In an effort to assist the cultural resource management (CRM) activities of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), a geographic information system (GIS) database was developed to locate historic resources. The area selected for the project was TxDOT’s Houston District. Maps dating from 1871 to 1952 were georeferenced, historic resources identified, locations digitized and information p...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In the last few decades, losses of our cultural heritage due to biodeteriorationare beinghighly recognized. From museum objects to rock monuments, the microbial biodeterioration agents are found to be the most destructive. Possibilities for proper preservative measure(s) are always more when it is only a monument, statue, museum article, or pre-historic art in any smal...

The Kahikinui Archaeological Project is a multi-phase, long-term research endeavor initiated in 1994, under the overall direction of Prof. Patrick V. Kirch. The project is geographically situated in the ancient moku (district) of Kahikinui, on the southern, leeward side of Maui, Hawaiian Islands. The Kahikinui Archaeological Project seeks to explore and define the indigenous Hawaiian structures...

Against the backdrop of urban stock renewal, as core area a city rich in culture, aesthetics, and tourism resources, assessment landscape visual sensitivity historic districts can provide an accurate, objective, intuitive decision-making basis for multi-purpose planning districts. The main purpose this study was to develop method based on geographic information system (GIS) order make index map...

Intelligence led policing has proven to be an effective tool to tackle the high level of fatalities within the Waitematä Police District. An in-depth analysis of historic crash data to identify associated crash trends resulted in a three phase operation within the Rodney Area based on a "diffusion of benefits" model. A collaborative multi-agency operation was run to increase the perceived risk ...

Preservation of the World Heritage Site and historic district in Paphos will ultimately depend upon understanding the interrelationship among a variety of cultural and natural parameters. Indeed, for tracing such a situation, a landscape analysis utilizing remote sensing and GIS technology is being conducted at the Paphos District area in Cyprus in the service of planning for a revitalized town...

The purpose of this study is to clarify the spatial improvement approach against occurrence vacant lands made by setback or demolition buildings considering characteristics existing historic and its actual condition. Focusing on historical landscape in Seki-Juku Important Preservation District for Groups Historic Buildings since 1980, we first analyzed contents about system design, operation th...

The historic district is a carrier to show the urban landscape, and analysis of spatial form from human behavioral activities beneficial grasp social functional attributes space. Combining with layout Sishengci district, overall structure analyzed in terms integration, connectivity, control, depth, intelligibility by using axial lines space syntax through relationship diagram quantitative descr...