Assessment of the Connectivity and Comfort of Urban Rivers, a Case Study of the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12220%2F23%3A43907258" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12220/23:43907258 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/23:10470527

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/814" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/814</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12040814" target="_blank" >10.3390/land12040814</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of the Connectivity and Comfort of Urban Rivers, a Case Study of the Czech Republic

Original language description

This article investigates public spaces near urban rivers that contribute to the interaction between natural and urbanized areas and between people from different socio-economic backgrounds. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the environment of the largest urbanized areas of the Czech Republic, through which a large watercourse flows and creates a direct interaction with the city center. To evaluate the state of connectivity and comfort of urban rivers in the Czech Republic, a set of tools was applied to three cities: Prague, Ceske Budejovice, and Hradec Kralove. The methodology was created to correspond to the territory of Central Europe and was used for the specific assessment of rivers in four dimensions: (a) the spatial and visual accessibility, (b) the condition of the green corridor, (c) the condition of public space, and (d) the condition of the first built line. The dimensions are expressed using thirteen quantitative indicators of the environmental condition. The methodology uses the Urban River Sustainability Index (URSI), which was necessary to adjust the calculations of the indicators and resources for the Central European area. The best results were found in the central part of Prague and the worst in the peripheral part of Hradec Kralove. The results call for the use of connectivity and comfort assessments of urban rivers for comparison, motivation, and future improvement in practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Land

ISSN

2073-445X

e-ISSN

2073-445X

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000984061300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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