Housing Space Research Articles

Peri-Urbanization in DIY and Its Relationship to Sustainable Agricultural Lands Protection Program

One of the main issues for cities in the world today is peri-urbanization. The rate of urbanization that occurred as an impact of industrialization resulted in a rapid population increase of urban areas. The increase of urban population causes the need of space for housing and other urban facilities also increase simultaneously, while administratively, urban area is relatively constant. The consequences is, the annexation of productive agricultural lands (especially rice fields) in the suburbs by urban functions. This study attempts to examine periurbanization and its relationship with sustainable agricultural land protection programs. This study aims to (1) assess the level of peri-urbanization in DIY; and (2) Elaborate the relationship between peri-urbanization and sustainable agricultural land protection programs. The spatial approach is used in this study considering that space is an integral part of a city which is a container for various urban activities and functions. This research is also in line with the ideas of a “sustainable city” that has been proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) and all countries in the world. The results of the study show that the implementation of regional regulations on sustainable agricultural land is quite effective in holding back the pace of peri-urbanization.

Moving the Field Forward: A Decade of Progress Implementing Health in All Policies in the United States.

Moving the Field Forward: A Decade of Progress Implementing Health in All Policies in the United States.

젠더적 관점에서 살펴본 사용자 중심의 주거･도시공간에 관한 연구: 여성친화도시를 중심으로

본 연구의 목적은 도시공간 문제를 젠더적 관점에서 고찰함으로써 새로운 해결방안을 모색하는데 있다. 이를 위해 주요국 젠더 도시 사례와 한국의 서울시와 익산시 사례를 살펴보았다. 사례 분석 결과, 젠더적 관점에서 도시공간은 일상의 변화를 개선하는 것에 중점을 두고 있었다. 즉 그것은 사회의 큰 변화를 유도하기보다 기존 도시의 틀 안에서 작은 변화가 시도되고, 개선되는 것을 의미한다. 이를 통한 정책적 시사점은 첫째, 젠더적 관점을 통해 획일적인 도시공간에서 소통 부재로 나타나는 인간 소외 등의 도시 문제점을 해결할 수 있을 것이다. 둘째, 기존의 도시공간의 틀 안에서 도시 시설디자인을 바꾸고 공간을 재구성함으로써 공간과 생활의 동시 변화를 꾀할 수 있다. 셋째, 젠더 관점의 도시공간 설계로 사회 범죄 예방 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 넷째, 명확한 성과지표를 설정함으로서 친환경적이며 지속가능한 도시공간의 새로운 지향점을 제시할 수 있다. 이와 같이 도시공간에 젠더 관점의 반영은 기존의 획일적이고, 공급자 중심인 도시공간을 개선시킬 수 있는 단초를 제공할 것으로 기대한다.

Solid Financial Reforms are Needed to Uplift the Distressed Real Estate Sector

After the pandemic COVID-19 breakout, there has been a significant decline in the property listings. Though the Centre has focused on the affordable housing space for reforms, there has been no visible reforms in view of the realty developers. Due to the recent moratorium imposed on the term loans, credit sources have been tightened for the realty developers coupled with other aspects. Given the difficulty in credit availing conditions in the sector, the article discusses the distressed funds as alternatives to uplift the sector. However, there are certain hurdles for the distressed funds in the form of capital structures to act quickly and operate efficiently. The article in this regard discusses certain changes in the regulatory framework that allows flexibility in the capital outlay in the residential real estate projects.

Improvements by Residential Neighborhood Types for Activation of Children’s Outdoor Play

The purpose of this study is to analyse the conditions of neighborhoods in Seoul and to propose improvements by residential neighborhood types activating children’s outdoor play. Based on the analysis of 4 sites by residential neighborhood types in Southwest district, the study suggests the following improvements. First, in ‘low-rise residential dense area’, it suggests to use neighborhood parks and schools actively in order to solve the problem of the lack of play space in the neighborhood. Especially, the school that is the hub of the neighborhood and the connection point of the children’s social networks should de considered actively. Second, in ‘residential mixed area’, it suggests that to use schools and outdoor spaces of apartments adjacent to the school actively in order to solve the problem of the lack of play space in the low-rise housing. Third, in ‘apartment complex dense area’, it suggests that to break boundaries between apartments to link play spaces in each apartment, and to design boundaries of the school and apartments as public spaces, in order to improve the current poor school-route conditions. Four, in ‘large scale apartment complex’, it suggest to use the car-free pedestrian lane adject to the school actively as the street-play space and to establish child-friendly travel routes within neighborhoods.

