Differentiation and restructuring-new space for development of urban center area:a case study of Shizhong District of Ji'nan City

Taking the development tendency of current world industrial development as the background, this paper restructures the internal space of urban center area by illustrating reasons for internal space differentiation of urban center area, that is to say, according to the tertiary industry interior's high-end of value chain after convergence among the primary, the secondary and the tertiary industries, the space structure of urban center area will form the space development mode with characteristic modern service industry cluster districts through vertical segmentation, horizontal derivatization and block aggregation and realize perfect space renewal of urban center area in the end.

Case Study:Topography Integrated Urban Center Concept Project on Coastal Line of Kartal/İstanbul

The concept of creating a Topography integrated urban center is to create an urban center that integrated with the city.The first step of the Concept is to settle by using the natural elevation in the land and to create volumes compatible with land by raising together with the elevation.While the passenger circulation at starting elevation is moved into a project with the cavestyle volume settled in land elevation.The new area of the square to be defined in the center of the building is intended to form an area combining the neighboring squares Kartal Square and Freedom Square,as well as contributing to the silhouette of Kartal from the sea with the location of the square and building.The project is a central complex design that deals with various urban problems thanks to professionals,local people of Kartal,and clubs which established with the municipality in a comprehensive way to search for solutions to be organized urban workshops and conferences.

Design Strategies for Landscape Transformation of Abandoned Railways in Urban Centers

The railways have significantly contributed to the economic development of the city.However,with the evolution of the city and adjustments in the industrial structure,the relocation and rerouting of major railway trunk lines have resulted in the abandonment of numerous urban railways.The abandoned railways,resulting from inadequate management,have transformed into sites for waste disposal and are particularly vulnerable to environmental issues,including land pollution,degradation of vegetation cover,and a decline in ecological diversity.Abandoned railways in urban centers significantly hinder transportation connectivity and adversely influence the aesthetic appeal of the city.The landscape transformation of these abandoned railways is of paramount importance in the context of urban renewal.These railway sites possess significant potential for stock utilization as specialized,underutilized spaces.Through the processes of re-planning,integration,and renewal,previously underutilized spaces can be revitalized and incorporated into the urban landscape in innovative ways.This approach not only enhances the availability of green leisure areas for residents but also contributes to the realization of sustainable urban development.

Development of evaluation model for intensive land use in urban centers

Starting with exptoration from the perspective of urban spaces, this research was conducted by anatyzing the functionat areas--urban centers with the most hightighted contradictions in terms of intensive land use in order to devetop an evatuation model for intensive land use in urban centers. Based on quantitative research methods, and taking into account three aspects of intensive use, i.e., buitdings, lands and traffic as wetl as muttiple evaluation factors, this paper conducted the research horizontatty by means of quantitative and comparative studies on each individual factor, devetoped the evatuation model for intensive rand use in urban centers, and anatyzed the driving forces of intensive land use from the aspects of buitdings, land use, roads, etc.

GIS Application in Urban Flood Risk Analysis: Midar as a Case Study

The significance of this study lies in its exploration of the advanced applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in assessing urban flood risks, with a specific focus on Midar, Morocco. This research is pivotal as it showcases that GIS technology is not just a tool for mapping, but a critical component in urban planning and emergency management strategies. By meticulously identifying and mapping flood-prone areas in Midar, the study provides invaluable insights into the potential vulnerabilities of urban landscapes to flooding. Moreover, this research demonstrates the practical utility of GIS in mitigating material losses, a significant concern in flood-prone urban areas. The proactive approach proposed in this study, centered around the use of GIS, aims to safeguard Midar’s population and infrastructure from the devastating impacts of floods. This approach serves as a model for other urban areas facing similar challenges, highlighting the indispensable role of GIS in disaster preparedness and response. Overall, the study underscores the transformative potential of GIS in enhancing urban resilience, making it a crucial tool in the fight against natural disasters like floods.

