Revitalizing the historical center of Al-Najaf city in Iraq: learning from the British conservation experiences

Farhan, Sabeeh Lafta; Akef, Venus Suleiman; Nasar, Zuhair

doi:10.1108/jchmsd-01-2020-0002

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“…Finally, VR technology expands the communication channels of architectural heritage, utilizing virtual reality technology to spread the cultural heritage of the Fuliang Red Pagoda around the globe, so that more people can understand and give value to the protection of the Chinese architectural heritage. Meanwhile, through this case study of VR technology and digital architectural heritage protection, we can see the great potential of virtual reality technology in digital cultural heritage protection, and VR technology will bring more innovative development opportunities and market promotion conditions for the protection and inheritance of architectural cultural heritage [35].…”

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confidence: 93%

Research on the Digital Preservation of Architectural Heritage Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Zheng,

Chen,

et al. 2024

Buildings

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As a representative of the scientific and technological achievements of the new era, the overall development of virtual reality (VR) technology is becoming increasingly refined, which provides new development ideas and technical support in the field of ancient building restoration and architectural heritage preservation. In this context, digital conservation and the practice of architectural heritage have become important focuses of application in the industry. This paper starts from the core concept of VR technology, analyzes the value of the application of VR technology in the protection of ancient architecture, puts forward relevant suggestions and technical application methods, and takes Red Pagoda in Fuliang County as an example. In this sense, virtual reality technology is used to restore and protect the buildings, forming a digital heritage of ancient architecture. This study first utilizes a three-dimensional laser scanning instrument to collect point cloud data, and then the plane graph is drawn by measurement. Then, an Architectural Heritage Building Information Model is created, and comprehensive information on historical buildings is integrated. Finally, VR technology is used to show the effect of digital display and preservation. This study transforms architectural cultural heritage into a shareable and renewable digital form through restoration and reproduction, interpreting and utilizing it from a new perspective and providing new ideas and methods for architectural heritage conservation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Research on the Digital Preservation of Architectural Heritage Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Zheng,

Chen,

et al. 2024

Buildings

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“…For example, Hospers [ 73 ] identified four strategies for issues involving urban governance and planning to respond to urban shrinkage. Farhan et al [ 74 , 75 ] sorted out the historical changes of Najaf City, and committed to promoting and activating the protection of architectural heritage to realize the revival of the old city. Among the proposed strategies, effective planning is the dominant one to deal with urban shrinkage.…”

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Visualizing and Understanding Shrinking Cities and Towns (SCT) Research: A Network Analysis

Zhang

et al. 2022

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The world is undergoing an unprecedented trend of fast urbanization, which causes a range of socio-environmental consequences, one of which is shrinking cities and towns (SCT). SCT refer to the cities or towns that are experiencing population decline and economic downturn. In the existing literature, there have been numerous studies on SCT; however, there is a lack of study which investigates its knowledge domains. Therefore, this paper aims to conduct a scientometric analysis to achieve an outline of the SCT research status. Through the procedures of literature search and screening, a total of 716 SCT-related studies were extracted from the Scopus. The VOSviewer software system program was then utilized to visualize the present SCT-related studies. The visualization results revealed that the journal of Sustainability made significant contributions to the SCT research in terms of relevant publications. In addition, Haase, Annegret received the most co-citations, and was also the most productive author in this field. Furthermore, it was identified that current SCT research is mainly conducted in developed countries. Through the analysis of keywords, the emerging research topics were revealed. Discussions were further made from the perspectives of prevailing research methods, evaluation criteria, and solutions for SCT problems.

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“…Taking Wuhan as an instance, the renewal and renovation of the over-100-year-old Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street since 2018 was an outstanding benchmark of the ingenious combination between smart technologies and the revitalization of historical heritages. Besides new industries and business patterns, the cohesive urban fabric, the spatial organization, the traditional architectural characteristics, the continuity of skyline and facades' patterns, the transformation of land use, and the implications of socio-demographic transformations should also be taken into consideration [63,64]. In this sense, the case study in this article is merely a tentative exploration at a city level rather than a community level.…”

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“…cities still can activate their smart city construction from any stage directly without rigidly following the general path. However, in the long run, Shanghai's approach seems more sustainable, particularly when urban renewal and redevelopment of cultural heritage areas is concerned, in which more stakeholders with interest conflicts and historical components are intertwined in a rather complicated way [63,64].…”

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Understanding Smart City Practice in Urban China: A Governance Perspective

Han

Cai

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Through an evolution from an emerging marketing narrative to a geographical fact around the globe, smart city is increasingly understood as a city’s effort to make itself smart. There seems no single city in the world to be commonly recognized as a real smart city yet, albeit many cities have already tried hard in this missionary commitment. Yet some common features can still be seen and identified, particularly from the urban governance perspective. This article explores the practice of smart city construction in China through a lens of governance by observing the interactive involvement of key stakeholders in the process. By taking three cities (Hangzhou, Wuhan, and Shanghai) in China as study cases, a conceptual framework is established in which three sets of actors, i.e., ICT-related enterprises, government, and civil society, and, accordingly, three types of approaches, i.e., ICT-led, planning-led, and place-making-and-community-oriented, are identified. It is found that the evolution of smart city construction rather follows a nonlinear trajectory and is very dependent on whether or not the primary actors and related stakeholders can form an affirmative acting power in triggering the city’s implementation. In other words, there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to smart city construction. Each city may have its specialization in smartness based on awareness of and respecting its unique existing setting. The empirical study also shows that smart city construction tends to be converged in recognition that the core of smart city is not the smartness of technology but the smartness of all institutions and people enabled to utilize smart tools properly and efficiently in pursuit of people’s well-being, institutional capacity building, and better spatial arrangement towards a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive city in and for the future. From a geographical perspective, that is how to build a smart urban space to make the city a better place to not just accommodate but facilitate and meet people’s increasing demand for a better life in their living places.

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Revitalizing the historical center of Al-Najaf city in Iraq: learning from the British conservation experiences

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Research on the Digital Preservation of Architectural Heritage Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Research on the Digital Preservation of Architectural Heritage Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Visualizing and Understanding Shrinking Cities and Towns (SCT) Research: A Network Analysis

Understanding Smart City Practice in Urban China: A Governance Perspective

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