Self-generated Neighbourhoods: the role of urban form in the consolidation of informal settlements

Hillier, Bill; Greene, Margarita; Desyllas, Jake

doi:10.1057/palgrave/udi/9000018

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“…In space syntax theories of the city, land use is expected (at least in historically evolved cities) to be a dependent variable, because if spatial configuration influences movement it can be expected to influence land-use patterns according to their demands for being close to or avoiding movement. This is not, as Ratti remarks,`a ssumed'', but is a hypothesis that has been extensively empirically investigated (see, for example, Hillier 1999a; Hillier et al, 2000). It is primarily this process from spatial configuration through movement to land-use patterns, with multiplier effects leading to local intensification of land use and densities, and feedback on the evolution of the local grid structure itself, that seems to shape the traditional city as a seamless network of centres and subcentres against a background of residential space (Hillier, 1999a;2002).…”

Section: Does Space Syntax Ignore Land Use?mentioning

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Penn

2004

Environ Plann B Plann Des

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Section: Does Space Syntax Ignore Land Use?mentioning

confidence: 98%

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2004

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“…Spatial structure of an urban fabric reflects the coordination between built environment with underlying socio-economic circumstances [32]. Renewal Projects can facilitate urban life and improve the quality of the environment by constant renovation, increasing of wellequipped public spaces, and reduction of environmental pollutions.…”

Section: Spatial Structurementioning

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Urban Renewal Mega Projects and Residents’ Quality of Life: Evidence from Historical Religious Center of Mashhad Metropolis

Forouhar

Hasankhani

2018

J Urban Health

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Urban decay is the process by which a historical city center, or an old part of a city, falls into decrepitude and faces serious problems. Urban management, therefore, implements renewal mega projects with the goal of physical and functional revitalization, retrieval of socioeconomic capacities, and improving of quality of life of residents. Ignoring the complexities of these large-scale interventions in the old and historical urban fabrics may lead to undesirable consequences, including an additional decline of quality of life. Thus, the present paper aims to assess the impact of renewal mega projects on residents' subjective quality of life, in the historical religious district of the holy city of Mashhad (Samen District). A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of impact assessment, including questionnaires, semi-structured personal interviews, and direct observation, is used in this paper. The results yield that the Samen Renewal Project has significantly reduced the resident's subjective quality of life, due to its undesirable impacts on physical, socio-cultural, and economic environments.

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“…As an example, Macanan and Jogoyudan are more dominant in terms of their physical aspect (9 out of 10), while Suryatmajan is more dominant in terms of its social aspect (8 out of 10). Hillier (2000) explains that in the case of rapid growth, the time factor seems to be very important in the economic and social consolidation of each district. This seems fair to assume that the consolidation process in these older settlements is different from that of the new peripheral districts that grew from nothing.…”

Section: Living Space Consolidation 51 Livelihood Living Space Assetmentioning

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Co-habitation Space: A Model for Urban Informal Settlement Consolidation for the Heritage City of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Prayitno

2017

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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Yogyakarta City has a sacred cosmological space formed by imaginary philosophical axes based on the centuries' old Javanese belief system. The Kraton or Sultan's Palace is the focal area with the space around the philosophical axes functioning as a buffer area, and the outer circle that serves as a supporting area. All are linked by the concept of co-habitation space.This paper aims to explain the spatial, philosophical principles in relation to the phenomenon of changes in the urban space in Yogyakarta today. The concept of co-habitation space is physically understood as activities showing guyub (harmony/togetherness) carried out by urban citizens. These can be seen from place attachment, livelihood, and spatial territory. The focus of this research is the sharing phenomenon ('co') that takes place in kampong (urban neighbourhoods) spaces and their surrounding areas.This study uses a rationalistic approach and mixed methods of which the main methods employed were observation and space syntax. The results of this study suggest that the level of guyub in an area is influenced by the local spatial configuration. This study concludes that the concept of co-habitation space affected the way the Sultans of Yogyakarta utilized their kingdom's territory for the welfare of their people.

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Self-generated Neighbourhoods: the role of urban form in the consolidation of informal settlements

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Urban Renewal Mega Projects and Residents’ Quality of Life: Evidence from Historical Religious Center of Mashhad Metropolis

Co-habitation Space: A Model for Urban Informal Settlement Consolidation for the Heritage City of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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