Urban emptiness as a resource for sustainable urban development
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Published:2018-04-09
Issue:3
Volume:29
Page:388-405
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ISSN:1477-7835
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Container-title:Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
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language:en
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Short-container-title:MEQ
Author:
Petrova Marina,Nenko Aleksandra
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to urban environment management through analysis of “urban emptiness” based on user-generated big data.
Design/methodology/approach
The research design is based on creating a theoretical model of urban emptiness as a multilayer phenomenon in the city space and then developing an applied approach to map its different types through user-generated and open big data from multiple online sources.
Findings
The paper provides a definition and a theoretical model of “urban emptiness” as a multilayer phenomenon integrated into the complexity of the city system and as a resource for sustainable urban development. The paper presents a methodological approach to analyse urban emptiness based on spontaneous user-generated geolocated open data emerging online. This approach is applied to the Russian city of St Petersburg with a demonstration of the data set formation based on multiple sources and an interpretation of the preliminary results.
Research limitations/implications
The paper focuses on the under-researched phenomenon of urban emptiness, which leads to a certain speculation of propositions and lack of generalisability of the results. Therefore, the researchers are encouraged to further test the proposed propositions.
Practical implications
The paper describes urban emptiness as a resource in urban development and gives recommendations on how to account for it in sustainable urban environment management, in particular, in limiting urban sprawl.
Originality/value
This paper consolidates data-driven methods to create an integrated approach to urban environment management from an original standpoint – analysis of urban emptiness.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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