| Peer-Reviewed

Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium

Received: 4 November 2016     Published: 5 November 2016
Views:       Downloads:
Abstract

Traditional commercial street exists and functions as an important public space in city. Existing literatures have highlighted street quality at different aspects but still call for more case study and regional research. This paper is on improving the quality of traditional commercial street. A case study of a typical traditional commercial street Rue de Marchienne, Belgium is analyzed based on fieldwork. The study tries to investigate the problems in urban design that hamper Rue de Marchienne from a high quality street with social interactions. Six specific evaluation measures are applied, which aims to further identify those problems by mapping and inter-discipline methodologies from urbanism, geography as well as economy. The findings indicate several strategies and generate specific improvements for urban planners and designers for Rue de Marchienne.

Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 4, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16
Page(s) 181-186
Creative Commons

This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

Copyright

Copyright © The Author(s), 2016. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Traditional Commercial Street, Rue De Marchienne, Neighborhood Communication, Evaluation Measures

References
[1] Moughtin, C. (2003). Urban Design: Street and Square (3rd ed.). Oxford: Architectural Press.
[2] Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (1997). Inner-city commercial strips: Evolution, decay-retrofit?. Town Planning Review, 68(1), 1-29.
[3] Gehl, J. (2001). Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space (5th ed.). Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press.
[4] Mõttus, R., Gale, C. R., & Starr, J. M., et al. (2012). ‘On the street where you live’: Neighborhood deprivation and quality of life among community-dwelling older people in Edinburgh, Scotland. Social Science & Medicine, 74(9),1368-1374.
[5] Mehta, V. (2009). Look closely and you will see, listen carefully and you will hear: Urban design and social interaction on streets. Journal of Urban Design, 14(1):29-64.
[6] Thompson, C. W., Curl, A., & Aspinall, P., et al. (2014). Do changes to the local street environment alter behaviour and quality of life of older adults? The ‘DIY streets’ intervention. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(13), 1059-1065.
[7] Zhou, B. & Gong, R. (2010). Renew old commercial street in the perspective of urban vitality. Journal of Hunan City University (Natural Science), 19(2), 33-37.
[8] Cohen, L. (2007). Buying into downtown revival: the centrality of retail to postwar urban renewal in American cities. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Politicaland Social Science, 82-95.
[9] Yoshinobu, A. (2006). The Aesthetic Townscape (P. T. Yin, Trans.). Tianjin, China: Baihua Literature & Art Publishing House.
[10] Agryzkov, T., Oliver, J. L., & Tortosa, L., et al. (2014). Analyzing the commercial activities of a street network by ranking their nodes: a case study in Murcia, Spain. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28(3), 479-495.
[11] Lynch, K. (1995). Reconsidering the Image of the City, in City Sense and City Design. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press.
[12] Koohsari, M. J., Karakiewicz, J. A., & Kaczynski, A. T. (2013). Public open space and walking. Environment & Behavior, 45(6),706-736.
[13] Lynch, K. (1960). The Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: Technology Press.
[14] Jaskiewicz, F. (2000). Pedestrian level of service based on trip quality. Transportation Research Circular E-C019, TRB, Washington, DC: National Research Council.
[15] Jacobs, A. B. (1993). Great Streets. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Cite This Article
  • APA Style

    Wen-Yi Fan, Noel B. Salazar. (2016). Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium. Science Journal of Business and Management, 4(5), 181-186. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16

    Copy | Download

    ACS Style

    Wen-Yi Fan; Noel B. Salazar. Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium. Sci. J. Bus. Manag. 2016, 4(5), 181-186. doi: 10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16

    Copy | Download

    AMA Style

    Wen-Yi Fan, Noel B. Salazar. Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium. Sci J Bus Manag. 2016;4(5):181-186. doi: 10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16

    Copy | Download

  • @article{10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16,
      author = {Wen-Yi Fan and Noel B. Salazar},
      title = {Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium},
      journal = {Science Journal of Business and Management},
      volume = {4},
      number = {5},
      pages = {181-186},
      doi = {10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16},
      eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.sjbm.20160405.16},
      abstract = {Traditional commercial street exists and functions as an important public space in city. Existing literatures have highlighted street quality at different aspects but still call for more case study and regional research. This paper is on improving the quality of traditional commercial street. A case study of a typical traditional commercial street Rue de Marchienne, Belgium is analyzed based on fieldwork. The study tries to investigate the problems in urban design that hamper Rue de Marchienne from a high quality street with social interactions. Six specific evaluation measures are applied, which aims to further identify those problems by mapping and inter-discipline methodologies from urbanism, geography as well as economy. The findings indicate several strategies and generate specific improvements for urban planners and designers for Rue de Marchienne.},
     year = {2016}
    }
    

    Copy | Download

  • TY  - JOUR
    T1  - Analysis on Traditional Commercial Street Quality with a Neighborhood Communication Perspective —— A Case of Rue de Marchienne, Belgium
    AU  - Wen-Yi Fan
    AU  - Noel B. Salazar
    Y1  - 2016/11/05
    PY  - 2016
    N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16
    DO  - 10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16
    T2  - Science Journal of Business and Management
    JF  - Science Journal of Business and Management
    JO  - Science Journal of Business and Management
    SP  - 181
    EP  - 186
    PB  - Science Publishing Group
    SN  - 2331-0634
    UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjbm.20160405.16
    AB  - Traditional commercial street exists and functions as an important public space in city. Existing literatures have highlighted street quality at different aspects but still call for more case study and regional research. This paper is on improving the quality of traditional commercial street. A case study of a typical traditional commercial street Rue de Marchienne, Belgium is analyzed based on fieldwork. The study tries to investigate the problems in urban design that hamper Rue de Marchienne from a high quality street with social interactions. Six specific evaluation measures are applied, which aims to further identify those problems by mapping and inter-discipline methodologies from urbanism, geography as well as economy. The findings indicate several strategies and generate specific improvements for urban planners and designers for Rue de Marchienne.
    VL  - 4
    IS  - 5
    ER  - 

    Copy | Download

Author Information
  • Department of Tourism, International Business School, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou, China

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  • Sections