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Journal articles on the topic "Historic city centres"
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ÖZDEMİR-DARBY, Dilek, and Irem SELCUK. "Retail Change in Historic City Centres." Kent Akademisi 14, no. 1 (April 15, 2021): 46–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.35674/kent.853684.
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ŚLIWA, Magdalena. "IMPROVING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS A DIRECTION FOR THE SPATIAL POLICY OF OPOLE." Studia Miejskie 31 (October 27, 2020): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/sm.2372.
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The city centre is a most valuable, historically formed area of living and commercial space. However, urbanistic policies of cities do not pay enough attention to maintaining or creating appropriate living conditions for the inhabitants of city centres, while still protecting and taking into account the aesthetic and design-related assets. A chaotic management of historic city centres and the lack of appropriate spatial regulations lead to frequent conflicts and eventual withdrawal of inhabitants from the area. This article aims to identify problems specific to city centres and to show that improving the living conditions thereof is possible, which will definitely lead to city centres keeping their housing function and encourageresidents to settle within.
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Farhan, Sabeeh Lafta, Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, and Zuhair A. Nasar. "THE URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF TRADITIONAL CITY CENTRES: HOLY KARBALA AS A CASE STUDY." International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR 12, no. 3 (November 4, 2018): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.26687/archnet-ijar.v12i3.1625.
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Karbala is one of the metropolitan cities in Iraq, its historic and religious centre has a long history, yet many of its buildings are under threat because of unclear conservation management due to urban transformation. The history of religious rituals and processions reflects an array of values, concepts and planning philosophy that has used the power of religion and holiness of the city as a source of homogeneity and integration. By looking at the mass-pilgrimage spatial practices to the Holy Shrines in Karbala city centre and the adaptation by its residents of their domestic neighbourhoods, this paper analyses the spatial conditions of the city and offers insights into a set of factors that have shaped its historical evolution and urban spaces. The paper is in three parts; first, it discusses the causes of the urban transformation in this holy city. Secondly, it documents a set of everyday practices and problems in Karbala city, focusing on the urban level (the traditional fabric), following the analytical method of the historic evolution of Karbala as a religious centre as well as the incompatibility of the modern development with the centre’s historical heritage. Thirdly, it analyses the transformation of the urban structure by discussing the characteristics of the historical centre and the role of legislation in urban transformation of traditional city centres.
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Tanrıkul, Ali, and Şebnem Hoşkara. "A New Framework for the Regeneration Process of Mediterranean Historic City Centres." Sustainability 11, no. 16 (August 19, 2019): 4483. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11164483.
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For thousands of years, cities have evolved with changing needs. Cities are like living organisms, which are exposed to transformations as a result of changing needs and requirements. City centres are one of the attractive, essential, and vital parts of the city that are also affected by these changes. Specifically, historic city centres, which refer to the origins of the city, will be discussed within this context. Urban design aims to shape our cities with better quality and provide better places for everyday life. In addition, urban regeneration can be utilized as generic public policy for solving problems and providing physical improvements for these cities. Although the problems that emerge in each city are similar, sometimes they change circumstantially. As a result, the planning, implementation, and management of urban regeneration projects as well as their sustainability can produce serious complications. This article focuses on the process of urban regeneration, historic city centres, and the Mediterranean region and aims to develop an applicable regeneration framework for historic city centres limited to the Mediterranean region. First, the main problems of these cities are described. Next, characteristics of historic city centres and associated problems of the Mediterranean region are explained. Subsequently, the concept of urban regeneration is clarified, and the processes involved are discussed. Finally, an applicable urban regeneration framework for historic Mediterranean city centres, developed by the authors, is explained with the goal to reduce social segregation while incorporating the contributions of views from both local inhabitants and stakeholders in the process. The methodology of the overall research presented in this article is mainly based on a critical review of primary and secondary documents from the literature through a comparative and exploratory approach.
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Masullo, Massimiliano, Roxana Adina Toma, and Luigi Maffei. "Further investigation on pockets of quiet within historical city centres: the case of widenings." INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings 263, no. 3 (August 1, 2021): 3056–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3397/in-2021-2296.
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Making available quiet zones for the urban population is a key factor to offer them the possibility to have restorative experiences and relief from stressful city life. Although these zones are often associated with vast green parks, the latter are usually located outside or far from cities' centres. Moreover, if we consider the case of historical city centres, they are almost absent. In previous research, we have focused on searching for alternative quiet spaces that inhabitants and tourists could use as a temporary refuge from urban noise and chaos. In these studies, we have shown that thanks to their acoustics peculiarities and several other non-acoustic characteristics, the cloisters and the courts of historic buildings have a high potential to induce restoration. Nevertheless, among the narrow streets of the historic cities centres, the widenings can also provide a small contribution to a temporary restoration of people. This paper investigates the restorative potentiality of these further spaces and compares the outcomes carried out from binaural recordings and in situ interviews with those of cloisters and courts of historic buildings within the ancient city centre of Naples.
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Zalewski, Andrzej, Jacek Chmielewski, Jan Kempa, Bertha Santos, and Jorge Gonçalves. "Traffic calming in historic city centres - a case study." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1203, no. 2 (November 1, 2021): 022106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1203/2/022106.
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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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García Bujalance, Susana, Daniel Barrera-Fernández, and Miriam Scalici. "Touristification in historic cities. Reflections on Malaga." Revista de Turismo Contemporâneo 7, no. 1 (June 28, 2019): 93–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.21680/2357-8211.2019v7n1id16169.
