DEVELOPMENT OF “A PICTORIAL ARCHIVE OF JAPANESE ORDINARY RESIDENTIAL ZONES” FOR AN EXAMINATION OF COMPACT URBAN LAYOUT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD BY TRANSPORTATION

• Published in: Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu D Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 447 - 456
• Main Authors: NAKAMICHI, Kumiko, TANIGUCHI, Mamoru, MATSUNAKA, Ryoji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2008
• Subjects: compact city; environmental load; sustainability; type of residential zones
• ISSN: 1880-6058
• DOI: 10.2208/jscejd.64.447

In recent years, numerous municipalities have announced plans for promoting compact city. Although precedent studies have shown the effects of compact cities mainly on a municipality scale, they cannot help municipalities to develop feasible plans. In addition, for the purpose of city planning, a support tool with illustrative images, that can help persons lacking in technical knowledge about city planning to comprehend it, is required. An objective of this study is to create the database based on a neighborhood scale around 30 ha, which corresponds with an actual policy scale. In other words, this study is intended to develop “Pictorial Archive of Japanese Ordinary Residential Zones”, which can be used by expert on urban planning for sophisticated statistical analysis. A great accomplishment of this study is that the database can cover all types of neighborhood zones that exist in Japanese cities and provide a package of various indicators, including gasoline consumption.