A study on the use realities of the sidewalk cafe on the public space of Kyoubashi riverside in Hiroshima city, and resident's consciousness to the space.

fuzimoto, kazuo; Kana, Koichi; Akasaki, Kohei

doi:10.11361/journalcpij.43.3.619

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“…Thus, the business model of the bookstore obviously cannot be directly substituted into the library. Unlike libraries, neighborhood residents still mostly approve of commercial activity in public spaces, and they believe that it can improve the safety of the area and make the community livelier [26] . This difference makes the external space of the library more valuable.…”

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A study on the external space of Japanese public libraries: As public open space in the city

2023

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Public facilities and public open space (POS) in cities are facing new challenges in the postpandemic era. Use of Japan's public libraries has been declining for years due to aging facilities and the impact of e-readers. After the pandemic, offline services are once again in crisis, and the external spaces of libraries are being utilized particularly poorly. These spaces are mainly used as parking lots with no connection to the library services themselves, which has not brought better POS to Japan's cities. Therefore, this study explores the possibility of using external library spaces from a wide-area perspective. The external space and external environment of existing libraries are then interpreted through case studies and correlation analysis. Finally, possible directions for the development of external library spaces are derived. We found that if external library spaces are developed appropriately, the POS system can be improved. This can bring libraries and cities closer together, increase intergenerational communication to better serve the aging society, and provide more economic and operational spaces for development. Ultimately, the resilience and sustainability of libraries and cities will be enhanced.

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Section: As Part Of the Economic Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

A study on the external space of Japanese public libraries: As public open space in the city

2023

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“…The introduction of market principles has achieved good results, but the resulting lasting adaptability and social risks cannot be ignored [30]. A neighborhood mostly accepts the commercial use of POS to increase the safety and vitality of the area [31]. Therefore, commercialization of libraries may be more acceptable if commercial activities are conducted in an external space, rather than in the library itself.…”

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Rethinking the External Space of Japanese Public Libraries from the Perspective of Urban Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic Era

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In the post-pandemic era, cities are facing new demands and challenges. Both telecommuting and dense development require communities to provide more public space to meet people’s psychological and physical needs. The insufficient space currently left in the city calls for stock development. The Japanese public libraries affected by COVID-19 are part of this stock. We aimed to determine and propose strategies for using the external space of libraries to enhance the sustainability of cities. Ultimately, we expect to achieve a synergy between public libraries and cities in terms of sustainability. We found that the most dominant element in the exterior space of Japanese public libraries is parking lots, which have the potential to be flexibly utilized in the post-pandemic era. We also summarized the current patterns of external space for public libraries in Japan. Finally, we proposed six strategies to enhance the sustainability of libraries and cities. These strategies can simultaneously enhance the sustainability of cities and public libraries from multiple perspectives, especially in the post-pandemic era. Our proposal will not only help to build or renew public libraries in the future, but also fills a gap in the urban perspective of Japanese public libraries and their external spaces.

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A Study on Utilization of the Waterfront Environments for Developing Attractive River Spaces

洋輔

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2019

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Yousuke YAJIMA Tomohide OKADA To elucidate the relation between three parties (i.e., "piers," "riverside promenades," and "Waterfront considered buildings," which utilize the waterfront environment as an attractive river space), analyses were conducted based on the following perspectives: 1. The Doutonbori River, which has been utilized for conducting various activities in the river space for 17 years, was used for analyzing the role and effectiveness of the river-administrator's phased strategic processes. 2. The Water Corridors area, where several types of "Waterfront considered buildings" developed using various methods coexist, was used for analyzing the locational characteristics of "Waterfront considered buildings" in the areas around the piers.

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A study on the use realities of the sidewalk cafe on the public space of Kyoubashi riverside in Hiroshima city, and resident's consciousness to the space.

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A study on the external space of Japanese public libraries: As public open space in the city

A study on the external space of Japanese public libraries: As public open space in the city

Rethinking the External Space of Japanese Public Libraries from the Perspective of Urban Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic Era

A Study on Utilization of the Waterfront Environments for Developing Attractive River Spaces

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