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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.
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Vilkončius, Evaldas. "Soviet Modernism in the Historic Context. The Cases of Vilnius and Panevėžys City Centers." Art History & Criticism 13, no. 1 (December 1, 2017): 58–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mik-2017-0005.
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Summary In the history of Lithuanian architecture, the period of soviet modernism has made very problematical mark. The architectural and urbanist changes that were made in Lithuanian cities during this period are linked with the beginning and development of modern building practice. Many discussions causes the changes in the city centres that were made from the 1960s. New modern buildings that were built in the historic context changed its individuality and singularity. This article analyses architectural changes that were made from 1960s to1990s in the historic context of Vilnius and Panevėžys centres. The article suggests that during different decades of the soviet modernism period, the new architecture had a different approach to the historic context. To prove this suggestion, the article presents the most distinctive buildings that were built in the historic context of the selected city centres.
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Thaitakoo, Doosadee. "Toward a Way to Balance Conservation and Development in the Ayutthaya Historic Town Centres." MANUSYA 9, no. 4 (2006): 16–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26659077-00904002.
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Disagreements about conservation and development in town centres of historic cities may emerge in a society because different interests have diverse wants in city conservation and development. If not reconciled, these can lead to unfavourable effects on historic towns/cities: urban development may threaten their special character and/or conservation restrictions may make town centres unattractive for investment. Observing these difficulties in the Thai historic cities, this research explores how the desires for conservation and development can be balanced in two historic towns in Ayutthaya, a World Heritage site in Thailand. Main points for discussions: 1) Conservation and development in historic town centres 2) Key concepts for balancing conservation with development including sustainability, viability and physical capacity. 3) The issues of conservation and development in Thailand, particularly in Ayutthaya. 4) A way to balance conservation and development in the case studies towns-Hua Ror and Chao Prom. The research confirms that city conservation is a public concern as well as a technical matter. This points to a significant role for stakeholders in increasing the acceptability and practicality of city conservation/development policy and its implementation.
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Marotta, Irene. "Flussbad Berlin Re-Naturalization Project for the Spree River in the Museum Island." Advanced Materials Research 1149 (August 2018): 76–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1149.76.
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This article considers the issues of the re-naturalization of riverbanks and the urban regeneration of historic centres while focussing on the Flussbad Berlin, a project of sustainable redevelopment of the Spree River, around the Museum Island, which today is the focus of major city debate. Spree River is considered as a public space, an important resource that concerns the whole city. For the project, the historic centre is the main place to combine hot topics pertaining to the contemporary society such as ecology, environmental sustainability, concertation, and public-private collaboration. Berlin is conceived as a «dialogic city» where diverse sites and activities can express themselves and interact productively.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Historic city centres"
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Rajjal, Yasser Ibrahim. "The visual evaluation of historic city centres : with particular reference to Salt City centre in Jordan." Thesis, Glasgow School of Art, 1998. http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/4015/.
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Izadi, Mohammadsaeid. "A study on city centre regeneration : a comparative analysis of two different approaches to the revitalisation of historic city centres in Iran." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/759.
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Developing a balanced approach, dealing appropriately with the historic environment. has always been a challenging problem in many countries. There has been a tension between the old and the new and struggle over continuity and change. The historic city centres in Iran have also been the subject of such controversy. The historic cores, which form a very small part of the cities in recent times, have been undermined in the various waves of redevelopment. There has been an underlying emphasis on physical-led regeneration and delivery of flagship projects. This dominant approach, mainly employed by the central government, has failed to solve the problems of the areas; indeed, the interventions carried out within the framework of this approach have exacerbated the existing problems. During the last decade, however, efforts to revitalize Iranian historic cities have gained a new momentum. Several interrelated factors contributed to the changing role or structure of the state in urban regeneration process, which provided a basis for the development of a new approach to the regeneration of historic environment in Iran. Due to the lack of sufficient research on these approaches and the absence of comparing and assessing their results, this study aims to provide a deeper insight and develop a better understanding of these approaches to revitalize the historic urban centre. This is realized by identifying the employed approaches and addressing their deficiencies, exploring factors that shaped the approaches, examining and interpreting the features that characterize the approaches, and assessing their outcomes and impacts. Given the qualitative and exploratory nature of the investigation, this study has employed an in-depth case study methodology. According to the conceptual framework of this research, the emphasis of the study is on mechanisms and interrelationships that affect the process and product of urban regeneration. Accordingly, this study has concentrated on the identification of the agencies involved, the role they play, and their strategies and interests within the economic, political and cultural contexts in which they operated. These roles, strategies and interests are related to the rules, resources and ideas that governed the process. The developed conceptual framework is applied in the study of two cases, each representing a different approach employed by the urban authorities during the last decade. The cases are parts of the historic core of Mashhad and Shiraz the second and sixth largest cities in the country (metropolitan cities). The case of Mashhad exemplifies a physical-led, redevelopment oriented approach employed by the central government and the case of Shiraz represents an integrated, more sensitive, conservation-led approach adopted by the local authorities. The findings of this study provide insights into the issues that policy-makers and practitioners should consider in designing regeneration policies and developing programs and efforts dealing with the problems of historic environments. The primary implications of the study are summarized in five elements including 'a greater balance between local and central'; 'developing innovative local partnerships, multi-agency regeneration partnership'; 'empowering local authorities' (locally-based regeneration); 'adopting and developing an integrated approach' (conservation-led regeneration), and finally involving local people (community-based regeneration).