Painted Towels in Museum and Archival Collections of Ukraine: Regional Artistic Features

The aim of the article is to identify and arrange the available samples of painted towels, as well as their images in museum and archival collections of Ukraine, to analyze regional artistic features, the most common compositions, motifs, and stylistic interpretations.Research methods combine source studies, which consist in the study of original works, axiological method – for revealing value features of these samples, and art critical analysis – for describing artistic features of painted towels.Scientific novelty. The article arranges, considers and introduces into science the original samples of painted towels, as well as their images from museum and archival sources.Conclusions. Painted towels were used in the interior of rural homes mainly in the 1920s to 1970s. Out of a large number of different types of towels, hand-painted ones usually imitated kilkovi rushnyky (magnificently embroidered towels for icons and paintings) and bozhnyks (towels for decorating icons), both of which were of a great importance in Ukrainian ethnic culture. These samples are characterized by features of woven, embroidered or printed prototypes, the imitation of regional compositional schemes, motifs, decorative expressiveness. At the same time, painted towels are original works of art, organically combined with the integral ornamental space of a peasant house.

The Figure of the Nenek Kebayan and the Witch in Selected Haunted House Films

This study analyses the Malay folkloric trope of the Nenek Kebayan and how this supernatural figure is connected to the Gothic trope of the haunted house in selected horror films. This study contends that the figure of the Nenek Kebayan is instrumental in the haunting effect of these homes. Three horror films have therefore been chosen to analyse the motif of the Nenek Kebayan and the haunted house which are Congkak (2005), Al-Hijab (2011) and additionally, the figure of the Nenek Kebayan is compared to the figure of the spectral Witch in The Conjuring (2013). In so doing, this study adapts the Structural Uncanny Haunted House Framework (SUHHF) as a theoretical framework. SUHHF is an Uncanny adaptation of Joshua Comaroff’s and Ong Ker-Shing’s concept of the architecture of horror. SUHHF focuses primarily on three aspects of the haunted house which are The Surmounted Corpse that provides insights to the external and internal layer of the house, The Hazardous Transition that explains the application of the transitional elements of the haunted house and finally the Trojan Compartment that reveals the secret spaces in the haunted house. Furthermore, filmic technique is deployed as a methodology to capture the moments of haunting by the Nenek Kebayan and her cognate, the Witch. The implication of this study to provide a deeper appreciation and understanding in regards to aspect of the Nenek Kebayan and the haunted house setting in the examined films. Keywords: haunted house; Nenek Kebayan; hauntings; convergence; divergence; the Witch

Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Response to Soil Properties of Urban Wastelands in Warsaw, Poland

Urban wasteland is of special interest to city planners. However, to integrate such areas into city space management with consideration of nature conservation aspects, a sound assessment of their ecological potential is necessary. The aim of this paper was to analyze whether carabid beetle assemblages of the wastelands are affected by soil parameters, particularly trace element contamination. Therefore, we studied the carabid fauna in relation to selected soil parameters on 56 sampling plots situated in 24 wastelands located in the city of Warsaw (Poland). The results have confirmed our assumptions that the number of species, as well as the number of individual carabid beetles, are negatively affected by an increasing amount of pollutants in the soil. Particularly, the trace elements Pb, Cu, and Cd showed a significantly negative impact. The results are of value when it comes to the use of urban wastelands in the context of sustainable city development. Future use of urban wastelands will be faced with trade-offs between the use for public interests (e.g., housing space) and ecological interests. Phytoremediation and entomoremediation may be included in decontamination measures. The results of studies, such as the one conducted by us, may help to select the respective wastelands for certain purposes.

