Publication detail

Closed Urban Blocks versus Open Housing Estate Structures: Sustainability Surveys in Brno, Czech Republic

WITTMANN, M. KOPÁČIK, G. LEITMANNOVÁ, A.

Original Title

Closed Urban Blocks versus Open Housing Estate Structures: Sustainability Surveys in Brno, Czech Republic

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

A prominent place in the spatial arrangement of Czech as well as other post-socialist, Central European cities belongs to 19th century closed urban blocks and the open panel housing estates which were erected during the socialism era in the second half of 20th century. The urban characteristics of these two fundamentally diverse types of residential structures have, as we suppose, a different impact on the sustainable development of the urban area. The amount and character of local greenery, the spatial arrangement and accessibility of the courtyards, the spatial forms of the surrounding buildings and many other factors can influence the ecological stability of the area, its hygienic qualities, the intensity and way of using by various social groups, and also e.g. the prices of real estates. These and many other phenomena indicate the ecological, hygienic, social and economic sustainability of the urban area. The research methodology evaluates specific measureable indicators of sustainability within a range from 0 to 10 points where 5 points correspond to the general standard in the area, 0 points indicate degradation, and 10 points indicate the highest contribution to sustainable development. The survey results are reflected in the overall sustainability index and in the residents’ satisfaction index that reflects the subjective satisfaction based on questionnaires surveys.

Keywords

urban structure; sustainability; residents’ satisfaction index; case studies; Brno

Authors

WITTMANN, M.; KOPÁČIK, G.; LEITMANNOVÁ, A.

Released

26. 2. 2019

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Location

Bristol

ISBN

1757-899X

Periodical

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Number

471

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

12

Pages count

12

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/10/102061

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/178373

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT155861,
  author="Maxmilian {Wittmann} and Gabriel {Kopáčik} and Andrea {Boroš Leitmann}",
  title="Closed Urban Blocks versus Open Housing Estate Structures: Sustainability Surveys in Brno, Czech Republic",
  booktitle="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 471 (2019) 102061",
  year="2019",
  journal="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
  number="471",
  pages="1--12",
  publisher="IOP Publishing",
  address="Bristol",
  doi="10.1088/1757-899X/471/10/102061",
  issn="1757-899X",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/10/102061"
}