Design and Study on Management Tools of Land Data Center for Integration of Urban and Rural Areas

The rapid development of urbanization requires land management business should change the former single systematic pattern, and advance to integration of functions and data sharing. In order to meets the requirement, this paper presents a new thinking for land management pattern, and management tools of data center for integration of urban and rural areas. The tools were based on MapGIS, which have made the management of multi-subjects, multi-areas, multi-sources and multi-measurement data possible. The techniques of this system are designed accord with national related standard. Experimental result shows that the tools have obvious technical advantage in land resource business integration management.

THE DAVID LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER:HOW GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND OPERATIONS CAN SAVE MONEY,DRIVE LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,AND TRANSFORM AN INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION When the David L.Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh was completed in 2003,it was one of largest green buildings in the country.Its success proved that sustainability principles could be integrated into a breathtaking and high-performing design.Using almost a decade of performance data,this study,led by evolveEA,was commissioned to understand the level of building performance and the return on the initial investment in sustainability.With input from Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics,CJL Engineering,and Civil and Environmental Consultants,the Buildings-in-Operation(BiO)study demonstrates that.

Smart City: On Urban Operational Collaboration

This paper expounds the origin of urban operational coordination problem in historical setting, points out that operational coordination problem is essential to cities, induces the major challenges and opportunities for urban operating coordination at present, and takes IBM Intelligent Operation Center as example to illustrate the typical solutions with the detailed case study of the Intelligent Operation Center in Rio de Janerio.

To What Extent Are Cities Influenced by Rural Urban Relationships in Africa

If rural-urban relationship is treated as an open and unregulated process, cities serve as a sink for rural population, meaning that higher proportions of rural people migrate from rural areas to stay permanently in the cities. This process, which is commonly referred to as rural urban migration can be more evident if the urban system is maintained as an open system. This holds key to interpreting how cities attract and retain their populations, a process that is critical to understand the causes of deterioration of most cities in developing countries that still draw much of their population inputs from rural areas, as it is the case with Africa. Deducing from South African experience, if policies that regulate movement of people between rural areas and cities are politically inclined they tend to give a particular character to the evolution and development of cities. This has been found to be true for two sets of policies implemented inSouth Africa. Ones that were implemented during Apartheid, while they encouraged the migration of unskilled laborers from rural to urban areas, failed to promote settlement and adaptation of African communities in the cities and this led to an upsurge of informal settlements around many cities ofSouth Africa. One that have been implemented since the advent of Democracy, due to their relaxed nature have led to an influx of people of African descent into the city centers and the effect of this has been the deterioration of these areas. With these findings this study cautions that urban system needs to be treated as open, that is, be allowed to regulate itself through economic success and failures of people who aspire to live in urban areas by choosing to settle in the cities.

Significant Differences in Elderly Health between Urban and Rural Communities: A Literature Review

This study aimed to examine measures pertaining to elderly health in urban versus rural settings, and to identify differences in the health of elderly people living in urban and rural communities through a literature review. An electronic literature search was performed using PubMed for English articles published in peer-reviewed journals up to August 2018, with the following search terms: “urban”, “rural”, “comparison of community”, “elderly health”, and “comparison of community health”. A total of 35 articles were extracted for a critical full-text review, and six articles that met the inclusion criteria were subjected to analysis. Measures related to elderly health in urban and rural communities were classified into the following three categories: functional abilities, health, and health perception. Five of the six articles described functional abilities (e.g., social function) and health (e.g., mental health, depression) as categories with significant differences in elderly health between urban and rural communities. The results suggest that elderly health measures related to social function and mental health or depression are more important outcome measures of effective person-centered integrated community care systems from the perspective of community characteristics. As there were only a few articles reporting on elderly health according to differences in environment between urban and rural communities, further investigation is globally warranted.

