Legacy Of City Research Articles

From Urban heritage resources: social media analytics of Johor Bahru tourists’ experience and motivation for exploring heritage buildings

ABSTRACT Assessing tourists’ social media perceptions is crucial in today's digital age. Due to its industrial reputation, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has been overlooked for heritage tourism. This data mining study examines tourists’ experiences and motivations for visiting Johor Bahru's heritage buildings of 2,369 Google Review and Tripadvisor comments using web crawlers scripted in Python. The content analysis identified six themes associated with tourist motivation: activity, accessibility, diversity, attachment, inclusivity, and appearance. Even though their aesthetics are subdued, Johor Bahru's public historic sites thrive on accessibility and active activities, unlike magnificent royal edifices. Despite their architectural value, royal structures attracted fewer tourists due to the absence of diversity, inclusivity, and activities and restrictive measures. Maintaining the city's legacy and architectural identity requires highlighting these buildings. This study accentuates social media-driven popular views. The findings may encourage local authorities and stakeholders to strengthen Johor Bahru's identity and promote heritage tourism.

Preserving cultural heritage and tourism promoting city values: Applying digitalization trends to cultural heritage

Even if the implementation of Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) for historic buildings is still beset with challenges and difficulties, researchers all over the globe are continually developing new technologies, which exhibits positive tendencies. However, there hasn't been a lot of study done on HBIM in Vietnam yet. Therefore, in an effort to expand and promote HBIM to a wider community, the purpose of this study is to digitize cultural heritage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam using a heritage information data model integrated enhanced data model that incorporates Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) for the virtual tour, as well as historical preservation; as a result, the city's legacy may have a greater value, both in terms of its tangible and intangible aspects. The research is broken down into four main steps: (1) observing the potential application of 3D Laser Scanning in preserving the tangible cultural heritage; (2) implementing scanning work for a case study in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam; (3) identifying the workflow for integrations; and (4) assessing the orientation of the research, the Temple of King Hung in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is chosen for the case study. The research results show the constraints in utilizing the Trimble X7 3D Laser Scanner; the working experience is examined to improve the future workflow for future case studies. The coupling of HBIM with application history environments for building performance analysis, structural analysis, facilities management, augmented reality, virtual reality, and secure design fire protection for historic buildings may be determined to be beneficial. An altered approach involving VR, AR vision algorithms is also presented by promoting digital tourism, making valuable cultural heritage and tourism accessible to people by technology.

The Last Stand of Robert E. Lee

The Last Stand of Robert E. Lee Jamelle Bouie (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution There are many ways in which Charlottesville, Virginia, is still reeling from the Unite the Right rally in 2017 that claimed one life and made the city synonymous with the resurgent white nationalism of the Trump era. A makeshift memorial still marks the spot where Heather Heyer was killed and dozens of others injured. Politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens are still grappling with what the rally revealed about the city's legacy of white supremacy. And the focal point of the protest—the Robert E. Lee statue—still stands. That might change soon. Under Governor Ralph Northam, the new Democratic majority in the Virginia General Assembly may amend the law that forbids cities and localities from removing their Confederate monuments. Charlottesville may finally remove the most visible markers of its racist past. In the meantime, residents have started to use the statue—as well as a similar equestrian sculpture of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson—as a canvas of sorts. Every few months, someone paints a new message or does a little damage. If the city can't remove the statues, then at least its residents can work to undermine their message. The most recent attempt was in September, when an unknown artist spray-painted both statues with "1619," a reference to the New York Times Magazine's "1619 Project" on the legacy of American slavery. The meaning is straightforward. These statues and the Lost Cause ideology they represent are direct legacies of slavery. And as long as they're a part of the landscape, that cannot be forgotten. [End Page 172] Jamelle Bouie Jamelle Bouie is an opinion columnist for the New York Times. Copyright © 2020 Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, Inc. (FSISI)

The Use of GIS in Major Sport Events Management; the Host City’s Lessons Learned from Gold Coast 2018, Commonwealth Games

This paper documents the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in the delivery of recent major sporting events with a specific focus on the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018). It details the process that was undertaken by GC2018 Partner organisations in managing an integrated GIS solution. Governance structures, data sets, information custodianship and implementation timelines are explored to provide a holistic understanding of the GC2018 GIS journey. The paper then explores the challenges that were faced and conversely the recommendations for future Host Cities. Integrated GIS use was a critical element in the success of GC2018 and provided a City legacy in terms of information sharing, governance and broader use of GIS systems. It recognises that whilst GIS was an integral part of the planning and operations of GC2018 significant benefits could be derived by Host Cities by ensuring integration of GIS into Games governance and committing to roles and responsibilities three or 4 years in advance of the event.

What can deliberative mini‐publics contribute to democratic systems?

AbstractCan deliberative mini‐publics contribute to deepening the democratic dimensions of electoral democracies? The question is framed in this article using a problem‐based approach to democratic theory–to count as democratic, political systems must accomplish three basic functions related to inclusion, communication and deliberation, and decision making. This approach is elaborated with an analysis of a real‐world case: a deliberative mini‐public with a citizens’ assembly design, focused on urban planning convened in Vancouver, Canada. This example was chosen because the context was one in which the city's legacy institutions of representative democracy had significant democratic deficits in all three areas, and the mini‐public was a direct response to these deficits. It was found that Vancouver's deliberative mini‐public helped policy makers, activists and affected residents move a stalemated planning process forward, and did do so in ways that improved the democratic performance of the political system. Depending on when and how they are sequenced into democratic processes, deliberative mini‐publics can supplement existing legacy institutions and practices to deepen their democratic performance.

IDENTIFIKASI KELESTARIAN KAWASAN KOTA LAMA MELALUI PROTEKSI BANGUNAN CAGAR BUDAYA OLEH PEMERINTAH KOTA SURABAYA

Surabaya old town district was the historical evidence of the Dutch Government in Colonial era, The center of the Dutch Administration located in Old Town, meanwhile Old Town District was the whiteness of Dutch defeat. Many buildings built by the Dutch in Colonial era are still conserved. Surabaya has strategy and policy through Tourism and Culture Department to conserve these buildings to be a landmark and legacy of city, this study addresses to evaluate the policy associated with the protection of heritage buildings, to examine the policy and to sum up the findings associated to conservation theory. This research uses the character appraisal, quantitative and qualitative. The result found are several buildings have been protected by the policy, however, there is a segment made so many facade changes and several well ornamented buildings. The conclusion obtained that the cultural heritage building policy can be nicely applied, especially to the historical value buildings. The Government gives a tolerance to renovate the buildings having less strong historical value.

A Documentary History of Naples: Ancient Naples, Chapter Seven - Haven of Hellenism: Greek Culture in Roman Neapolis

In the Roman Imperial period, Naples gradually waned as a commercial and maritime power but gained influence as the greatest repository of Greek culture and traditions in the Roman West. This chapter analyzes the city's legacy as a center of literature, Greek athletics, performance, oratory, and visual arts.

A Reading of Virgil's Eclogues

Pastoral is a contemplative form. Created in the midst of social turmoil and political convulsion, the Eclogues constitute a meditation on the emotional, intellectual and moral dislocation of contemporary man. They investigate not only the brute historical fact of the destructive impact of the politico-military world — the world of the city, of Rome — upon the country, but also the psychological chaos and spiritual impoverishment which Virgil sees as the city's legacy and the corollary of technological growth. And within the context of a world dominated by urban values they scrutinise the question of poetry's function and efficacy. They present, in short, a poetic analysis of postlapsarian man measured against the yardstick of his finest ideals and, concomitant with this, a statement of poetry's impotence.