Amenity of Residential Environment in Residential Area on the Basis of Green and Sound

Kim, Byung-Chul; 炳哲, 金; 一寿, 藤本; Fujimoto, Kazutoshi; 洋, 中村; Nakamura, Hiroshi

doi:10.3130/aija.59.35_2

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“…That being the case, urban parks should be designed not to overly emphasize the environmental functions but to provide the greenery and the social space for urban inhabitants to interact with one another. This is consonant with a previous study in Japan (Kim and Fujimoto, 1994) demonstrating that the urban inhabitants' perception of environmental amenity is more related to the green space than to the acoustical environment. Urban parks in compact and dense cities should therefore be designed to emphasize their social rather than environmental functions.…”

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Environmental Quality Of Urban Parks And Open Spaces In Hong Kong

Lam

Hui

et al. 2005

Environ Monit Assess

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It is widely purported that urban parks and open spaces can improve the urban environment by cleansing the air and reducing the noise. However, such environmental functions can be constrained by the size and the location of urban parks in very dense cities. This study examines the air and acoustic environment and heavy metal contamination in Hong Kong urban parks and open spaces. Using a hybrid field measurement and computer simulation approach, the study has found that while the air quality in urban parks is better than that of the roadside, it is not significantly different from that of the ambient conditions. Noise levels in the urban parks are not significantly lower than those at the typical home environment in Hong Kong. Heavy metals in urban park dust are slightly lower than that found at the roadside and are broadly comparable to those found at typical homes and nursery schools. These findings lend support to the postulation that the capability of urban parks and open spaces in dense cities to improve the urban environment is rather limited and call for a re-examination of the role of urban parks in enhancing urban livability. The findings also have implications on how urban parks in dense cities should be designed and managed.

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confidence: 92%

Environmental Quality Of Urban Parks And Open Spaces In Hong Kong

Lam

Hui

et al. 2005

Environ Monit Assess

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“…(Tamura & Otsuka, 1989). Kim and Fujimoto (1994) found that the amount of green is closely related to the amenity of the environment. The sound of leaves in the breeze can make one feel refreshed.…”

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Auditory and Visual Interaction in the Aesthetic Evaluation of Environment

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Hayashi

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Empirical Studies of the Arts

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This study examined auditory and visual interaction in the aesthetic evaluation of the environment. Road traffic noise, sounds from leaves, and motion pictures coherent to auditory stimuli were used. There were four conditions: only auditory stimuli were presented in condition A, only visual stimuli in condition V, both auditory and visual stimuli in condition A+V, and after both auditory and visual stimuli were presented together, auditory stimuli were presented alone and judged in condition (V)A. A semantic differential technique indicated that scenery that included green plants contributed to the improvement of the environment even if only shown as an image. A scene with many cars gave a negative impression. However, even if the sound from the cars was audible, visual masking by green plants seemed effective in reducing the negative impression of road traffic noise.

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Amenity of Residential Environment in Residential Area on the Basis of Green and Sound

Cited by 2 publications

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Environmental Quality Of Urban Parks And Open Spaces In Hong Kong

Environmental Quality Of Urban Parks And Open Spaces In Hong Kong

Auditory and Visual Interaction in the Aesthetic Evaluation of Environment

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