Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 1994 -1996
Author : SUGIMOTO Masami, PERRY Robert, VERNON Noel, BESS David, CAVIN Brooks, NAKABA Kenneth, WOODWARD Joan, LYLE John T, UESUGI Takeo, KANEKIYO Hiroyuki, NISHIYAMA Noriaki, SHIGEMATSU Toshinori, MIYAMOTO Masaaki, MIKAWA Junji, ISHII Akio
A new concept and an approach in environmental design process might be required for the next generation. Especially, a sustainable development and management of our environmental resources is an important way to establish a comfortable and successive urban environment.
Therefore, the collaborational research project which is to recognize the basic problems for designing a sustainable urban environment had been proposed. These research projects were carried out with the members from the California Polytechnic University, Pomona during these three years from 1994 to 1996.
In 1994, some points of view to establish a sustainable urban environment were discussed about planning an ecological, natural and historical environment between us. As a result, some relationships between human activity and natural resources were recognized as problems to be identified in this research.
In 1995, some ways to investigate and identify the role of natural, cultural and social resources were recognized through field study in each other country.
Some basic requirements to establish a sustainable urban environment were recognized such as way of a life style with energy conservation, regenerating of waste, utilization of passive solar energy, adaptation with local micro climate and cultivation.
In 1996, some problems in the designing and planning process and approach to establish a sustainable urban environment as a comfortable living environment were identified from the viewpoints of environmental conservation, urban open space systems and total landscape.
As a results of this study, the following contents were recognized important in order to establish sustainable urban environment.
・Architecture should be designed to support long term physical or social characteristics.
・Urban district should be planned by considering human scale according to the open space systems and the design codes of traditional houses with the diversity of people's activity and the alleviation effect of thermal heat environment by trees.
・An environmental carrying capacity for people's tourism activities at each region should be evaluated.
・Organization for people's activity to access or maintain the natural resources in urban district should be supported.