A Study on Spatial Design and Usability of Station Plazas for Compact City Planning
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- KASHIMA Sho
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- DOI Kenji
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- SUNAGAWA Takanori
- CTI Engineering , Co., Ltd.
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- INOI Hiroto
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Abstract
Most of the current station plazas are now left behind as spaces for road traffic in order to deal with increasing traffic demands especially in suburban areas. This paper aims to examine a methodology for the improvement of the spatial design of station plazas that can restore the inherent functions of plazas, open spaces for conviviality and sociability. Firstly, the method to determine an appropriate environmental space rate for station plazas was developed in order to strike a balance between road space for traffic and environmental space for people. Based on this consideration, the necessity to set up a new additional standard for station plaza planning was addressed. Secondly, the paper developed a system of indicators to assess social usability that enables us to identify problematic station plazas among existing ones. Finally, design principles for the improvement of station plazas with higher usability were proposed
Journal
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- Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
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Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies 11 (0), 1386-1402, 2015
Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205289851008
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- NII Article ID
- 130005117551
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- ISSN
- 18811124
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed