Achievement Of Cities Research Articles

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

Urban vitality, understood as a key factor in the achievement of cities’ sustainability, shows a strong relationship with urban morphology. The city theorist Jane Jacobs suggested morphological aspects to promote vital cities in the 1960s, which remain valid in the present. However, 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, integrating Jacobs’ approach. In particular, three urban vitality indexes are evaluated with the application of GIS software using cadastral data obtained from the Metropolitan District of Quito and field data collection. Results show that context-based previous knowledge and scale of analysis are essential 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 informal small-scale commerce, the quality of sidewalks, and well-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 intend to provide a useful framework for researchers and planners to study urban vitality in Andean cities.

Solutions and Strategies to Reduce Damaging Impact of Single-Use Plastic Bag in Toledo City

The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of residents' personal concerns about improper plastic disposal and to give voice to their thoughts about the Toledo City Government's prospective ideas and approaches for minimizing the city's plastic pollution. Residents of Magdugo, Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines, have been subjected to increasing levels of plastic pollution. The vast number of discarded plastic items that eventually end up in canals, drainage systems, and city streets, generating flooding that poses a severe challenge in agriculture, health, and sanitation. According to the findings, the city's inefficient waste management system has resulted in a massive accumulation of durable plastics. Toledo City, on the other hand, has improved waste management, restored cleanliness, and minimized the environmental effect of plastics through regulatory initiatives. The majority of citizens in Toledo City have enthusiastically embraced the city's ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic bags. Plastic bag littering has been shown to decrease throughout the city, resulting in a cleaner and healthier environment. The city's achievement might serve as a model for other places that have yet to abolish plastic bags. As a result of a cleaner and healthier environment, people have become more productive, and tourists have returned to the city, contributing to the city's economic growth. Policy management in the reduction of plastic pollution.

Exploring the alternative solutions and strategies of toledo city government for the damaging impact of single-use plastic bag in the environment

The object of research: The aim of this research is to gain a better understanding of residents' personal concerns about improper plastic disposal and to give voice to their thoughts about the Toledo City Government's prospective ideas and approaches for minimizing the city's plastic pollution.
 Investigated problem: Residents of Magdugo, Toledo City have been subjected to increasing levels of plastic pollution. The vast number of discarded plastic items that eventually end up in canals, drainage systems, and city streets, generating flooding that poses a severe challenge in agriculture, health, and sanitation.
 The main scientific results: According to the findings, the city's inefficient waste management system has resulted in a massive accumulation of durable plastics. Toledo City, on the other hand, has improved waste management, restored cleanliness, and minimized the environmental effect of plastics through regulatory initiatives.
 The area of practical use of the research results: The majority of citizens in Toledo City have enthusiastically embraced the city's ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic bags. Plastic bag littering has been shown to decrease throughout the city, resulting in a cleaner and healthier environment. The city's achievement might serve as a model for other places that have yet to abolish plastic bags.
 Innovative technological product: As a result of a cleaner and healthier environment, people have become more productive, and tourists have returned to the city, contributing to the city's economic growth.
 Scope of the innovative technological product: Policy management in the reduction of plastic pollution

Exploring The Alternative Solutions and Strategies of Toledo City Government for The Damaging Impact of Single-Use Plastic Bag in the Environment

The object of research: The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of residents' personal concerns about improper plastic disposal and to give voice to their thoughts about the Toledo City Government's prospective ideas and approaches for minimizing the city's plastic pollution.Investigated problem: Residents of Magdugo, Toledo City have been subjected to increasing levels of plastic pollution. The vast number of discarded plastic items that eventually end up in canals, drainage systems, and city streets, generating flooding that poses a severe challenge in agriculture, health, and sanitation. The main scientific results: According to the findings, the city's inefficient waste management system has resulted in a massive accumulation of durable plastics. Toledo City, on the other hand, has improved waste management, restored cleanliness, and minimized the environmental effect of plastics through regulatory initiatives. The area of practical use of the research results: The majority of citizens in Toledo City have enthusiastically embraced the city's ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic bags. Plastic bag littering has been shown to decrease throughout the city, resulting in a cleaner and healthier environment. The city's achievement might serve as a model for other places that have yet to abolish plastic bags. Innovative technological product: As a result of a cleaner and healthier environment, people have become more productive, and tourists have returned to the city, contributing to the city's economic growth. Scope of the innovative technological product: Policy management in the reduction of plastic pollution

Profile of the physical condition of the determinant of the serve and skills on the court tennis service

The purpose of this study was to find out the determinant physical condition and service skills of court tennis in tennis players of the city's achievement coaching club Jambi. The subjects of this study were 15 tennis players of the city's achievement coaching club Jambi. Test instruments Push-Up Test (arm muscle strength), Sit and Reach (flexibility), Tennis ball throwing test (Eye and Hand Coordination), and Service Test (Service Skills). The results showed that the results of arm muscle strength owned by players coaching the achievements of the city of Jambi's tennis court most of the 14 players gained a good category once with a percentage of 93%. The togok flexibility test that players coaching the achievements of the city of Jambi city tennis mostly 9 players gained a very good category with a percentage of 60%. The eye and hand coordination tests that Jambi city court tennis coaching players have most of the 12 players gained a good category with a percentage of 80%.0%. And the court tennis service that the Jambi city court tennis coaching players have mostly 10 players gained less category with a percentage of 67%.

Effect of Class Size on University Entrance Exam in Turkey

Academic achievement has a crucial role in students’ education, especially during their high school years. In many countries and specifically in Turkey, students’ performance in the exam for higher education is the biggest determinant for their admission to a college.There might be many factors that can affect students’ achievement and class size is a very important one which is the focus of this study. The purpose of this study was to find out if there is a significant correlation between number of students per classroom among 81 cities in Turkey and each city's student achievement ranking in the Transition to Higher Education Examination which is abbreviated as “YGS” in Turkish. In the study, the data of the number of students per classroom among 81 cities in Turkey and the data of each city's achievement rankings on Transition to Higher Education Examination (YGS) were used. The Spearman's Rho analysis was conducted in order to examine the correlation between class size and achievement ranking. The result of the Spearman's Rho correlation was -.366 with .001 significance level. This significant negative correlation between class size and achievement ranking indicated that the cities which have a low achievement ranking on the YGS tend to have greater number of students per classroom. Result of the study suggests promoting classes with lower number of students in a classroom so that students would not be affected negatively in terms of their academic achievement.

The Impact of Number of Students per Teacher on Student Achievement

Effectiveness of teachers has a crucial place in education and it is usually evaluated based on students’ achievement. The focus of teacher effectiveness has been primarily on quality of teachers and how teachers instruct. However, there are external factors that influence teachers’ effectiveness like the number of students per teacher. The goal of this study was to identify if there is a significant correlation between number of students per teacher and students’ achievement. In the study, the data for the number of students per teacher was obtained by dividing the total number of students in high schools by the total number of teachers in high schools in every city of Turkey. The data for students’ achievement was based on each city's achievement ranking on Turkey's Transition to Higher Education Exam. Spearman Rho's analysis was conducted to see if there is a correlation between these variables. The result of the analysis showed a significant correlation of -.561. This moderate negative correlation between the student teacher ratio and achievement revealed that the cities with greater number of students per teacher tend to have a low achievement on Turkey's Transition to Higher Education Examon. The result suggested more teachers should be hired in order to decrease the number of students per teacher so that students’ achievement can enhance.

Gin and Tonic or Oil and Water: The Entrepreneurial City and Sustainable Managerial Regeneration in Manchester

This paper explores the notion of local urban policy hybridity in Manchester, England. It presents the findings of qualitative research set in the context of the parallel entrepreneurial city and sustainable regeneration debates. The research objective was to examine the extent of Manchester's conversion to the politics of the entrepreneurial city on the assumption that this signals a departure from efforts towards the city's achievement of sustainable regeneration and social equity goals. Manchester was selected because it has been held up as an iconic entrepreneurial city. The continuing entrepreneurial city debate, instigated by David Harvey in the 1980s, runs alongside that of sustainable regeneration in ways that are seen as sometimes complementary but usually contradictory. The software package NVivo 7 was used to assist with data analysis. The methodological approach was based loosely on the grounded theory approach of Strauss and Corbin: the approach of the analysis mainly followed the qualitative interpretive approach of discourse analysis. Key community strategy documents are found to interweave elements of the entrepreneurial and managerial governance discourses and also incorporate conceptual elements that have emerged recently such as a concern with crime, sustainability and community involvement. The paper provides valuable insights into the hybrid nature of Manchester's actually existing local community strategies which feature a robust adherence to the managerial mode of local urban policy.

Biomedical engineering: The quest for the ultimate artificial heart: The Salt Lake City achievement is only the beginning; in the offing are smaller, lighter systems, and eventually a fully implantable electrohydraulic heart

Discusses the development of a fully functional artificial heart that is totally implanted in the body. The University of Utah heart system that sustains life for Dr. Clark is illustrated. In West Germany a similar but more compact air-driving system was built. It might be called the second stage in what seems to be a four-stage progression towards the ultimate artificial heart. The University of Utah is developing the third stage, an electrohydraulic heart in which the heart and motor would be implanted, but the power supply and controls would remain outside the body. The final stage calls for smaller, more powerful batteries that would allow implantation of everything needed for an independent artificial heart.