Change of Urban Space in Istanbul

Kentsel mekân, kent olgusunun ilk varoluşundan günümüze, toplum dinamiklerine bağlı olarak sürekli bir dönüşüm içindedir. Sosyo-kültürel, ekonomik ve siyasi değişimler, kentsel mekânın dönüşümü ve şekillenmesinde önemli rol oynamaktadır. Kentsel mekânın bu gelişim sürecinde, kentsel alana anlam yükleyen mimari ürün konuttur. Dolayısıyla bu süreçten ve değişimin yansımalarından etkilenen büyük kentlerden biri de İstanbul’dur. İstanbul’da 1950’li yıllarla birlikte hızla artan köyden kente göç, sonrasında çarpık yapılaşma gibi etkenler kontrol altına alınamayan kentsel dönüşüme imkân vermiştir. Konut, kentsel, kamusal alanlarla birlikte kurulan ilişkinin en önemli aktörü olmuş, dinamikleri etkisinde sürekli kendini yenilemiştir. Özellikle 1980’lerde imar düzenlemeleri ve konut talebi konut üretimlerinin artmasına neden olmuştur. Köyden kente göç, farklı ekonomik sınıfların belirginleşmesi, yüksek rant, konut piyasasındaki rekabet, sınıfsal ve mekânsal ayrışmayı ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu sayede yüksek güvenlikli, korunaklı yeni yaşam alanlarının şekillenmesi de kaçınılmaz olmuştur. Kent çeperine yayılan konut alanlarındaki gelişim, kent merkezlerinde yıkıp-yapma ya da dikey yaşam alanları şeklinde büyüme göstermiştir. Bu anlamda yaşanan bu değişim ve gelişim, ekonomik imkânlar çerçevesinde kent merkezinden ayrışan, bireyi sosyal çevreden uzaklaştıran yaşam alanlarına dönüşmüştür. Dolayısıyla içe dönük bir toplum ya da toplum şartlarının ortaya çıkardığı ortak alanlar yeni yaşam merkezi olarak biçim kazanmıştır. İstanbul, yüksek rantlı sosyo-kültürel gelişimin gözardı edildiği konut projeleri ile mekansal anlamda ayrışmayı belirgin bir şekilde göstermektedir. Bu anlamda çalışmada, İstanbulda kent içi, kent çeperlerine yayılan ayrıcalıklı konutların kentsel ve mekânsal değişiminin irdelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda, kentleşme, konut sektörü, sosyo-kültürel, ekonomik değişimlerin konut sektörüne etkisi, kent içi, kent dışı konut alanları ve kent mekânının sosyal yaşam çerçevesinde değişimi ele alınmıştır. Özellikle kent merkezi dışında gelişen konut alanlarının oluşum sürecini etkileyen nedenler ve bu alanların İstanbul içindeki yerleşimleri örnekler üzerinden incelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak İstanbul’da toplumsal ve kültürel yaşamın göstergesi olan konutun farklı yaklaşım, üretim biçimlerine rağmen, benzer özellikler ve ticari kaygılarla şekillenen, ayrıcalıklı ve ayrışmayı hissettiren, ekonomik sınıflar arasında kopukluğu ortaya çıkaran yaşam alanlarının belirgin bir şekilde ortaya çıktığı tespit edilmiştir.

HABITABILIDAD Y AIRBNB: EL ALQUILER DE LA VIVIENDA EN EL DISTRITO CENTRO DE MADRID

La irrupción del alquiler turístico, como el ofertado en Airbnb, ha provocado profundos cambios en torno a la vivienda y en los espacios urbanos. Así, Madrid se ha convertido de la mano del alquiler turístico, en una exitosa ciudad turística. En este artículo se analiza la proliferación del alquiler turístico en el distrito Centro de Madrid y su incidencia sobre el alquiler residencial. En este caso, como en otras ciudades europeas y norteamericanas, la explotación turística de las viviendas ha abierto la brecha de renta, mientras que el alquiler de las viviendas se ha disparado. The irruption of the tourist rental, like the one offered on Airbnb, has brought profound changes around housing and urban spaces. Madrid has become the hand of the tourist rental, among other reasons, in a successful touristic city. This article analyses the proliferation of tourist rentals in the Central district of Madrid and its impact on residential rentals. In this case, as in other European and North American cities, the tourist exploitation of the houses has allowed to open the rent gap, while the rental price of the houses has skyrocketed.