城市群背景下的中国消费中心发展研究

消费中心和城市群都是我国重要的区域发展对象,两者之间联系紧密,互动性强。消费中心概念的引入,能够为现有城市群研究提供新视角。城市群作为消费(中心)城市群,能够促进区域消费经济大发展,体现出消费性质差异化、消费形式多样化、消费水平层级化、消费内容普遍化、消费中心化、消费联系性强、消费完整度高、消费文化认同度高等特征,具有消费集聚构建宏大消费场景、消费中心化汇集更多消费动能、消费极化提升区域消费发展层级、整合消费形成区域消费竞争力等多重机制。基于熵值法、Dagum基尼系数及其分解法、Kernel估计法的量化分析表明,各城市群消费中心发展水平总体上呈稳定上升趋势,但不同城市群发展差异大。总体基尼系数走势较为平缓,甚至呈缓慢下降的态势。需要强化体制机制建设,以(国际)消费中心(城市)建设推动城市群发展。

包容性视角下的城市中心区边缘社区更新规划研究——以重庆渝中区白象街社区为例

在城市快速扩张过程中,位于中心区边缘的老旧社区面临挑战,其与中心区的物质空间与经济环境形成鲜明对比。以重庆市渝中区白象街社区现存问题为切入点,通过实地调研分析其区位、历史、人群结构与需求、物质空间等,明确社区面临功能滞后、空间断裂和人群隔阂等问题,从包容性视角提出“串渝中、融社区、游建筑”的更新优化策略,制定适合社区可持续发展的更新规划方案,以期为城市中心区边缘社区优化提供参考。

基于多源数据的杭州市主城区城市中心体系识别研究

在城镇化进程趋于稳定的今天,城市需要通过内部功能的优化和调整以适应新的发展环境,由量的扩张转向质的提升,以更好地体现以人为本的发展理念,城市中心体系是城市的骨架系统,深入认识城市中心体系对推动存量空间优化具有重要现实意义。研究以业态、活力和开发强度3个方面为依据,以杭州市主城区为例,通过对研究区内POI公共设施兴趣点、微博签到数据和建筑与用地数据等进行筛选、统计和空间集聚性识别,得出各自的识别结果并综合叠加,识别出杭州市主城区城市中心体系的空间分布特征,并进一步探讨了城市总体规划设定发展目标的具体实施情况。

受突发事件影响的城市应急物流中心选址模型及其实证

主要研究受突发事件影响下的城市应急物流中心选址问题。结合城市应急物流中心选址的多目标规划方法,建立考虑灾前配置及灾后配送的应急物流中心多目标选址模型。介绍了遗传算法(GA)基本原理,并针对城市应急物流的特点,考虑求解多目标规划模型,在遗传算法的基础上加入免疫算法(IA)的特性,使用一种组合的遗传算法——免疫遗传算法(IGA)。使用MATLAB免疫遗传算法对该模型进行求解,由结果可知该算法适用于多目标的城市应急物流中心选址问题,并通过实例验证模型及算法的合理性和有效性。

Quality assessment of the practice of focused antenatal care (FANC) in rural and urban primary health centres in Ekiti State

Objective: To ascertain that standard antenatal care (Focused antenatal care) is being received at the Primary Health Care level in urban and rural areas of Ekiti State and to determine the facilitating factors and challenges to the practice of FANC in urban and rural areas. Design: Cross sectional. Setting: Primary Health Centers Participants: Pregnant women and Heads of health facilities. Methods: Two hundred respondents each from urban and rural areas primary health centres were proportionately selected from 18 primary health centers using simple random sampling. Exit interviews were conducted using the antenatal care exit interview form of the Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment package. In-depth Interviews were conducted with the heads of selected facilities. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi square test and content analysis for indepth interview. Results: More respondents 58 (29.3%) from the urban areas had the minimum contents compared to 41 (20.7%) of the rural respondents (p < 0.05) and 178 (90.8%) of the urban were taught a range of health education topics compared to 177 (88.5%) (p = 0.45). Urban respondents were about 1.6 times more likely to receive the minimum contents than rural respondents. In-depth interview results explicated the facilitating factors and challenges to focused antenatal care in the study areas. Conclusion: The findings of this study is consistent with other studies establishing the fact that better health service is available to urban residents than rural residents;however, this study has succeeded in comparing the documented standard of antenatal care with what was being practiced in the selected PHCs of the state. The basic contents of focused antenatal care in Ekiti state were received by a small proportion of the respondents, suggesting that focused antenatal care had not fully translated into quality service;one major challenge to the delivery of standard antenatal care was inadequate number of skilled health workers especially in the rural areas. The gap between quality and utilisation of antenatal in urban and rural areas is gradually being closed up;this success should be improved upon and maintained.

