Urban green space developments have a key role in urban development processes, they are shaping the urban green infrastructure and enriching ecosystem services, providing an equal benefit to the physical and mental health of residents. Green space development is a complex planning and implementation process that, without proper communication and cooperation, often leads to unexpected conflicts and this obstacles to project implementation. However, public involvement and its various tools can contribute to the success of development. In this paper we present a case study of the increasingly common tools of community engagement in green space development and their examination in the light of the theory of public involvement. To present the case of a community development project at the Blessed Sándor István Park in district III., we draw on our own fieldwork, interviews and municipal data collection.
This research paper investigates the historical adaptation and sustainability aspects of diverse urban playgrounds and parks through a comparative analysis of ten case studies from around the world. The methodology involved selecting these playgrounds based on criteria including historical significance, diverse geographical locations, and sustainability approaches. Data for this study were predominantly gathered from pertinent websites and online databases, complemented by content from academic literature, and were organized into different categories such as scale, design approach, sustainable practices, historical links or adaptations, accessibility, community engagement and their unique features. Qualitative analysis is implemented to identify patterns and processes related to sustainability, historical adaptation or reuse over time, and user experiences within different urban contexts, while quantitative data is providing additional insights into physical features, surrounding environment, materials usage, safety, and accessibility. Findings reveal different approaches to playground design and adaptation strategies over time, highlighting the importance of community engagement, environmental responsibility, and innovative design practices in different settings.
In this paper, we would like to assess the issue of construction risks in a nuclear power plant and the possibility of mitigating these risks through a real-time monitoring system. In our research, we are concerned with the determination of the risks of deep construction activities and their impact on a specific nuclear site. We will also investigate possible risk mitigation activities that can be used in the nuclear power plant environment and their effectiveness. In some respects, the risk analysis applied to construction projects differs from the risk analysis applied to nuclear installations. For nuclear installations, the risk as such is primarily nuclear risk. In view of this, for investments involving a nuclear installation, the risk analysis to be carried out must be carried out at two separate levels. The first level is the traditional construction risk analysis, and then on a second level, each risk item should be classified from a nuclear risk point of view. In this study, the nuclear exposure of construction risks will be presented.
The urban environment of schools is everyday destination for children: place for arrival and departure, gathering, meetings, and even playing. In these transition zones the city meets a private institution, therefore not only citizens’ but also the school community’s needs have to be served. While child-friendly initiatives are important factors in urban developments, the public spaces around schools can be neglected. Besides the cultural differences, certain urban environments offer different development opportunities around schools. Research investigates the characteristics of the open spaces around schools in general and then on a local scale in Budapest, Hungary. By analysing individual school situations, a typology has been made to describe schools’ public open space relations. The paper focuses on the entrance zone of schools, where challenges and expectations are concentrated. Research reviews the good examples to show guidance on how we can turn these places into child-friendly network hubs.
Orientalism is deeply rooted in Hungarian culture. Important components of this are the one-and-half century Turkish rule, the eastern cultural and anthropological threads of the Hungarian nation, peaking in various elements of the Hungarian language and folk music, the appearance of the Turanian idea, and the specific interpretation of the Russo-Turkish War in Hungary. Artistic tendencies permeating from Western and Central European countries fostered interests for things deemed oriental. Orientalism first appears in the architecture of historic Hungary in the framework of 19th century romantic historicism. Ödön Lechner aimed at creating Hungarian national architecture, of which orientalism was an important constituent vis-à-vis traditional Western historicism. One of the means of showing the Eastern origin of the Hungarians was accentuated by using oriental forms in a quite Western manner. As witnessed by the villa designed for Hermann Babocsay, architect Aladár Árkay (1868 – 1932) was a follower of this endevour. However, in Árkay's later work, Orientalism became veiled. For the competition of the Buda Synagogue in 1912, the connection of the dome crowning the building with the body supporting it refers to the courtyard building of the Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo. But in the Calvinist Church in Városligeti (Park) Avenue in Budapest, the main mass of the edifice hides the dome recalling early Islamic architecture. Here the connection between the central space and the dome is less organic, as it lacks pendentives. This peculiarity of the early domed Islamic buildings, and the squinches in particular, correspond with the worldview of Islam. Unlike Christianity, there is no such representative hierarchy neither in Islam, nor in the organization of mosques.
