The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters

A. Cheshmehzangi

The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters

A. Cheshmehzangi

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

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Abstract

The concept of 'imageability' was fist established by Lynch (1960, p. 9), who emphasises on the importance of meaning, legibility and visibility in the physical environment. Akin to this, this study will explore the value of a memorable image within the city centre's quarters, by analysing social interaction, pedestrian flow and human perception. Consequently, some growing urban areas of our age - as new rivals of the growing retail industry-are constrained by planners and policy-makers to maximise their retailing capabilities, thereby often experiencing rapid image and environmental transformations. This particular study will focus upon the relationship between two retailing - yet connected but different - quarters of a city centre and the impact that a hugely-scaled urban shopping mall can have upon the whole image and memory of a city centre. A case study of two main quarters in City Centre of Derby, UK will be analysed in order to give theoretical suggestions to planning and design of the future yet similar developments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011
Editors	Samson Zhoujun Liu, Arshad Ali Javed, Faye Danfei Ni, Allan Weilin Shen
Publisher	Faculty of Construction and Land Use the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Pages	709-716
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9789881731173
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 11 Jul 2011 → 12 Jul 2011

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Period	11/07/11 → 12/07/11

Keywords

Image
Memory
Social Interaction
Urban Enclave

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Building and Construction
General Environmental Science

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Cheshmehzangi, A. (2011). The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters. In S. Z. Liu, A. A. Javed, F. D. Ni, & A. W. Shen (Eds.), Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011 (pp. 709-716). (Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011; Vol. 2). Faculty of Construction and Land Use the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Cheshmehzangi, A. / The memorable image and city centre : Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters. Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011. editor / Samson Zhoujun Liu ; Arshad Ali Javed ; Faye Danfei Ni ; Allan Weilin Shen. Faculty of Construction and Land Use the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2011. pp. 709-716 (Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011).

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Cheshmehzangi, A 2011, The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters. in SZ Liu, AA Javed, FD Ni & AW Shen (eds), Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011. Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011, vol. 2, Faculty of Construction and Land Use the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, pp. 709-716, 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 11/07/11.

The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters. / Cheshmehzangi, A.
Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011. ed. / Samson Zhoujun Liu; Arshad Ali Javed; Faye Danfei Ni; Allan Weilin Shen. Faculty of Construction and Land Use the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2011. p. 709-716 (Proceedings - 3rd International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPC 2011; Vol. 2).

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The memorable image and city centre: Rise of urban enclaves and decline of cultural quarters

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