Revitalization Of Historical Urban Parks Using A Smart Approach | ||||
| Engineering Research Journal | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 164, Issue 0, December 2019, Page 20-36 PDF (2.59 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/erj.2019.123878 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Mona M. Abdelhamid* | ||||
| Department of Architecture, Pharos University In Alexandria, Canal ElMahmoudia Street, P.O. Box 37, Sidi Gaber, 21311 Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Urban Park can play a great role in providing the city with more sustainable environment. Large green areas contribute also in creating healthy living environment and increasing human productivity. Moreover, historical urban parks have cultural, social and economical values. However, many historical gardens are not in an active use especially in developing countries because of lack of maintenance and other fundamental aspects that meets different users needs such as safety, conformability and social activities. The revitalization cost of the historical public urban park makes a great pressure on the government especially in developing countries. Smart technologies can offer a good. The main objective of this research is to highlight the importance adopting the smart landscape approach and smart technologies in the revitalization program, as it may have the advantages of reducing pressure on the government for the garden development and maintenance. The research finally concludes with recommendations the importance of implementing smart park approach in the revitalization of historical urban parks to improve park efficiency, human conformability and develop sustainable tourism. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Historical gardens; landscape approach; smart parks; sustainable revitalization; Internet of Things | ||||
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