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Mihajlović, Jelisaveta. "The challenge of policy coordination : interpreting governance of the historic city centres in Serbia." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/36004/.
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This research seeks to establish a more coherent and comprehensive grip on the complex, often chaotic reality being addressed by the policy actors in the process of governance of the historic city centres and the policy coordination entailed by that process. The twofold objective of this research is to increase our understanding of governance of the historic city centres in Serbia, and to identify and explain barriers to and opportunities for policy coordination. In so doing, this research embraces the interpretative paradigm to examine conservation and governance of the historic city centres as a contextualised and subjective process that takes into account what is meaningful to policy actors. This research is important as it highlights the importance of studying the micro-social processes because policy-relevant, organisational learning is situated within ongoing policy-related practices. This research demonstrates the complexity of policy process and the amount of coordination needed to address policy agenda. This research makes three contributions to knowledge. First, it provides interpretation of governance of the historic environment in the new context, namely Serbia. Second, it extends our knowledge of micro-social and micro-political aspects of heritage governance. In so doing, it applies interpretive approaches to explore the research field that has been underresearched. And finally, this research extends our knowledge about the policy coordination in urban governance and governance of the historic environment by identifying a range of factors that combined could inhibit or support an overall effort towards policy coordination.
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Belge, Burak. "Urban Archaeological Issues And Resources In Izmir Historic City Centre: An Exploratory Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606886/index.pdf.
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In Turkey, the majority of the historic city centres have been continuously occupied since early ages onwards and where still occupation exists. The multi-layered structure of historic centres both can indicate the historical continuity of cities and enhance urban consciousness, if urban archaeological resources are handled effectively into planning process. However, the recent policies and strategies don’
t allow the handling of urban archaeological resources, especially invisible sub-soil resources, into planning and decision-making process. In this thesis, it is aimed to formulate a basic methodological framework for the handling of urban archaeological resources into planning process of historic city centres in Turkey. Therefore, the study is handled in two parts
a conceptual methodological framework part and an exploratory case study.In the conceptual part, a basic equation is studied to research the factors on the conservation and evaluation of real urban archaeological potential. Then, the methodological framework is examined in detail in izmir Historic City Centre that has been inhabited since 324 B.C. Consequently, the terms of equi-property areas, which are used to define ideal potential of archaeological resources, and urban archaeological character zones, which are described as the basic units of planning and conservation policies, are developed to determine exact management strategies for urban archaeological resources.
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Vasilikou, Karolina. "The role of urban morphology and pedestrian movement in the perception of thermal comfort in historic city centres : spatial sequences in Rome and London." Thesis, University of Kent, 2014. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/48719/.
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Walking in the city affects the sensory realm of the pedestrian. Streets and squares in spatial sequences form a complex environment that enriches the thermal experience of pedestrians in movement. The variations that the latter perceive are not only spatial, but also microclimatic. The impact of microclimatic variations on thermal perception is challenging to measure. In particular, the link between the complexity of spatial sequences, the act of walking and the perception of thermal comfort in dense urban environments has not been studied sufficiently. The present thesis has developed a new methodological tool that helps to fill this gap. This methodology starts from the process of ‘thermal walks’. These consist of a sense-walking technique that analyses the urban climate, the morphology of spaces and the way people perceive their combined effect, through a series of structured walks with simultaneous environmental and human monitoring. This new process is based on point-to-point evaluation of the thermal perception and spatial variation. Its particularity is the combination of objective microclimatic and spatial data with subjective responses by pedestrians at street level. This methodology has been tested on site during fieldwork in the historic core of Rome and London during 2012 and 2013. This made it possible to compare results obtained from two spatial sequences in different climates in the temperate zone. Climatic mapping and design of a questionnaire for thermal walks helped to document the microclimate and variations in its perception. The resulting data was interpreted with statistical analysis and complex graphic representations of thermal variation in each spatial sequence. Findings reveal the role of streets and squares as spatial systems of thermal diversity, and shed light on some unknown characteristics of two of the most successful spatial sequences in Europe. The understanding of the thermal implications of spatial diversity is essential to develop site-specific design guidelines towards an evidence-based practice of sensory urbanism.
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Al-Mosawi, Aqeel Qusay [Verfasser], Christa [Akademischer Betreuer] Reicher, and Dietwald [Gutachter] Gruehn. "Towards sustainable urban design strategies for historic city centres in Iraq : Development of an assessment approach for urban regeneration projects / Aqeel Qusay Al-Mosawi ; Gutachter: Dietwald Gruehn ; Betreuer: Christa Reicher." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1141379791/34.
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Ferreira, Da Silva Alzilène. "O papel do centro histórico na cidade : um estudo comparitivo entre João Pessoa e Tours." Thesis, Tours, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TOUR2003.