Effects of COVID-19 on Urban Housing Delivery and Affordability in Nigeria

The world economy has been experiencing serious disruption due to the advent of COVID-19 pandemic impacting at both local and global scales. Inquiries, studies and researches are currently ongoing to analyse the impacts COVID-19 has on various sectors of the economy so as to enable stakeholders in policy making understand and come up with adequate plans to develop resilience to the pandemic and ensure sustainability of the several affected sectors in the economy. Housing is one of the fundamental needs of man and has no doubt been affected by the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the aspect of housing need, space requirement, housing security, housing affordability and security of tenure, housing/property investment and construction. This study reviews various existing studies on the current effects and potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic on different facets of urban housing, and its effects on urban housing delivery and affordability, with a view to identifying fissures or gaps as well as filling the identified gaps and create platform for further studies and contribution to knowledge and academic research. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was adopted with a total of 140 documents retrieved and 79 eliminated using adopted criteria leaving out 61, out of which 30 not addressing subject matter in the study area were excluded from findings; thus, 33 documents including PhD dissertations, MSc. thesis, peer reviewed journal articles, books, proceedings, technical reports and other published articles directly relevant to this paper work were succinctly reviewed. Results show COVID-19 has impacted housing need, space requirement, housing security, housing affordability, real estate investment and housing development. The study also shows that residential, hospitality, retail, offices, industrial and healthcare sectors have different experiences of COVID-19 impact as some are positive like in the case of industrial and healthcare while others are negative.

Luoghi elastici e progetto intermedio.

Molte delle riflessioni architettoniche e urbane concepite durante e dopo la pandemia COVID sembrano alludere all’invenzione di nuovi paradigmi di sviluppo alternativi all’idea di città e di metropoli globale. Ma è davvero possibile questa risposta o, ancora una volta, tra l’architettura e la realtà si sta generando uno iato difficile da colmare? In quest’articolo si prova ad affrontare il tema della città post covid a partire da quella esistente e in particolare dalle periferie, da quei quartieri costruiti su un’idea di standard che nasce proprio dal rapporto architettura- salute dove però, molto spesso, il progetto sia delle abitazioni che degli spazi pubblici ha determinato luoghi astratti che rendono difficile la costruzione di reti sociali.

Regional Risk Factors of Pancreatic Disorders

Introduction: Establishing geographical features of health effects of socio-economic factors and characteristics of adaptation of certain population groups to new living conditions is important for taking appropriate preventive measures to improve the situation and for strategic planning in the sphere of health care and social development of territories. The purpose of the research was to determine priority regional risk factors for pancreatic disorders in the population of Primorsky Krai. Materials and methods: We conducted a hygienic and statistical analysis of the impact of selected socio-economic factors on the incidence rates of pancreatic diseases in children, adolescents, and adults. The database on the registered non-communicable disease incidence included the indices registered by the Primorsky Regional Medical Information and Analytical Center. The study of socio-economic factors included a quantitative assessment of data on three groups of indicators including living conditions, material well-being, and medical density over a 17-year observation period extracted from the regional yearbooks of the Department of the Federal State Statistics Service for Primorsky Krai. Results: We established an inverse relationship between pancreatic disease rates and the indices of population density, per capita income, and solvency ratio and a direct relationship with the proportion of living space in houses without utilities. Conclusion: Our findings enabled us to establish the relationship between adverse effects of socio-economic factors and pancreatic diseases in the regional population and to make a significant contribution to substantiating appropriate measures of primary prevention at the population level.

