How to make cities the home of people – a ‘soul and body’ analysis of urban attractiveness

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter; Wahlström, Marie H.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104734

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“…The key characteristics include a set of planning strategies based on innovative and optimized use of public services in the crucial areas, mobility, energy, and environmental efficiency. Their goal is to meet the needs of citizens and improve the quality of urban life [3,30,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43], which "[ . .…”

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“…Special attention should be, therefore, drawn to the historical-cultural resources of cities, which remain a great existing capital to shape the urban structures anchored around main landmarks. It seems that a spatial development based on such physical values enhances the urban atmosphere and creates an authentic urban lifestyle [43,44]. Consequently, the technology remains only a 'tool' of smart-sustainable development [35,36]; the human interests and activities are foregrounded [30,38,45].…”

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Intelligent Urban Planning and Ecological Urbanscape-Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development. Case Study of Wolfsburg

Dudek-Klimiuk

Warzecha²

2021

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Intelligent urban planning and ecological urbanism can be recognized as two of the key solutions to act against urban sprawl. This process is associated with suburbanization, blurring boundaries between the city and suburbs, and the undefined role of open and green spaces within new structures. It has been identified as the biggest and the most common problem worldwide. This non-central planning has a huge impact not only on economic aspects, but—most of all—on the ecological and landscaping balance within the urban area. This study covers not only the recognition of the outlined situation, but also a conceptual proposal to challenge the problems of urban sprawl. The city of Wolfsburg serves as a case study to which the tools of Ecological Urbanism and Intelligent Urbanism were applied. A corrective plan for the study area has been worked out, based on the main approaches in urban planning of the 21st century. The green transformation processes to achieve resiliency within urban areas are inevitable and will have to be conducted due to the rising number of the dwellers, steadily changing climate, and socio-economic conditions all over the world. The main solutions include mainly the system of green corridors, interconnectedness of open spaces, walkability with smart mobile options and social community as a nucleus of a local neighborhood.

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Intelligent Urban Planning and Ecological Urbanscape-Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development. Case Study of Wolfsburg

Dudek-Klimiuk

Warzecha²

2021

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“…In our study we will argue that feelings of satisfaction (or happiness) of urban residents reflect their “love for the city.” Urban love has gradually become a new rising topic of interest in the recent urban literature (Kourtit, Wahlström, and Nijkamp 2020a). A city is clearly more than bricks; it comprises both material elements such as the built environment ( body ) and immaterial (or intangible) elements such as neighborhood atmosphere ( soul ).…”

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“…These notions appear in various urban-oriented disciplines. A more extensive exposition of such concepts can be found in Kourtit, Wahlström, and Nijkamp (2020a), Kourtit, Nijkamp, and Östh (2020b).…”

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A Structural Equation Model for Place-based City Love: An Application to Swedish Cities

Kourtit

Neuts

Nijkamp

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International Regional Science Review

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Recent years have shown an increasing interest in local factors shaping the happiness or attachment of citizens in regard to their daily living environment, sometimes also coined city love or neighborhood love. This new strand of literature—often framed in the context of the “geography of happiness” or the “economics of happiness”—means an extension of quantitative socio-psychological or socio-economic research on determinants of people’s affection for their living environment, including local quality-of-life, sense of community, place-based social capital, attachment to “urban ambiance,” and so on. The present paper conceptualizes the nature and composition of urban characteristics of place attachment and appreciation ( city love) in terms of two constituent factors, viz. city soul (indicators on the perceived intangible attractiveness of the city and its neighborhoods) and city body (indicators reflecting the tangible attractiveness features of the city). This analytical approach will empirically be tested for four Swedish cities. Resident surveys were conducted among a total of 2,573 respondents; the multidimensional relationships between outcome variables and background factors were tested through a Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM), which revealed significant effects of Aesthetics, Amenities, Accessibility, Safety and Health, and City Image on place attachment and appreciation (“city love”). A more detailed city level analysis revealed salient place-specific differences. In general, Aesthetics seemed to be the most universal driver for city love, while City Image was the most important factor to contribute to city soul.

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“…In the new generation of smart cities 3.0, instead of economic growth rates, it is general feelings of happiness, contentment and acceptance that are considered most important. This means that cities should develop based on the potential of citizens [3] who love the cities they live in [4]. The attractiveness of a place of residence is influenced by many factors, such as harmoniously shaped spatial arrangements and the availability of safe public spaces [5], proper relations between the typology of buildings and the morphology of the urban space [6], access to green areas, the availability of necessary service infrastructure and a system of bicycle and pedestrian paths [7], biodiversity and climate resilience and ecosystem services, including access to clean water (filtration) and clean air (urban greenery) [8].…”

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Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

Jaroszewicz

Majewska

2021

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Residential location preferences illustrate how the attractiveness of particular neighbourhoods is perceived and indicate what improves or lowers the comfort of life in a city according to its residents. This research analyses the residential preferences of students who were asked to indicate their most preferred residential locations and to define their selection criteria. The study was conducted in two phases: in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic, and in 2020 during the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The methodology of spatial multi-criteria analyses and the developed simplified approach to determining collective preferences from crowdsourced data FCPR (first criteria partial ranking) were used to analyse the preferences. The following research questions were asked: (1) whether the developed simplified FCPR methodology would provide results similar to the methods currently used to determine group weightings of criteria; (2) what spatial aspects were important for the students when choosing where to live, and (3) whether these aspects change in the face of the pandemic. The results obtained confirmed the effectiveness of the simplified approach. They indicated a significant relationship between an efficient public transport system and residence preferences, even with prolonged distance learning. They also showed the increased importance of location close to family or friends in the face of the pandemic. Only a combined analysis of the preferences expressed both in the form of a ranking of criteria and directly indicated locations provides complete information.

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How to make cities the home of people – a ‘soul and body’ analysis of urban attractiveness

Cited by 48 publications

References 41 publications

Intelligent Urban Planning and Ecological Urbanscape-Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development. Case Study of Wolfsburg

Intelligent Urban Planning and Ecological Urbanscape-Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development. Case Study of Wolfsburg

A Structural Equation Model for Place-based City Love: An Application to Swedish Cities

Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

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