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Une étude comparative entre les centres historiques des villes de João Pessoa, au Brésil, et Tours, en France a été menée. Le but étant de comprendre la manière dont ces centres historiques sont perçus par les personnes, notamment par les habitants. Le travail vise aussi de comprendre la valeur que les personnes vont attribuer aux vieux bâtiments après sa réhabilitation, liée à la valorisation du patrimoine culturel, qui fonctionne comme axe de sustentation des politiques urbaines. L'ethnographie réalisée dans les centres historiques a permis de constater que les deux réalités révèlent non seulement des différences, mais aussi des similitudesA comparative study between the historic places of cities of Joao Pessoa, Brazil, and Tours, France was conducted. Our aim was to understand how these historic places are perceived by people, especially by the inhabitants. The study also aims to understand the value that the people will attribute to old buildings after his rehabilitation, related to the enhancement of cultural heritage, which functions as lifting axis of urban policies. An ethnographic analyses shows that both realities reveal not only differences but also similarities
É conspícuo, na cena contemporânea, que o patrimônio e a cultura vêm assumindo posições privilegiadas nas políticas urbanas, apresentando-se como instrumento de transformação do cariz das cidades. No entrecho dessa candente tendência ganha relevo a competitividade entre as urbes, que passam a granjear uma imagem que as tornem vendável, capazes de atrair investimentos e turistas. Nos holofotes desse tablado as cidades tornam-se notáveis protagonistas, dirigidas pelas políticas de reabilitação urbanas. Nesse enredo os centros históricos ganham visibilidade acentuada e são convertidos em palcos para a espetacularização e encenação da vida cotidiana. Imbricado a esse processo de produção de imagens recrudescem nesse cenário o fenômeno da gentrificação
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MEREU, ANANIA. "Methodology for the definition of a sytem of actions based on the use of discrete choice models, for the renewal of historic centres through the consideration of the needs of local communities. A case study concerning the city of Cagliari." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/266381.
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Nowadays, conservation of old town centres is one of the main goals of several planning processes. For this reason, planning and historic centres' preservation can be considered synergetic concept (Frank &Petersen, 2002) and activities. Old city centres lost the role of residence and centres of services, so it important to trigger a process of reuse of historic centres through promotion of influence that residents have on social, economic and cultural vitality of the human fabric. Indeed, the role of residents in the requalification of historic centres is not sufficiently considered and it is understimated. Residents have an important role given that they can assure a high quality of life in historic centres, as they are the most important owners of the inner city, both because they have an interest in a high quality of life in the area where they live, and an economic interest related to the requalification given that the value of a building in a redeveloped area is higher than in a degradate zone.
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Chan, Kit-yi Kitty. "Transformation of Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and former Central Magistracy Complex." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949470.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001.Includes special report study entitled: Development of Central Police station Prison & Central Magistracy Complex. Includes bibliographical references.
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Weiland, Kate. "Learning from the Past: Architectural Interventions in Historic City Centers." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1146595059.
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De Vita, Maurizio, ed. Città storica e sostenibilità / Historic Cities and Sustainability. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-305-2.
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A subject that is inexplicably little studied at present, or indeed not at all, is that of the quest for possible applications and feasible objectives in the energy requalification of existing buildings, existing or planned open spaces, old city centres and the monumental and diffuse cultural heritage. At the present time it is crucial that the issues, research and techniques linked to the possibilities of an aware use of energy are applied to the old city centres and the existing heritage. This must start from a knowledge and investigation of the traditional building materials and techniques, which are in themselves inherently sustainable (comprising both the ancient city and the consolidated modern city and their historic stratifications). The historic environment indeed represents an infinite cultural and environmental resource and a very high percentage of the global architectural heritage.
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Brent, Morrison, and Chinook Centre, eds. Chinook Centre: A city within a city : fifty years of people, progress, vision & values. Calgary: Chinook Centre, 2009.
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Corporation, Cork (Ireland). Cork historic centre actionplan. Cork: (Cork Corporation), 1994.
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Alÿs, Francis. The historic centre of Mexico City. Madrid: Turner, 2006.
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Vilagrasa, J. Redeveloping an historic city centre: Worcester, 1947-1990. Edgbaston: Schoolof Geography, University of Birmingham, 1992.
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Victor Gruen: From urban shop to new city. Barcelona: Actar, 2005.
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Adriano, Rabacchin, and Dalla Caneva Alessandro 1973-, eds. Plans for the historic centre of Padua, Italy: Issued with urban morphology. Roma: Officina, 2014.
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Mora, Alfonso Álvarez. La recuperación de los centros históricos. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, 2011.
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San Francisco (Calif.). Capital Improvement Advisory Committee. and San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of Public Works., eds. Civic Center historic district improvement: General obligation bond program report. [San Francisco, Calif.]: Dept. of Public Works, City and County of San Francisco, 1997.
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Rezende, Vera, Lilian Fessler Vaz, Denise B. Pinheiro Machado, and André Huyer. Centros urbanos: Transformações e permanências. Rio de Janeiro: Prourb, 2012.
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van der Spek, Stefan. "Tracking Tourists in Historic City Centres." In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2010, 185–96. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99407-8_16.
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Di Ludovico, Donato. "Cities in Transformation: Smarter Reconstruction in Historic City Centres." In Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters, 493–507. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77356-4_29.
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Sanmartín, Patricia. "New Perspectives Against Biodeterioration Through Public Lighting." In Microorganisms in the Deterioration and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 155–71. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69411-1_7.