Feral Hospitality: Thinking Outside the House With Kedi

Our current understandings of hospitality are largely informed by the Western European philosophical tradition. This tradition, however, restricts accommodation to the proprietary space of the human house, or to its equivalent, the nation state. Both can only offer a constrained, exclusive, and temporary welcome. This has significantly limited the possibilities for imagining and practicing hospitality. In order to challenge the perceived scarcity at the heart of hospitality’s spatial imaginary, this essay turns to Kedi, Ceyda Torun’s 2016 documentary about Turkish street cats. Using the film as a guide, it explores what hospitality can look like outside the house. By tending to the relationships between cats and the people of Istanbul, the film offers a glimpse of a more capacious, creaturely, and cosmopolitan alternative I call, “feral Hospitality.” This is an itinerant and performative hospitality that produces rather than consumes space.

Phenotype and genotypes Malay traditional house in West Kalimantan

At the beginning of the 20th century, the terms genotype and phenotype in biology were adopted into architecture. In the science of architecture genotype was an abstract relational model that governs the arrangement of space, and the principle of organizing space while phenotype was a physical form of architecture. Genotype passed from generation to generation thus informing an identity in the community. The development of globalization and the environment can influence the identity of architectural diversity in each region. Vulnerability in the transformation of architectural forms can have an impact on identities that can survive or disappear. Malay traditional houses in West Kalimantan are on stilts and are located on the riverside. the sample used is a traditional Malay house around the palace in West Kalimantan with a sample of 8 cities and uses 69 sample houses. The method in this study uses the Levi Strauss structuralism and configuration space. External structure analysis has an informed of variation phenotype. through configuration space to finding archetypes. Then, continue to inner structure analysis to finding genotype from that archetype. The result from this study found the value and meanings of principle and arrangement space in traditional Malay house in West Kalimantan in the form of zoning of men and women as well as clean and dirty zones which have always been passed down from generation to generation.

Aging in Place, Envelhecimento em Casa e na Comunidade em Portugal

Aging in place means the ability to continue living at home and in the community over time, safely and independently. The promotion and enhancement of aging modalities at home and in the community is a model of social intervention currently favored by the World Health Organization as people get older (WHO, 2015). In this article we present the main data resulting from the collection and systematization of about eighty local initiatives, exploring how the concept of aging in place is operationalized in Portugal by public, private and associative entities. The initiatives identified are spread across the country and fall into twelve categories: support for caregivers; fight against isolation; gerotechnologies; home support; day and social centres; social intervention; leisure and learning; housing and physical spaces; health, nutrition and physical activity; safety; mobility; and psychological well-being. While some initiatives make more sense in a particular social context, others can be replicated anywhere, essentially because of their universal objectives, such as combating isolation or promoting mobility. All in all, we are looking at a good set of examples of what can be done locally to make it easier for people who so desire to grow old at home and in the surrounding community, thereby preserving their identity and ensuring a sense of continuity in its life cycle.

Aging in Place in Portugal

Aging in place means the ability to continue living at home and in the community over time, safely and independently. The promotion and enhancement of aging modalities at home and in the community is a model of social intervention currently favored by the World Health Organization as people get older (WHO, 2015). In this article we present the main data resulting from the collection and systematization of about eighty local initiatives, exploring how the concept of aging in place is operationalized in Portugal by public, private and associative entities. The initiatives identified are spread across the country and fall into twelve categories: support for caregivers; fight against isolation; gerotechnologies; home support; day and social centres; social intervention; leisure and learning; housing and physical spaces; health, nutrition and physical activity; safety; mobility; and psychological well-being. While some initiatives make more sense in a particular social context, others can be replicated anywhere, essentially because of their universal objectives, such as combating isolation or promoting mobility. All in all, we are looking at a good set of examples of what can be done locally to make it easier for people who so desire to grow old at home and in the surrounding community, thereby preserving their identity and ensuring a sense of continuity in its life cycle.

