Re-mapping urban vitality through Jane Jacobs’ criteria: The case of Kayseri, Turkey

Paköz, Muhammed Ziya; Yaratgan, Dilara; Şahin, Aydan

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.105985

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“…Furthermore, Chinese cities such as Shenzhen, Nanjing, and Chengdu present an indissoluble connection with the land use mixture dimension [26,34,65]. Moreover, in Turkey, more particularly in Kayseri, special attention is put on the creation of a need for small buildings' dimension [39]. In addition, the contact opportunity and aged buildings dimensions are notably remarkable in cities where historical layouts are predominant [15,17].…”

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“…Most studies of urban vitality have been developed in Asia, more specifically in China, Shenzhen [26][27][28], Hong Kong [29], Shanghai [27,30,31], Tianjin [27,32], Chengdu [27,33,34], Wuhan [27] and Qingdao [18,27]; in South Korea, Seoul [7,[35][36][37]; in Singapore, Singapore [20]; in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh [38], and in Turkey, Kayseri [39]. To a lesser extent, similar investigations have been conducted in North America, more precisely in the United States, with special attention in Seattle and Washington [11], followed by Manhattan [14,40], Portland, Brisbane, Indianapolis, and Chicago [14].…”

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“…Moreover, the size of the study area usually determines the pixel area. The smallest ones, around 50x50m, include districts or neighborhoods of study [17,39], while the large ones, from 100x100m up to 250x250m, usually provide the analysis of the whole area of a city [15,16,51,52] or the comparison of various metropolis [20,27,53]. The second 3 of 19 representation method uses the administrative boundary of districts or neighborhoods, which commonly coincides with the street layout [11,38,[54][55][56].…”

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Jane Jacobs’s Criteria for Urban Vitality: A Geospatial Analysis of Morphological Conditions in Quito, Ecuador

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Albert³

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Urban vitality, understood as a key factor for the achievement of cities’ sustainability, shows a strong relationship with urban morphology. The city theorist Jane Jacobs suggested morphologi-cal aspects to promote vital cities already in the 1960s, which remain valid in the present. How-ever, few studies in the Andean region quantitatively exemplify this. This paper aims to test the measurement of urban vitality in a neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, called La Mariscal, inte-grating Jacobs’ approach. In particular, three urban vitality indexes are evaluated with the appli-cation of GIS software using cadastral data obtained from the municipality and field data col-lection. Results show that the context-based previous knowledge and the scale of analysis are es-sential factors in the configuration of dimensions, indicators, and spatial representation of any urban vitality index. In the study area land use mixture, contact opportunity, and accessibility dimensions are fundamental. Regarding indicators, the incorporation of the informal small-scale commerce, the quality of sidewalks, the street slope, and the good-conditioned street furniture is recommended. Finally, a hybrid representation (raster and vectorial) is suggested to precisely measure urban vitality at a block scale. Altogether, by providing a comparative approach, we in-tend to bring a useful framework for researchers and planners to study urban vitality in Andean cities.

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Jane Jacobs’s Criteria for Urban Vitality: A Geospatial Analysis of Morphological Conditions in Quito, Ecuador

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“…In the literature, the relationship between urban vitality and density has been discussed from two aspects. Some studies employed density as a prerequisite for urban vitality (see Delclòs-Alió et al, 2019 ; Jin et al, 2017 ; Zeng et al, 2018 ; Fuentes et al, 2020 ; Paköz et al, 2022 ) as Jacobs did, while some studies investigated the level of relationship between urban density and vitality in different contexts ( Sung et al, 2013 ; Sung & Lee, 2015 ; Wu et al, 2018 ; Meng & Xing, 2019 ; Mitrany, 2005 ; Ye et al, 2018 ; Mouratidis & Poortinga, 2020 ). Building/dwelling density ( Meng & Xing, 2019 ; Sung et al, 2013 ; Sung & Lee, 2015 ; Wu et al, 2018 ; Ye et al, 2018 ), population density ( Lan et al, 2020 ; Mouratidis & Poortinga, 2020 ), human activity density ( Jin et al, 2017 ) or two and three of them with together ( Delclòs-Alió et al, 2019 ; Fuentes et al, 2020 ; Zeng et al, 2018 ) are used in vitality studies.…”

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Rethinking urban density, vitality and healthy environment in the post-pandemic city: The case of Istanbul

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Işık

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The present study aims to examine the relationship between urban vitality, healthy environment and density through the city of Istanbul, which is going through the Covid-19 outbreak. In this context, an online survey was conducted to measure the assessments of the residents living in districts with different density categories regarding the neighborhoods and the city they live in. The evaluations made by the citizens in the dimensions of vitality, mobility, safety, healthiness, cleanliness, orderliness were reduced to two main factors as “urban vitality” and “healthy environment” using Principal Components Analysis. Then, the evaluations regarding these six variables and two factors were subjected to cross-inquiries with the personal, residential and district characteristics. Urban residents were also asked to evaluate the city life before and after the Covid-19 outbreak. The main findings of the study reveal that there is a statistically significant difference between the density levels of the districts in terms of the perception of urban vitality and some sub-variables of healthy environment. Also, there is an observed change in the thoughts about urban life in Istanbul due to the outbreak.

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“…Second, the design and construction of urban vitality is another area of focus. For instance, Jane Jacobs’s criteria aim at shaping urban vitality, prioritizing the vibrant urban environment and interpersonal interaction [ 8 ]. Wang [ 9 ] discussed how to improve people’s perceptions and experiences by creating exquisite and livable environments.…”

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Evaluation and Analysis of Design Elements for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Vulnerable Spaces

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The sustainable renewal design of urban vulnerable spaces is critical for urban space quality improvement. Taking Zhengzhou and surrounding cities as examples, a cognitive framework of urban vulnerable spaces is constructed. The three types of urban vulnerable spaces are vulnerable population, vulnerable cultural, and vulnerable forgotten spaces. Their sustainable renewal design elements comprise multidimensional factors, such as functional requirement, space organization, activity facility, urban context continuation, and material texture. The design elements for the sustainable update of urban vulnerable spaces are evaluated by grey relation analysis (GRA), and update strategies are proposed. The result shows that (1) vulnerable population spaces were shown to have the highest sensitivity to functional requirements and activity facility design elements, while vulnerable cultural spaces have high relevance to urban context continuation and functional requirement design elements. Furthermore, space organization, activity facility, and urban context continuation design elements all show high relevance and importance in vulnerable forgotten spaces. (2) The update of vulnerable population spaces should be designed to achieve functional communion; vulnerable cultural spaces can be reshaped through urban context implantation, and vulnerable forgotten spaces can use space creation to enhance ecological space continuity, achieving sustainable renewal. The study provides a reference for decision-making for improving urban vulnerable habitats and the sustainable renewal design of atypical urban space types.

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Re-mapping urban vitality through Jane Jacobs’ criteria: The case of Kayseri, Turkey

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Jane Jacobs’s Criteria for Urban Vitality: A Geospatial Analysis of Morphological Conditions in Quito, Ecuador

Jane Jacobs’s Criteria for Urban Vitality: A Geospatial Analysis of Morphological Conditions in Quito, Ecuador

Rethinking urban density, vitality and healthy environment in the post-pandemic city: The case of Istanbul

Evaluation and Analysis of Design Elements for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Vulnerable Spaces

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