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Cities in the Sky: Elevating Singapore's Urban Spaces

  • Samant, Swinal
    • 국제초고층학회논문집
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.137-154
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    • 2019
  • Singapore has seen a phenomenal and an unprecedented transformation from a swampland to a high density urban environment since its independence in 1965, made possible largely and single-handedly by the sustained efforts of its government. Indeed, urban space is a key vehicle for achieving urban social, environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability. The dense urban context in Singapore has seen an emergence and increase in elevated spaces in the form of sky-gardens, sky-bridges and sky-courts in a range of building types, seemingly seeking to tie together the different horizontal and vertical components of the city. This paper, therefore, examines the effectiveness of elevated urban spaces and pedestrian networks in Singapore and their ability to contribute to the horizontal to vertical transitions, and consequently to the urban vitality and accessibility. It does this through the analysis of two key developments: Marina Bay Sands and the Jurong Gateway. In particular, it considers the implications of certain constraints placed on urban spaces by their inherent location at height, in addition to the familiar privatization of public spaces, over-management of spaces, and their somewhat utilitarian characteristics. The paper argues that some of these issues may pose detrimental effects on the publicness of these spaces that in turn may lead to such spaces being underused and therefore adding redundancies and further stress to Singapore's urban land. Finally, the paper outlines key strategies that may help overcome the aforementioned issues, including the disjuncture associated with elevated spaces such that they may become a seamless extension of the urban spaces on ground.

도시방재디자인의 유형과 리질리언스 특성 (Types and Resilience Characteristics of Urban Disaster Prevention Design)

  • Pyo, Heejin;Kwack, Dongwha
    • 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.59-72
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    • 2017
  • 최근 기후변화, 도시화 등으로 도시의 환경이 변화함에 따라 재난이 빈번하게 일어나고 있다. 이와 같은 상황을 해결하기 위해 건축가 및 도시계획가에 의해 다양한 도시방재디자인이 실험되고 있고, 새로운 방재기법인 리질리언스 개념이 적용되고 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 건축가 및 도시계획가에 의해 제시된 도시방재디자인 사례를 연구대상으로 하여 도시방재디자인의 유형과 리질리언스 특성을 분석하였고, 더 나아가 지속가능한 도시방재디자인을 위한 방향을 제안하였다.

서울시 도시열섬현상 지역의 물리적 환경과 인구 및 사회경제적 특성 탐색 (Exploring Physical Environments, Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Urban Heat Island Effect Areas in Seoul, Korea)

  • 조혜민;하재현;이수기
    • 지역연구
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.61-73
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    • 2019
  • 도시의 개발과 고밀화는 도시공간의 기온이 주변지역보다 높아지는 도시열섬(Urban Heat Island)현상의 원인이 되고 있으며, 도시열섬현상은 기후변화와 함께 그 강도가 증가하고 있다. 이와 더불어 여름철 도시의 대기온도가 상승할 때 소득이 낮은 계층, 고령인구, 건강에 문제가 있는 사회적 취약계층은 높아진 열환경에 대처할 수 있는 능력이 부족하다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 서울시의 열섬지역을 공간통계 기법인 Hotspot 분석을 통해 도출하고, 로지스틱 회귀분석을 활용하여 열섬지역의 물리적 환경과 인구 및 사회경제적 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 서울시 423개 행정동을 대상으로 동별 평균 대기온도를 이용하여 도시열섬 Hotspot 분석을 실행한 결과, 서울시 중구, 종로구, 용산구, 영등포구에서 도시열섬 지역이 집중적으로 분포하는 것을 확인하였다. 로지스틱 회귀분석을 통해 열섬지역의 물리적 환경 특성을 분석한 결과, 주거시설 연면적 비율, 상업시설 연면적 비율, 용적률, 불투수면 비율, 정규화식생지수(NDVI)가 열섬지역에 영향을 미치는 유의한 변수로 나타났다. 또한, 열섬지역의 인구 및 사회·경제적 특성을 고려한 열환경 취약지역을 분석한 결과, 기초생활수급자 비율, 독거노인 비율, 기초생활수급을 받는 독거노인 비율 등이 유의한 변수로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 도시열섬현상에 영향을 미치는 물리적 환경변수를 도출하고 사회적 취약계층의 공간적 분포와 도시열섬지역이 중첩되어 있는 지역을 판별함으로써 향후 취약계층을 고려한 도시 열환경 설계와 정책 개발에 있어 시사점을 제공할 것으로 기대한다.

도시기후 평가와 방재를 위한 도시기상 수치모의 (Numerical Simulation for Urban Climate Assessment and Hazard)

  • 오성남
    • 한국방재학회지
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    • 제2권4호
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    • pp.40-47
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    • 2002
  • Since it is important to understand the bio-climatic change in Seoul for ecological city planning in the future, this paper gives an overview on bio-climate analysis of urban environments at Seoul. We analyzed its characteristics in recent years using the observations of 24 of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) by Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). In urbanization, Seoul metropolitan area is densely populated and is concentrated with high buildings. This urban activity changes land covering, which modifies the local circulation of radiation, heat and moisture, precipitation and creating a specific climate. Urban climate is evidently manifested in the phenomena of the increase of the air temperature, called urban heat Island and in addition urban sqall line of heavy rain. Since a city has its different land cover and street structure, these form their own climate character such as climate comfort zone. The thermal fold in urban area such as the heat island is produced by the change of land use and the air pollution that provide the bio-climate change of urban eco-system. The urban wind flow is the most important climate element on dispersion of air pollution, thermal effects and heavy shower. Numerical modeling indicates that the bio-climatic transition of wind wake in urban area and the dispersion of the air pollution by the simulations of the wind variation depend on the urban land cover change. The winds are separately simulated on small and micro-scale at Seoul with two kinds of kinetic model, Witrak and MUKLIMO.

