The role of diversity in achieving the concept of urban space humanization (Three Levels of Urban Space in the City of Kufa case studies: Regional, Sectoral, Neighbourhood)
Keywords:
Humanization; Diversity; urban space; Humanized urban spaceAbstract
Humanization is a concept of different human needs and requirements for health, safety, comfort, and psychological well-being within the city. It is in the interest of sustainability. The responsibility for providing these needs and requirements within the city is urban space. The research examines the role of diversity within urban space in reaching the concept of humanization, in an effort to identify the most important indicators of diversity that achieve the concept of humanization. The research has identified five indicators of diversity (diversity of land uses, diversity of land cover, diversity of the user’s desired activities, diversity of space users, and diversity of modes of transport). These indicators affect different human needs for staying, spending time, and enjoying within urban space, and affect different human needs for health, safety, comfort, and psychological well-being. These indicators were applied to the study area, three urban spaces representing different levels in the city of Kufa, Iraq. The research revealed a gap in the realization of indicators at different levels of urban space.
Downloads
References
F. R. Dallmayr & J. Delbaere-Garant, "Humaniser
rhumanite," Diogene (1), (2012): 37-51.
https://doi.org/10.3917/dio.237.0037
Y. Cabannes, & M. Douglas,. & R. Padawangi., "Cities
by and for the People", Amsterdam University
Press, 2018. doi: 1O.5117/9789462985223/chO1.
Wendt, M., "The importance of death and life of
great American cities (1961) by Jane Jacobs to
the profession of urban planning". New Visions
for Public Affairs, 1, pp.1-24. 2009.
Montgomery, J. with Owens, P. "The evening
economy of cities," Regenerating Cities, Issue 7 ,
lannillo, A., & Fasolino, I. "Land-use mix and urban
sustainability: benefits and indicators analysis".
Sustainability, 13(23), 13460. (2021).
Almahmood, M., Gulsrud, N. M., Schulze, O.,
Carstensen, T. A., & Jorgensen, G.
"Human-centred public urban space: exploring
how the 're-humanisation'of cities as a universal
concept has been adopted and is experienced
within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh".
Urban Research & Practice, 15(1), 1-24. (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1539512
Shostak, H. S. "Barrier-free environment formation
in the current urban landscape". Przestrzeh i
Forma, (33), 195-204. (2018).
Jabareen YR. "Sustainable urban forms: Their
typologies, models, and concepts". Journal of
planning education and research. 26(1): 38-52,
https://doi.org/l0.1177/0739456X05285119
Audirac, I., & Shermyen, A. H. (1994). An evaluation of
neotraditional design's social prescription:
postmodern placebo or remedy for suburban
malaise?. Journal of Planning Education and
Research, 13(3), 161-173.
https://doi.org/l0.1177/0739456X9401300301
Clemente, O., & Ewing, R. Measuring urban design
qualities: An illustrated field manual. DRUM:
Digital Repository University of Maryland (2005).
https://doi.org/10.13016/M2RX93H9H
Burton E. "Measuring urban compactness in UK
towns and cities". Environment and planning B:
planning and design.; 29(2): 219-250. 2002.
https://doi.org/10.1068/b2713.
Song Y, Merlin L, Rodriguez D. "Comparing measures
of urban land use mix". Computers, Environment
and urban systems.; 42: 1-13. 2013.
https://doi.Org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.08.
Mommaas, H. "Cultural clusters and the
post-industrial city: towards the remapping of
urban cultural policy". Urban studies, 41(3),
-532. (2004).
https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098042000178663
Ivarsson, C. T., & Hagerhall, C. M. "The perceived
restorativeness of gardens-Assessing the
restorativeness of a mixed built and natural scene
type". Urban forestry & urban greening, 7(2), 107-118.
(2008).https://doi.Org/10.1016/j.ufug.2008.01.001.
Ramezani, H. "A note on the normalized definition of
Shannon's diversity index in landscape pattern
analysis". Environment and Natural Resources
Research, 2(4), 54-60. (2012).
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/enrr.v2n4p54.
Batty, M., Besussi, E., Maat, K., & Harts, J. J.
"Representing multifunctional cities: density and
diversity in space and time". Built
Environment, 30(4), 324-337. (2004).
https://doi.Org/10.2148/benv.30.4.324.57156
Kang, C., Fan, D., & Jiao, H. "Validating activity, time,
and space diversity as essential components of
urban vitality". Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(5),
-1197. (2021).
https://doi.org/l0.1177/2399808320919771
Krejcie, R. V., & Morgan, D. W. "Determining sample
size for research activities". Educational and
psychological measurement, 30(3), 607-610.
(1970).
https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447003000308
Peyroux, C. E., Bussen, L. S., Costello, S. B., & Dirks, K. N. "Traffic pollution while commuting-Does commute mode matter?". Weather and Climate, 35, 2-12. (2015). https://doi.org/10.2307/26169749
Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Bastiaanssen, J., Sersli, S., Waygood, E. O. D., & Khreis, H. "Implementing car-free cities: rationale, requirements, barriers and facilitators". In Integrating human health into urban and transport Planning (pp. 199-219). Springer, Cham. (2019).10.1007/978-3-319-74983-9J1
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
