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A Study on Human Scale of Space Surrounded with Hills and Capes
Publication year | Port and Airport Research Institute Report 031-02-05 1992.06 |
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Author(s) | Ushio SAITOH,Masatoshi TAKESHITA,Kenji UESHIMA |
Department /Divison |
Planning and Design Standard Division Port Planing Laboratory |
Executive Summary | The purepose of this study is to find one of the standard of human scale in port. Fortunately, Japanese have interesting old geographical name which means the emvironment in which people feel comfortable like room by being enclosed with hills and capes. The name is 'muro'. It often makes complex with other geographical name. For example, 'muro-tsu' meaning port like room, or 'muro-hama' meaning beach-side village like room. |
PDF File | /en/pdf/en/vol031-no02-05.pdf |