Community by design: contemporary problems—historic resolve

Yahner, Thomas G.; Nadenicek, Daniel J.

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(97)00051-0

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“…Cultural landscape elements, such as historical agricultural buildings, traditional agricultural structures, and historical roads can be important reminders of heritage in some landscapes and can provide residents with feelings of community integrity and richness. This historic continuity can give landscapes depth of meaning and a sense of time, thus enhancing landscape aesthetics [117][118][119]. Furthermore, some visual quality metrics may be more important than others, while other metrics may differ in importance depending on distance from the observer.…”

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Landscape Aesthetics and the Scenic Drivers of Amenity Migration in the New West: Naturalness, Visual Scale, and Complexity

Vukomanovic

Orr

2014

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Values associated with scenic beauty are common "pull factors" for amenity migrants, however the specific landscape features that attract amenity migration are poorly understood. In this study we focused on three visual quality metrics of the intermountain West (USA), with the objective of exploring the relationship between the location of exurban homes and aesthetic landscape preference, as exemplified through greenness, viewshed size, and terrain ruggedness. Using viewshed analysis, we compared the viewsheds of actual exurban houses to the viewsheds of randomly-distributed simulated (validation) houses. We found that the actual exurban households can see significantly more vegetation and a more rugged (complex) terrain than simulated houses. Actual exurban homes see a more rugged terrain, but do not necessarily see the highest peaks, suggesting that visual complexity throughout the viewshed may be more important. The viewsheds visible from the actual exurban houses were significantly larger than those visible from the simulated houses, indicating that visual scale is important to the general aesthetic experiences of exurbanites. The differences in visual quality metric values between actual exurban and simulated viewsheds call into question the use of county-level scales of analysis for the study of landscape preferences, which may miss key landscape aesthetic drivers of preference.

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Landscape Aesthetics and the Scenic Drivers of Amenity Migration in the New West: Naturalness, Visual Scale, and Complexity

Vukomanovic

Orr

2014

Land

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“…Recent studies support the necessity of greater landscape understanding and the need for Geography university students' analysing and interpreting landscapes (Dulamă et al, 2016a(Dulamă et al, , 2016b(Dulamă et al, , 2016cIlovan et al 2016;Rose, 2012;Yahner, & Nadenicek, 1997). Within the competence-based and active learning paradigm, to develop students' higher order thinking (Cook, & Babon, 2017), which the Romanian education system observes, first, we focused our research on the use of images for research and for teaching/learning, and secondly, on using an observation protocol starting from images.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…In this context, many cities in Romania have historical centres which, due to their territorial identity, host cultural landscapes (Calcatinge, 2013;Ciangă, 2016) and may use this as a resource for sustainable local development (Popa, & Enache, 2016). Thus, it is important to get Geography university students involved into learning activities that enable them understand development and planning for a sustainable future, as well as for landscape understanding and preserving the cultural heritage (Yahner, & Nadenicek, 1997). In addition, raising inhabitants' and authorities' awareness about cultural landscapes related to urban culture and architecture (Stan, 2010) helps in diminishing or preventing their neglecting.…”

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Meaningful Learning: Case Studies On The Territorial Identity Of Historical Urban Centres

Fonogea¹,

Fonogea²,

Ciascai³

et al. 2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Engaging university students into meaningful learning activities enables critical thinking and understanding (i.e. active learning), instead of memorising knowledge (i.e. passive learning). In this context, we researched the way students at the M.Sc. level learn, at the specialisation of Regional Planning and Development, in the Faculty of Geography, at Babeş-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The aim of the activity was to discover the best means for students to analyse urban cultural landscapes. We offered them plenty of images (i.e. aerial photos) of a series of historical urban centres in Romania (ClujNapoca, Brașov, Sibiu, Oradea, Timişoara, Bistriţa) and, while working individually, we asked them to analyse the elements of the city centre and of the urban landscape: the features of the square, its arrangement, the features and the functions of the buildings. Students were also asked to use other sources of images (e.g. Google Earth, Google Maps, etc.) to complete the task, and then they used ArcGIS (a specialised software). In the end, we provided them with an observation protocol that they had to complete with the identified urban elements. We concluded that their in-depth analysis, enabled by an observation protocol, determined students' in-depth learning of the evolution characteristic of historical urban centres.

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“…Decentralized growth is spreading a homogenous form across the landscape, destroying multiple layers of cultural history [2]. Historic areas have not received the support necessary to maintain their viability, protect their structural integrity and heritage values, and stimulate their local economic base as populations and occupancies continue to undergo various incremental transformation processes.…”

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GIS-based framework for assessing neglect in the historic built environment

Newman

Kim

2014

The Sustainable City IX

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Population and land use migrations from historic urban areas have resulted in urban environments characterized by non-functional, unmaintained structures. These structures can deteriorate to the point where rehabilitation costs outweigh renovation costs -a process known as demolition by neglect. Historic preservation policies attempt to salvage these structures primarily through local policy, on a building by building basis. The climbing rate of neglected historic structures is a growing concern which creates the need for research which seeks to identify, measure, and monitor the condition of urban areas on a larger scale; extending beyond the current unit by unit basis. This research presents a framework to identify concentrations of neglected space in historic urban core areas using Geographic Information Systems. Buildings were surveyed and geocoded in three historic boroughs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Each structure was analyzed based on its age, condition, value, degree of modification, and land use change and scored using Newman's (in press) model of measuring neglect. The total scores were then utilized to categorize each structure in reference to its degree of neglect. Spatial analyses were then performed combining Hot Spot Analysis, Weighted Suitability, and Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation to define proportions of the urban core areas which were in need of immediate regeneration. On average, around ¼ of each borough's historic urban core was undergoing some form of neglect, suggesting multiple adaptive reuse, retrofit, or renovation efforts are necessary to stymie future demolition of heritage resources.

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Community by design: contemporary problems—historic resolve

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Landscape Aesthetics and the Scenic Drivers of Amenity Migration in the New West: Naturalness, Visual Scale, and Complexity

Landscape Aesthetics and the Scenic Drivers of Amenity Migration in the New West: Naturalness, Visual Scale, and Complexity

Meaningful Learning: Case Studies On The Territorial Identity Of Historical Urban Centres

GIS-based framework for assessing neglect in the historic built environment

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