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AbstractThere is currently an increasing trend in urban centres towards the use of public outdoor lighting systems to illuminate historic and architecturally important buildings during evening hours, but for which there is no specific regulatory framework. Considering that the light is a key factor involved in regulating growth and physiological processes in photosynthetic organisms, it seems appropriate to address the effects that artificial light has on the organisms growing on the facades affected by public lighting. In this sense, despite scientific research in the fields of biological colonization of buildings surfaces and light technology has advanced greatly in recent years, the combination of both disciplines aimed at the correct handling of city public lighting remains uncharted territory with huge potential to provide innovative solutions for smart cities. Recent studies have examined how urban monuments are affected by night-time outdoor illumination in combination with natural sunlight and demonstrated that the use of suitable lighting can inhibit the development of biological colonization. In this frame, this chapter will look at ways of contribute to the long-term management of public illumination on monuments and other structures, while reducing negative impacts caused by night lighting.
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Forsyth, Michael. "Central Park, New York City." In Gardens & Landscapes in Historic Building Conservation, 431–34. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118508107.ch44.
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Čamprag, Nebojša. "Museumification of Historical Centres: The Case of Frankfurt Altstadt Reconstruction." In Tourism in the City, 165–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26877-4_11.
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Fernández-García, Manuel, Francesca Donati, and Clemente J. Navarro Yáñez. "The ‘Historical City Centre’ Question: How Have the Historical Centres of Major Cities Changed After the Intervention of the URBAN I Initiative?" In EU Integrated Urban Initiatives, 175–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20885-0_11.
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AbstractOne of the main goals of urban planning is to reduce ‘urban inequalities’ between neighbourhoods to promote socio-spatial cohesion within the city. Cohesion is achieved by reducing the social and spatial distance of targeted areas compared to the city as a whole. This chapter aims to contribute to the study of this effect by analysing the social change in intervened neighbourhoods compared to change in all the non-intervened. The areas of five major Spanish cities (Madrid, Malaga, Sevilla, Valencia y Zaragoza), where URBAN initiatives were implemented, were analysed. This chapter presents the change in the neighbourhoods’ relative position—based on residents’ socio-economic status—within the city hierarchy. The difference was explored by comparing and analysing the census data for 1991 and 2001. Evidence suggests that intervened neighbourhoods improved their relative position within the city raking.
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Belge, Burak. "Anatolian Historic City Centers: Urban Archaeology in Multilayered Context." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 309–21. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_3258.
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Belge, Burak. "Anatolian Historic City Centers: Urban Archaeology in Multilayered Context." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 1–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3258-1.
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Antún, Juan Pablo, Vasco Reis, and Rosário Macário. "Strategies to Improve Urban Freight Logistics in Historical Centers: the Cases of Lisbon and Mexico City." In City Logistics 3, 349–66. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119425472.ch20.
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Pisarevskaya, Asya, and Peter Scholten. "Cities of Migration." In IMISCOE Research Series, 249–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92377-8_16.
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AbstractCities are often the main hubs or portals for migration. They are the places where people leave from, and where they first arrive at, after their migration journey, either to settle or to move on. They are also the places where diversities and mobilities become the most manifest. Built into the cross-roads of ancient trade routes, cities have been the centres for encounters between many cultures since ancient times. In the past, cities attracted internal migrants from rural areas, while nowadays, many cities have been shaped by a long history of international migration. For instance, the development of cities such as New York or London cannot be understood without taking into account their long migration histories. Indeed, in developing countries like Russia, China, South Africa, and Nigeria, urbanisation is still ongoing; both internal rural-urban or periphery-centre migrants, together with international migrants, are attracted to capital city urban centres, and this magnetism in turn shapes diversity landscapes.
Conference papers on the topic "Historic city centres"
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Cerasoli, Mario, and Rolando Mauricio Biere Arenas. "The sustainable future of the smaller historical centres, between "modulation of the protection" and new technologies." In Virtual City and Territory. Barcelona: Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.8163.
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The smaller historical centres can play an important role in the rebalancing of the territory, reversing the trends (now also historical) to urban concentration and metropolisation.
In an specific time of slowing urban growth, a greater attention to the rehabilitation and expansion of the concept of historicity, also to peripheral areas of the city and at the same time of the rural landscape, always more often the urban policies aim to reconnect the (interrupted) relations between historical city and territory, in order to build new development strategies centred on the complex identity of the historical places.
The possibilities and perspectives aimed to increasing the “attractiveness” of the smaller historical centres requires a “healthy combination” of criteria for urban intervention, starting from the “modulation of protection”, building restoration and use of new technologies, at urban level (in the logic of new “mini-Smart cities”) as building level (energy efficiency, etc.)
The "modulation of protection" is based on a scrupulous historical-critical reading of the historical centre and has as the main objective to prevent its "freezing".
It process consists of a set of rules for "correct behaviour" to provide the maintenance, restoration and conservation of these areas or parts of the historic building heritage, remained essentially unchanged (compared, for example, with the historical land registers) and, at the same time, allows the controlled transformation of the buildings that in the past have been transformed and today retain only the function of “urban footprint”.
The new ICT (digitals), the ability to “move” data and information instead of people, more clean energy due renewable sources, constitute a renewed opportunity to enhance and Re-inhabiting the smaller historical centres. While so it is important to protect these realities within the cultural landscape they are inserted, on the other it is possible rethink them in a smart key, identifying possibilities for a sustainable revitalization and regeneration.
In this framework, we will present some study experiences conducted under the framework of the research seminar on Recovery of the historical centres of the research Master's degree in Land Management and Valuation of the UPC.
