using the snowball sampling method. The hypothetical, theoretical structure of the research was tested using SmartPLS 3 software. Considering the path coefficients, it can be concluded that there is a direct and significant relationship between intra-organizational, institutional, planning, structural-legal, vertical, and inter-organizational integrations with the integrated urban management in the Historic City of Yazd, and 41 indicators were found effective in this regard. Finally, solutions were proposed to establish the integrated urban management system in the Historic City of Yazd.
Sepideh Khoshbin, Mojgan Zaeimdar, Roxana Moogouei
et al.
Abstract This study aims to investigate the impact of current laws and policies on performing pro-environmental behaviors based on views of two groups of citizens and executive managers in the Environment Department of Tehran Municipality. Nowadays, studying causes effective on performing pro-environmental behaviors is one of the most important issues in psychology and sociology. Accordingly, many internal and external factors play role in performing pro-environmental behaviors. This article is a descriptive – survey research using quantitative content analysis method with a systematic view on effective causes of performing pro-environmental behaviors of citizens. Sample population is 641 citizens and 49 executive managers of the environment department of Tehran Municipality and Tehran city is the spatial territory of this research. Data gathered by questionnaire was analyzed by means of statistical analysis methods including the independent one-sample T test and Chi- square via SPSS software. The results indicate lack of efficiency of current laws and policies for changing pro-environmental behaviors of Tehran citizens.