Characteristics of spatial configurations in Pyongyang, North Korea

Jeong, Sang Kyu; Lee, Tae Ho; Ban, Yong

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.01.010

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“…Depth is defined as the minimum number of compositional steps taken between two places to reach another place [57]. The total depth calculated by adding up the depths of each of the shortest paths between one section and the others in a street network is as follows [58]:…”

Section: Space Syntaxmentioning

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Accessibility of Urban Tourism in Historical Areas: Analysis of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Safranbolu

Şahin Körmeçli

2024

Sustainability

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Expansion of cities with population growth leads to the differentiation of urban texture, negatively affecting the accessibility of tourism areas in historical regions. For this reason, there is a need to develop tourism areas that enable people to experience the areas of historical heritage. Sustainable urban development, which is also the theory of the study, has become an agenda for the protection and revitalization of historical areas in order to increase accessibility to tourism. The Safranbolu Protected Area, which is one of the oldest settlements with its traditional housing texture and which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List in Turkey, was chosen as the study area. In this study, the aim is to examine the accessibility of historical tourism centers, analyze the spatial configuration of the street texture in the city of Karabük and determine the features of the formation mechanism of the Safranbolu historical region. The research questions are based on the impact of (1) the accessibility of the street network on the formation mechanism of the urban architecture and (2) the shaping of urban tourism areas in historical cities. The space syntax method was used to examine the relationship between the building features of the Safranbolu Urban Protected Area and the formation features of the space. Within the scope of the study, the accessibility of the Safranbolu historical center was examined through the street texture that shapes the city form using data from Open Street Map. Segment and axial analyses were made based on the current street network data of the city. The key findings of the research revealed that the accessibility level of the city’s street network was practically effective in shaping the Safranbolu Urban Protected Area. It was theoretically found that the streets with a high global integration value in the city have an impact on the shaping of traditional architecture and constitute important routes for tourism in sustainable development. The findings serve as a reference for researchers in sustainable development, urban planners and local governments who will use it to test the methodology for understanding the street layout of the historical area and improving the experiential characteristics of the users.

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Section: Space Syntaxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessibility of Urban Tourism in Historical Areas: Analysis of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Safranbolu

Şahin Körmeçli

2024

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“…The spatial system is represented with the shortest and longest lines that define all gaps in the urban area in the graphs. The map created by these lines is called the axial map (Jeong et al, 2015). After axial maps are converted to graphs and topological (non-metric) analyses, a model based on the linear link called "integration" was created (Hillier, 1999).…”

Section: Space Syntaxmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also defines the average depth of a space in the system compared to all other spaces. Total depth (TD) is calculated by summing the depths via each of the shortest paths between one segment and all others in a street network; (Jeong et al, 2015).…”

Section: Space Syntaxmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Investigation of Sustainable Transportation Model in Campus Areas with Space Syntax Method

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2020

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Purpose Campus areas should be designed as centers where social activities can be fulfilled to meet students' needs, and which can serve the society by promoting sustainability. Nowadays, transportation systems (bike path, public transport, etc.) that support sustainability are not very common in campus areas. This situation leads to many environmental, economic and social problems. Therefore, it is extremely important to develop sustainable transport plans to uncover the current state of the transport system and to meet future transport needs. In the study, it was aimed to compare the spatial characteristics of Kilis 7 Aralik University's current situation and its design in line with sustainable transportation principles. Design/Methodology/Approach This study was carried out in the central campus of Kilis 7 Aralik University. In the study, the existing transportation infrastructure of

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“…Among Asian urban areas under centralized socialist regimes, LUCCs in cities and border regions of mainland China and Vietnam have been studied extensively via remote sensing data [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. However, much less is known about LUCCs in North Korea (i.e., Democratic People's Republic of Korea) or in areas along the inner border of South and North Korea [16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Understanding the Intensity of Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes in the Context of Postcolonial and Socialist Transformation in Kaesong, North Korea

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This study examines the land-use and land-cover changes (LUCCs) in Kaesong, a North Korean city, and the area adjacent to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). An intensity analysis—a framework decomposing LUCCs into interval, category, and transition levels—is applied to the land-cover maps of 1916, 1951, and 2015 to understand the importance of the historical period and associated land regimes (imperialism and socialism) in shaping LUCCs. The five land-cover classes—Built, Agriculture, Forest, Water, and Others—were analyzed among the two historical periods from Imperial Japan’s colonization (1910–1945) and the South–North division since the Korean War (1953–present). The results show that, at the interval level, the colonial period LUCCs were more intensive than the division period. However, >50% of the study area underwent changes during each period. At the category level, river channel modifications were the most intensive, followed by deforestation. In terms of transition, consistent intensity trends from Others to Built and Agriculture were observed across both land regimes. In conclusion, the LUCCs were more intensive under Japanese imperialism than the North Korean socialist regime, but the economic and geographic factors were not substantially affected by such land regimes. These underlying forces may be more significant fundamental drivers of LUCCs than land regimes themselves.

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Characteristics of spatial configurations in Pyongyang, North Korea

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Accessibility of Urban Tourism in Historical Areas: Analysis of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Safranbolu

Accessibility of Urban Tourism in Historical Areas: Analysis of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Safranbolu

An Investigation of Sustainable Transportation Model in Campus Areas with Space Syntax Method

Understanding the Intensity of Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes in the Context of Postcolonial and Socialist Transformation in Kaesong, North Korea

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