In each case we will present methodological and thematic aspects; spatial analysis, strategies and policies for the conservation, maintenance and transformation, determination of assets and their classification, key projects and finally relevant aspects of the proposed Master Plans developed in the minor historical centres studied.
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Buśko, Małgorzata, Mariusz Frukacz, and Tadeusz Szczutko. "Classification of precise levelling instruments referring to the measurements of historic city centres." In The 9th International Conference "Environmental Engineering 2014". Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press “Technika” 2014, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2014.197.
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Szpakowska-Loranc, Ernestyna. "Function of time in narration of contemporary cities." In Virtual City and Territory. Barcelona: Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.8056.
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Contemporary perception of time differs significantly from historical one. The contemporary time is speeding, divergent, meticulously quantified with abstract units, disconnected from perception of space. Differences between day and night, physical and digital, far and near are constantly, gradually vanishing.
With this new time perception, contemporary urban space has evolved. Cities extend, their centres melt; deallocation, speed and light images explode interior-exterior oppositions. The space aspires to the speed of light. Shizophrenic, kinetic reality, where signifiant leaves signifié is characterized by discrepancies: economic barriers, fences, and incessant opening into virtual reality.
Time is a factor joining events in narration and in architecture. Chronology of events is shattered in contemporary literature, introducing strategies of retrospection, anticipation and anachrony. The situation in contemporary architecture is similar. These strategies appear also in contemporary cities: retrospection in historic monuments, anticipation in avant-garde, “science-fiction” buildings and anachrony in non-places on the verge of physical and virtual reality. Lines of events in a plot of a city’s narration has changed. Certain duality of a contemporary city space appears: perception of sheer time in ruins, monuments, and a temporal flow of events-spaces.
Along with the speeding urban organism, an idea of slow city spaces has appeared. The idea of a city “tasted” with senses, replacing the terms of acceleration, progress and change with: slowness, reflection, variety, essence; effects of reflective attitude towards reality, traces of resistance against the inevitable loss of beauty in contemporaneity. A phenomenological approach as a response for the speeding city reality.
Thisarticle analyses affiliations between the contemporary perception of time, narrative strategies and city space.
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Larrañaga Méndez, Ana Elena. "Transformación de los espacios públicos de la ciudad patrimonial: el zócalo de la ciudad de Oaxaca." In International Conference Virtual City and Territory. Mexicali: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.7663.
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El Centro Histórico de la Ciudad Patrimonial, nos habla de cómo ha sido la historia del sitio y la de sus habitantes. Es un espacio complejo y heredado, en donde toda la población es dueña de alguna parte o forma del espacio. En el Centro Histórico se realizan actividades y funciones contradictorias, pero en la actualidad los espacios públicos que lo conforman se han transformado de acuerdo a las necesidades de la comunidad, a los planes y manejos de políticas públicas, por mencionar algunos factores.
Los espacios públicos de los Centros Históricos se han transformado con el paso del tiempo debido a las necesidades y a la problemática a la que se ha enfrentado. Particularmente los Centros Históricos que son considerados Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad desafían a intereses y problemas específicos, ya que la transformación a la que están sujetos está vinculada a la oferta turística y comercial, olvidando la importancia que significa para la ciudad y los habitantes.
La denominación de Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad a los Centros Históricos, ha generado en los espacios públicos problemas como: la fragmentación espacial, falsificación espacial, nuevas relaciones socio-espaciales, exclusión a ciertos grupos sociales. Este documento expone algunos conceptos, estudios y análisis de diferentes investigaciones realizadas a espacios públicos de Centros Históricos Patrimoniales, teniendo como objetivo reflexionar sobre el tema para sacar conclusiones que pueden generarnos líneas de investigación o de seguimiento.
Ejemplificando y aterrizando lo mencionado anteriormente y llevando el tema a un entorno más cercano, se puede mencionar el zócalo del Centro Histórico de la ciudad de Oaxaca. El zócalo del Centro Histórico de la ciudad de Oaxaca, fue parte clave en la concepción de la ciudad y continúa siendo parte de la vida y expresiones oaxaqueñas. Este espació publico en la actualidad sigue siendo un sitio emblemático de la ciudad, su imagen a sido utilizada en propaganda turística, generando un punto atractivo para los visitantes, también continua siendo un espacio de la sociedad. El zócalo ha ido evolucionado con el paso del tiempo y aún así sigue formando parte de la identidad de los habitantes. The Historic Centre of the city talks about how the site's history and its habitants. Is a complex space, where the population in certain way owns some part of space. In the historic center you can find different and contradictories functions, but now the public spaces have been transformed according to the needs of the community, different plans and manage of public policies, just to name a few factors.
The public spaces of the Historic Centre have been transformed over time due the needs and problems to which it has faced. Particularly Historical Centre who are considered World Heritage challenge specific interests and problems, most of the times the transformation is linked to the tourism and commerce, forgetting the importance that mean for the city and its habitants. The designation of World Heritage to the Historic Centre has created problems in public spaces such as spatial fragmentation, fake space, new socio-spatial relations and exclusion of certain social groups. This document presents some concepts, studies and analysis of different public spaces in Historic Centre, aiming to reflect on the subject to draw conclusions that can generate topics of research or monitoring. Exemplifying and quoting the public spaces in a Historic Centre to a close environment, this paper mentions the zócalo of the Historic Center of Oaxaca City. This public space has been an important element in the Historic Center of Oaxaca City, it was a key part in the conception of the city and continues to be a part of the residents life and expressions of Oaxaca. Today, this public space is still a feature of the town site, its image has been used in promotion of tourism, generating an attractive location for visitors, also remains an important area of society. The zócalo has evolved over time and still remains part of the identity of the habitants.