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Urban Teachers' Perceptions and Practices of Culturally Relevant Science Teaching

  • Nam, Youn-Kyeong
    • 한국과학교육학회지
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    • 제31권7호
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    • pp.1040-1054
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    • 2011
  • This formative evaluation study presents a professional development program, "Earth Science Systems for Teachers (ESST)" held in a Midwest State in the United States. This study investigates how a professional development for urban teachers affects the teacher participants' perceptions of using the urban environment for their science teaching and their lesson unit development. The purpose of the program was to help urban teachers create science units using the urban geologic environment and its connection to urban students' everyday lives. The participant teachers' daily journal entries during the program, their lesson plans before and after the program, as well as their teaching reflections were collected as major data source. The teachers' daily journal entries were analyzed qualitatively and their pre-post lessons were analyzed quantitatively using a lesson plan analysis tool, Culturally Relevant Science Teaching Perspectives (CRSTP) was developed by the author. The lesson analysis tool was used to assess teachers' science lesson plans in the perspective of culturally relevant pedagogy and place-based pedagogy. The major findings include: 1) The teacher participants' field experiences in urban geologic sites and urban environments help the teachers to change their perceptions of using the urban environment as a teaching resource and 2) there were significant differences in their pre and post lesson unit scores based on CRSTP (P<. 01). The implications of this study are also discussed.

대중교통 연계를 고려한 도심형 접이식 자전거 개발 (Development of an Urban Folding Bike for Public Transportation)

  • 정태성
    • 소성∙가공
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2013
  • The bicycle is one of the most important eco-friendly transport methods which can mitigate global warming. The portability of a bike on public transportation systems is essential for the wide spread use of bicycles by people in urban environments. In this study, a lightweight urban folding bike was developed with careful consideration of the association with public transport. A folding frame using a moving slide link mechanism made from AL6061 is proposed. Numerical analysis was conducted to evaluate structural safety of the bike in both vertical and pedal loading tests. The proposed urban folding bicycle weights only 10kg and summation of its width, length, and height in the folded configuration is under 158cm.

최근 도시보건소의 공간구성과 면적배분의 경향에 관한 연구 - 경기도의 사례를 중심으로 - (A Study on the Spatial Composition and Area Distribution of recent Urban Health Centers - Focused on case studies in Gyunggi-Do -)

  • 김진영;박재승
    • 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2006
  • This study is about the Spatial Composition and Area Distribution in the Urban Health Centers. The purpose of this study is to suggest the basic direction of urban health center plans which has urban characters according to the changes of public health systems and environments. The methods of this research was executed by surveys of documents and plans and field observations. The targets of this study are public health centers that have been constructed since 2000 and are constructing until now and investigated this facilities.

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제3회 전국기술사대회 특집(3차분) - 도시경쟁력을 위한 도시공간 디자인과 컨버전스 도시 - 도시계획 - (The 3rd National Conference Of Professional engineers - Urban Public Design & Convergence City for City Competitiveness)

  • 서정렬
    • 기술사
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    • 제42권6호
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    • pp.31-35
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    • 2009
  • This paper aims to draw out the practical lessons for City Brand as aspect of urban spatial by urban regeneration project in Korea. Image of the City and City Brand is the most important element for the competitiveness of modern cities. This paper discusses the guide line or strategy of City Brand, its current status in Korea. It also examines the present Urban Regeneration in Korea, identifies the problems encountered in implementation, and suggests the solutions for strengthening urban competitiveness such as a City Brand. Also it emphasized that well planned invisible and physical environments, including story and land-mark facilities, are also crucial in making City Brand more attractive and competitive.

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Application of GML and X3D to 3D Urban Data Modeling: A Practical Approach

  • Kim, Hak-Hoon;Lee, Ki-Won
    • 대한원격탐사학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2007
  • In this study, two standard specifications such as GML (Geography Markup Language) from OGC (Open Geo-spatial Consortium, Inc.) and X3D (extensible 3D) from Web3D consortium were dealt with for a web-based 3D urban application without using commercialized tools. In the first step of this study, DEM (Digital Elevation Model) and 3D GIS data sets were converted to GML structure with attribute schema. Then, these GML elements were projected onto a common coordinate system, and they were converted to the X3D format for visualization on web browser. In this work, a 3D urban data model, as a simple framework model, is extended to a framework model having further detailed information, depending upon application levels. Conclusively, this study is to demonstrate for practical uses of GML and X3D in 3D urban application and this approach can be applied to other application domains regarding system integrators and data sharing communities on distributed environments.