基于人民城市理念的上海住房保障供给研究:内涵、实践与优化路径

基于人民城市理念,优化住房保障供给,意味着要以人民需求为导向提高住房保障供需适配性,要依靠多主体力量参与增强住房保障可持续发展能力,要以发展成果由人民共享为目标优化住房保障覆盖面。上海已经探索通过构建更具包容性的住房保障供应体系、建立更具参与度的基层治理制度、打造更具品质化的住房保障产品、强化更具人性化的住房保障服务、强调更具“家”的温暖的居住体验,在住房保障供给实践中践行人民城市理念。为进一步优化住房保障供给,上海还需深化完善住房保障体系;引入社会力量参与,实现住房保障可持续发展;持续优化保障房的空间布局,提高职住平衡水平;依托新一轮技术革命成果,提升居住品质和居住体验。

应对城市建设复杂性的体育建筑实践与思考

针对大型赛事场馆、体育中心等体育建筑普遍存在的建筑尺度大、建设投入多、赛后利用率低等问题,本文结合对奥运会、亚运会赛事场馆,大型城市体育中心,校园体育建筑的广泛综合实践,提出从城市整体角度出发,提升体育建筑的综合效能,将其融于城市环境,全周期集约利用资源等策略,并探讨新能源技术的运用,强调多维度、理性的“精明营建”。在此基础上,本文对广义的城市大型复杂综合工程进行延伸思考,认为体育建筑实践经验可被转译、应用,并结合创新的精细化建设管控方法,提升城市建设实效性,促进公共优先、可持续发展理念的传导与落实。

New Strategy and Kinetic Energy Regeneration for the Developmen of China’s Urban Agglomeration

The rapid development of modern urban agglomerations has reshaped the territory of China’s economic geography and reconstructed the spatial forms of Chinese cities and regions.Since the reform and opening-up,China’s urban agglomerations have experienced three stages,i.e.spontaneous cultivation,rapid growth,and the super leading role of planning.The gian development area composed of super urban agglomerations is becoming an emerging geographic unit that improves the urban development quality promotes regional integration processes and participates in global industria competition and innovative resource allocations in China.While encountering challenges such as insufficient innovation kinetic energy and implementation difficulties of cross-regional coordination mechanisms,it has also ushered in new opportunities brought about by the shift of the global urban network system focus,the accelerated formation of high-speed rail urban belts,the rise of innovative geographic unit communities,etc.As entering the new era,centering on the high-quality development requirements of urbanization and urban agglomerations,China should establish a new mechanism for more effective coordinated regional development,build an urban pattern of coordinated development of large,medium and small cities and towns with urban agglomerations as the main body,comprehensively enhance the competitiveness of urban agglomerations and regions,and take a steady and innovation-driven road to modernization.

全球城市功能迭代升级与上海“五个中心”耦合发展研究

首先分析全球城市功能迭代升级规律,指出上海虽实现跨越式升级但存在能级不高、耦合性弱等问题。接着阐述推动“五个中心”耦合发展的基本原则与主要路径,包括科技创新引领、金融赋能、产业链夯实、文化创意促进、绿色生态推动以及发挥重要项目和活动的作用。最后强调上海在历史演进中保留的开放、创新、包容特质对“五个中心”耦合发展的重要性,提出未来上海将在新征程中继续增强吸引力、凝聚力与竞争力,在全球化进程中发挥关键作用,通过耦合发展巩固其在全球城市体系中的重要地位。