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Tibor, Germán, and Szendrei Zsolt. ""Latin quarter" in an east-central european metropolis?: model-based thematic regeneration of the Southern Downtown of Budapest." In Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo. Barcelona: Maestría en Planeación Urbana y Regional. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/siiu.6079.
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With the EU subsidies ex-socialist East-Central European countries got a unique possibility for the
regeneration of their run-down historic city centres, but the efficient investment of funds often meet difficulties
due to their modest experiences in urban regeneration. The adaptation of western models seems to be a
proper way to follow, as by taking the example of the Parisian Latin Quarter for the thematic regeneration of
the Southern Downtown of Budapest, but cultural differences make the applicability of these models
questionable. A case study of the Budapest site analyses how the Latin Quarter model has been applied,
covering the bases, the concept, the implementation and the results of the process. Results show that the
regeneration process based on public space renewal was able to transform the area into a youthful,
bohemian Latin Quarter that attracts both locals and tourists. Adapting prudentially chosen models in similar
cases can overcome cultural differences.
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Cerasoli, Mario, and Biancamaria Rizzo. "Il futuro tecnologico dei centri storici." In International Conference Virtual City and Territory. Roma: Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.7979.
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Parlare di recupero e valorizzazione dei centri storici può essere quanto mai attuale in un’epoca
in cui, forse per la prima volta, si mettono in discussione alcuni modelli insediativi e di sviluppo
volti prevalentemente alla espansione delle aree urbane. A cinquant’anni di distanza da quando
si è cominciato a parlare in modo organico di centri storici, in un periodo caratterizzato da una
delle più gravi crisi economiche globali dopo quella del 1929, com’è cambiato il rapporto tra le
città e i propri Centri Storici? Come sono visti i centri storici da chi li abita e da chi non li abita?
Quale può essere allora il ruolo potenziale delle nuove tecnologie per la tutela e la
valorizzazione dei Centri Storici? Le nuove tecnologie possono non solamente cambiare
significativamente la qualità di chi abita e vive nei centri storici ma anche aumentare la
competitività degli stessi, aumentando così la loro capacità di attrarre risorse umane e
finanziarie e favorendone lo sviluppo economico e socio-culturale. Tuttavia, come si coniuga il
valore della storia con le mutevoli esigenze della vita contemporanea? Quali le potenziali
applicazioni delle nuove tecnologie per il miglioramento della vita nei centri antichi? Il Centro
Storico costituisce un ambito territoriale estremamente delicato, con una precisa identità
urbanistica e un elevato valore storico e testimoniale riferibile sia al tessuto urbano, sia a
elementi del patrimonio edilizio di rilevante valore, sia ai suoi abitanti. Ma può in realtà rivelarsi
una risorsa importante in un progetto di trasformazione virtuosa dell'intera compagine urbana,
rafforzandone sia l'identità propria che la capacità di attrazione verso l'esterno. E le nuove
tecnologie in questo progetto possono assumere un ruolo determinante. Talk about recovery and valorisation of the historic centers can be as timely as ever at a time
when, perhaps for the first time, are put into question some settlement and development models
principally aimed to the expansion of urban areas. After fifty years since it been started talking
about in an organic way of historical centers, in a period characterized by one of the most
serious global economic crisis after the one of 1929, as the relationship between the city and its
historical centers has changed? As the historical centers are seen by those who live there and
those who do not live in them? Which then can be the potential role of new technologies for the
protection and valorisation of historical centers? The new technologies can not only significantly
change the quality whose inhabits and lives in the historic centers but also increase the
competitiveness of the same, thus increasing their ability to attract human and financial
resources and promoting the economic development and socio-cultural. However, how it
combines the value of history with the changing needs of contemporary life? What are the
potential applications of new technologies for the improvement of life in the ancient centers?
The historical center constitutes a territorial field extremely delicate, with a specific urban
identity and an high historical and testimonial value referable both to the urban texture, both to
elements the building heritage of significant value, both to its inhabitants. But it can actually
become an important resource in a virtuous transformation project of the whole urban structure,
strengthening both the its own identity that the attractiveness to the outside. And the new
technologies in this project can play a decisive role.
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Figura Lange, Karen. "Los Angeles : The Architecture and Urban Design of Nontradition." In 1995 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.1995.40.
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Past urban planners, real estate speculators and myth makers have achieved the fantasy city of the future in Los Angeles. Based on the public dream of individualism and the desire for space, Los Angeles is a city inspired and created not by history but by future endeavors, speculative gestures, unlimited possibilities and fantasy. Rising from an agricultural village it has attained metropolis status through industries that promote and depend on myth; real estate development, tourism, film. Los Angeles has become the city it dreamed of being; a future city without historic connections and foundations. Without a sense of community, reality became image. The simultaneous development of the automobile and airplane fueled the growth and pattern of urban evolution in Los Angeles. Populated by individuals escaping their personal histories in the mid-west and east, Los Angeles became a city of newness with a civic lust for the new and a general acceptance that new is better. This lead to city development without historic precedent, and a reliance on technology, first the automobile and airplane, later the computer. In the end the city resembles suburbia infinitum, a city of nowhere, without a center, egalitarian and without hierarchy. Over this pragmatic patterning lies the concern for architects today; to work from within to create a sense of place without responding to the historical models, but developing an event from fragments, estrangement and loss of connectivity.
