2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Morphological, Historical, and Cultural Study on Gap between Buildings
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14550604
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Town planning/Architectural planning
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University (2003)
The University of Tokyo (2002) |
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Principal Investigator |
OIKAWA Kiyoaki Ritsumeikan Univ., Fac Science and Engineering, Professor, 理工学部, 教授 (00168840)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSUKIHASHI Osamu Tohoku Institute of Technology, Department of TSUKIHASHI Architecture, Assistant and Professor, 建築学科, 講師 (50322037)
FUJII Akira Univ. of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Professor, 生産技術研究所, 教授 (20126155)
OHNO Hidetoshi Univ. of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Science, Professor, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (10160582)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | Gap between Buildings / Building Location / Morphology / Dilation / Erosion / Digital Image Processing / Closing / Densely Built-up Area |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to propose a method of quantification of the gap between buildings, which is one of features in Japanese urban space, and to clarify the characteristics of area and distribution of these gaps.
The gap was defined as an area where a circle of radius r cannot sweep through on a building location map. The diameter of the circle stands for the width of a gap. To extract the gap-area, operations in image-processing method called erosion and dilation were applied. That is, after digital imaging of a building location map, building planes were dilated in terms of a digital figure corresponding to a circle of r and then eroded. This procedure is equivalent to a closing operation in morphology and enabled the extracting gaps.
The following results were obtained by applying this procedure to the whole building location of Tokyo 23 wards and Osaka 24 wards.
1)In Tokyo, the gap ratios (gross area ratios) at three different widths of gap were 0.5% at l.5m width, 1.4% at 2.5m, and 2.4% at 3.5m. In Osaka, 0.6%, 1.3%, and 2.0% respectively. Locally, there were many areas with a ratio more than 10%, therefore the quantity of gap cannot be neglected in urban area.
2)The gap ratios and index of density (building density, perimeter-ratio, building coverage) were highly correlated.
3)High gap ratio areas are located circularly along the periphery of JR Yamanote line in Tokyo and along the periphery of JR Osaka Kanjo line. These areas overlap with densely built-up residential areas, that is, large population, low green coverage, and high earthquake risk areas, therefore problematic areas for safety.
In this study, a little consideration was taken for historical and cultural processes of gap generation. Some functions of gaps were exemplified by a field survey.
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Research Products
(6 results)