From the Bubble to the Hearth: Social Co‐Presence in the Era of COVID‐19 in Asmat, Indonesian Papua

From the Bubble to the Hearth: Social Co‐Presence in the Era of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 in Asmat, Indonesian Papua

PROBLEMS OF PARKING FORMATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF INTENSIVE HOUSING

The article is devoted to revealing the problems of parking formation in the conditions of intensive housing construction. The article outlines the problems of formation, substantiates the need to review existing approaches to the architectural and spatial organization of parking lots in residential buildings. In the process of urbanization, the problem of efficient use of space for intensive housing and the formation of parking lots in its conditions becomes more relevant than ever. In the period of post-industrial development of the urban environment in the middle of the twentieth century. in connection with total motorization there is a need to create modern, environmentally friendly parking lots, which currently our cities are practically not equipped. Particularly acute is the issue of parking space in residential areas where there is a problem of chaotic parking due to improper organization of parking areas, which leads to a narrowing of the width of the carriageway; reducing the capacity of the road network; complicating the passage of special equipment (garbage trucks, fire trucks, ambulances, etc.). Construction of new housing in larger cities is mainly high-rise intensive construction, as the most profitable option for developers, who in turn pay little attention to the organization of parking lots. At present, cars are stored in the most inappropriate places: on sidewalks, lawns and even on playgrounds. Spontaneous parking in residential areas of cities leads to a sharp decrease in sanitary and hygienic indicators of the urban environment and to a negative impact on the health of citizens. The emergence of a large number of unorganized parking lots in residential areas leads to the degradation and destruction of landscape components of the urban environment, the territory of which is "captured" by car storage spaces. Given that despite the annual increase in the number of cars, our country still lags far behind more developed countries in this regard, the existing level of motorization turns urban housing into unorganized parking lots, which indicates the unresolved issue, as in theoretical , and in practical terms. The formation of comfortable and safe living conditions in the living environment is one of the priorities of urban planning, so the architects faced the task of solving the problem of forming parking lots in the existing intensive housing and developing new architectural and planning solutions for residential complexes with parking lots to build residential buildings. cramped areas with sufficient parking spaces.

A Study of the Simulation and Analysis of the Flow Field of Natural Convection for a Container House

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, windstorms, and tsunamis, can occur all over the world, and disasters caused by human factors, such as civil wars, are also a source of major disturbance. The temporary rehousing of the population is a major problem when disasters occur. The installation of the combination house is time consuming, and tents cannot be used in the event of strong rain and wind; therefore, the container house is the most effective way of solving the rehousing problem. Natural ventilation is the main factor affecting the indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and health inside a container house, and solar radiation heat can also affect temperature changes inside. The air flow field inside a dwelling is very complex, and its flow mode is affected by inlet wind speed, inlet temperature, solar radiation heat, and the size of doors and windows, etc. In this paper, the influence of natural ventilation on the ventilation inside container houses is analyzed. Assuming that there is complex fluid motion in the activity space of the container house, it is not easy to use conventional methods to predict the flow rate. Based on the correlation analysis motion between the corresponding internal flow rates, the calculation and application method of flow is simplified from the results of the wind speed coefficient obtained previously. In addition, an analysis of flow characteristics in the container house is made; simulation analysis in the container house is made by carrying out the numerical analysis of several factors, including velocity field and temperature field. The variation state of the temperature of the environment and a numerical variation of the three-dimensional space are obtained by numerical calculation; the standard k-ε turbulence model is adopted to describe the turbulence phenomena of the fluid, and the mathematical model matched by B-spline surface is used for data analysis through the surface algorithm in order to deal with complex simulation data. The research results show that, regarding the influence of natural ventilation on container houses, the ideal relative position of openings includes the combination of asymmetric windows, followed by the central positioning of the door. The four-opening configurations, where better natural ventilation performance can be achieved, are located at different diagonal positions. The average flow velocity vector form, velocity amplitude, radiation temperature distribution, and the effect of the air volume coefficient of temperature change are analyzed. The research results show that the design of container houses can meet the requirements of air flow, such as the energy consumed by the thermal comfort space. Measurements taken over time and algorithms can also check the residents’ indoor natural ventilation and provide health care by the use of various sensors.