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Germani, Alfonso. "Restoration of historical street names in the old city of Fiume/Rijeka." In International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming”. Editura Mega, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30816/iconn5/2019/34.
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Rijeka‑Fiume, European Capital of Culture in 2020, has always been multicultural and multiethnic dating back to its most ancient origins, with the Italian language playing a key role for many centuries. Place names on the most ancient maps of the city are in Italian, just like, for the most part, the street names on the maps drawn up in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which Tito’s regime substituted with new names, cancelling any trace whatsoever of the historical Italian presence. In view of the appointment of the city as European Capital of Culture in 2020, the city council has launched an interesting cultural project envisaging the restoration of the name Fiume next to Rijeka and the recovery of 31 historical street names, by installing bilingual signs indicating the ancient names of the streets and squares in the town centre. The paper examines a selection of the names that best document the rich and diversified history of the city.
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Kuśnierz, Kazimierz, and Dominika Kuśnierz-Krupa. "Historic town: idea and sense of identity." In Virtual City and Territory. Barcelona: Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.8072.
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This article addresses the problem of preserving the identity and historic cultural landscape in small towns in southern Poland. Nowadays, the unique character of those centers is frequently endangered by uncontrolled development and a drive towards modern architectonic and technological solutions. Inhabitants of these small towns, or centers currently reduced to the role of districts, do not always feel or understand the need for preserving the values of their little homelands, even though they bear evidence of a rich past and cultural potential. This work presents a few selected examples of small towns in southern Poland, some of which were degraded to the rank of districts at the beginning of the 20th century. Their landscape and cultural potential have been presented, and attention was drawn to the issue of protecting the historic heritage which has so far survived in the given area. Finally, the identity of selected towns and the sense of a struggle to maintain it have been addressed.
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Al-Saffar, Mazin. "Assessment of the process of urban transformation in Baghdad city form and function." In 24th ISUF 2017 - City and Territory in the Globalization Age. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/isuf2017.2017.5315.
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During the 21st century, urban transformation of cities has been intensely affected by flows of socio-economic and technological processes. Through the centuries, such as all historical places in Mesopotamia, Baghdad has given an outstanding example of dramatic evolution. The city, which stands on the river Tigris, faced various transformation processes in the culture and physical environment due to social and political reasons. The transformation of Baghdad city is a very complicated process driven by various factors affecting the homogeneity of the old urban fabric. Reconfiguration and the production of new urban typologies within the heritage fabric were the most fundamental effects. The outcome was different spatial languages competing with each other. This transformation changed the relations and hierarchies among spaces, which allowed more flexibility and accessibility between private and public space. The main purpose of this study is to examine how Baghdad city emerged and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the history of urban transformation in the context of city change. To achieve this aim, this paper will utilise urban morphology to explain how Baghdad transformed from a geometric city (the Round City AD762 by Caliph Al-Mansur) to an organic form and then from a traditional city to the modern metropolis. It will seek to analyse the process of urban transformation in Baghdad and show different types of urban patterns. Moreover, this paper will try to illustrate how the new way of transportation represented by the car has affected the historic centre and changed the structural system of Baghdad.
Reports on the topic "Historic city centres"
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Enscore, Susan, Adam Smith, and Megan Tooker. Historic landscape inventory for Knoxville National Cemetery. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/40179.
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This project was undertaken to provide the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration with a cultural landscape survey of Knoxville National Cemetery. The 9.8-acre cemetery is located within the city limits of Knoxville, Tennessee, and contains more than 9,000 buri-als. Knoxville National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 12 September 1996, as part of a multiple-property submission for Civil War Era National Cemeteries. The National Cemetery Administration tasked the U.S. Army Engineer Re-search and Development Center-Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) to inventory and assess the cultural landscape at Knoxville National Cemetery through creation of a landscape development context, a description of current conditions, and an analysis of changes over time to the cultural landscape. All landscape features were included in the survey because according to federal policy on National Cemeteries, all national cemetery landscape features are considered to be contributing elements.
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Kerrigan, Susan, Phillip McIntyre, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Bendigo. Queensland University of Technology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.206968.
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Bendigo, where the traditional owners are the Dja Dja Wurrung people, has capitalised on its European historical roots. Its striking architecture owes much to its Gold Rush past which has also given it a diverse cultural heritage. The creative industries, while not well recognised as such, contribute well to the local economy. The many festivals, museums and library exhibitions attract visitors from the metropolitan centre of Victoria especially. The Bendigo Creative Industries Hub was a local council initiative while the Ulumbarra Theatre is located within the City’s 1860’s Sandhurst Gaol. Many festivals keep the city culturally active and are supported by organisations such as Bendigo Bank. The Bendigo Writers Festival, the Bendigo Queer Film Festival, The Bendigo Invention & Innovation Festival, Groovin the Moo and the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival are well established within the community. A regional accelerator and Tech School at La Trobe University are touted as models for other regional Victorian cities. The city has a range of high quality design agencies, while the software and digital content sector is growing with embeddeds working in agriculture and information management systems. Employment in Film, TV and Radio and Visual Arts has remained steady in Bendigo for a decade while the Music and Performing Arts sector grew quite well over the same period.