The Historic Urban Landscape

Bandarin, Francesco; Oers, Ron van

doi:10.1002/9781119968115

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“…The survey was designed to collect and evaluate the validity of properties using binary measurements (yes/no) in actual conditions to avoid any bias caused by inequality. The evaluation criteria covered four domains, 13 categories, and 51 measurements to reveal the complexity of urban organisms (Bandarin & Van Oers, 2012), including the broader urban context in the setting of its geographical waterfront community.…”

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A Traditional Community in the Chao Phraya River Basin: Classification and Characteristics of a Waterfront Community Complex

Yodsurang

Miki

Uekita

2015

ACH

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Traditional waterfront communities are extremely significant in understanding the role and influence of the daily lives of an indigenous amphibious culture and are considered to be a counterpart of the contemporary community that would have existed in the past. This study gives a systematic overview of the traditional waterfront community complex in the Chao Phraya River Basin to identify the phenomenology and salient features characterizing the waterfront community through the analysis of the following: 1) features of geography and waterbodies; 2) cultural landscapes and agricultural activities; 3) urban components; and 4) architectural features. A total of 138 traditional waterfront communities were selected using the purposive sampling method.Quantitative data collection was conducted using field investigation to collect and evaluate the validity of properties in actual conditions. The data were analyzed using a statistical analysis program to examine the similarity and correlation of the data set. To identify characteristics, hierarchical clustering and decision-tree analysis were used to group similar communities together and classify the complexity of a traditional waterfront community. Principal component analysis was then used to detect the true association between the relevant variables. In addition, qualitative assessment of secondary document collection, legislation, previous and present public policies, research, and criticisms were used to support the argument for statistical analysis.The results provided seven clusters based on common preferences consisting of a market town, paddy village, raft community, waterfront market, comprehensive estuarine agricultural village, orchard village, and fishing village. These clusters show diversity in the cultural landscape, with agricultural activities exerting influence on the community complex, creating both direct and indirect association, with several significant variables.

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A Traditional Community in the Chao Phraya River Basin: Classification and Characteristics of a Waterfront Community Complex

Yodsurang

Miki

Uekita

2015

ACH

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“…It is located within the historic and touristic area of the old downtown in Cairo. The measures successfully carried out by the Agakhan Trust for cultures to restore and renew the Darb Al-Ahmar quarter, huge portions of the old Islamic quarter are overwhelmed by the decay of building fabric, very high population and occupancy density, a largely predominant lower class and informal commercial structures (Bandarin and van Oers [8]).…”

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“…Design criteria (source Bandarin and van Oers[8]). Vacant lots on Burg Al-Zafar can be used to meet the current housing shortage with new residential developments that are attractive to residents.…”

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Infill development as an approach for promoting compactness of urban form

Aly

Attwa

2013

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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In the last few decades, urban decay has increased within the city urban fabric; due to the deterioration of the inner city and increase in population. High income citizens abandoned their houses demanding a better quality of life outside the city fabric, leading the old city to be occupied by poorer households or left vacant. Urban decay is linked to suburban sprawl as the economic life is pulled out of the city, instead of a previously developed urban site within the old city fabric. Infill development is the new development of vacant, abandoned, passed over, or underutilized land within built-up areas of existing communities, where infrastructure is already in place. It is a solution to filling gaps in existing communities and playing a critical role in achieving community revitalization, land conservation and alternatives to sprawl development. Taking advantage of existing infrastructure, increasing walkability by contributing safe and attractive pedestrian environment, creating new opportunities for mixed use that recapture the "sense of place" that is largely missing in development projects. Infill development is a solution to enhancing the character, viability and function of the old city. The aim of this research is to articulate the potential and limits of infill development. It focuses on factors that influence decisions to introduce infill development as an approach to smart growth and a solution to urban decay. This is achieved by analyzing international and local examples of infill development to identify the different land use of vacant land in different urban contexts. An analytical comparison is carried on the examples, to achieve broad recommendations for infill development in different urban contexts.

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“…For example, the beautiful but small town of Hilltop in San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy, appears to receive over three million visitors per year, which has caused severe environmental problems (Cleere, 2006). Francesco Bandarin (2012) believes that the most significant issue is the dual tourism capacity, which while generating direct income and employment also causes a lot of problems to environmental degradation or changing traditional livelihoods by generating visitors (Bandarin & van Oers, 2012, p. 102). Therefore, while tourism can lead to preserving the cultural heritage through a better understanding of the value of culture, customs, and infrastructure improvements, it can be a challenge to protect the body, environment and social cohesion of cultural areas (Bandarin, 2011, p. 180).…”

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confidence: 99%