ILLUMINANCE, SKY FACTOR AND RELATIVE SOLAR ENERGY AROUND A BUILDING : Design control method considering the quality of daylight in urban open space (1)

Green urban open space becomes discourse in many cities, several cities in Indonesia have gained award because of their successful in building green urban open space, among them are: Surabaya and Bandung, the exsistence of green urban open space can be considered in improving city dwellers’s quality of life, quality of life connected field with urban and regional planning as part of comprehensive planning, science philosophy is a foundation to understand research positition. This research using qualitative descriptive to explore research position in urban and regional planning connected with knowledge philosophy. Analysis technique used in this research is descriptive evaluative using literature and theory. This paper concludes that green urban open space and quality of life are empirical research, logic, and can be measured. These concepts are parts of deductive research and reflection that the urban and regional planning is a logic knowledge and a science part.

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Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia

10.20944/preprints201804.0093.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Abu Yousuf Swapan ◽

Dora Marinova ◽

Joo Hwa Bay

Keyword(s):

Inner City ◽

Western Australia ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Open Space ◽

Public And Private ◽

Urban Open Space ◽

Built Form ◽

Physical Accessibility

The residential built form, including open space, provides the physical environment for social interaction. Understanding urban open space, including semi-public and public domains, through the lens of physical accessibility and visual permeability can potentially facilitate the building of a sense of community contributing to a better quality of life. Using an inner-city suburb in Perth, Western Australia as a case study, this research explores the importance of physical accessibility patterns and visual permeability for socialising in semi-public and public domains, such as the front yard and the residential streets. It argues that maintaining a balance between public and private inter-relationship in inner city residential neighbourhoods is important for creating and maintaining a sense of community.

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Public Open Space’s Contribution to Quality of Life: Does privatisation matters?

Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies ◽

10.21834/aje-bs.v2i5.224 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 71-83

Author(s):

Achmad Delianur Nasution ◽

Wahyuni Zahrah

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Urban Environment ◽

Public Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Publishing House ◽

Social Activity ◽

Positive Contribution ◽

Urban Open Space ◽

Public Open Space

Quality of life of people in urban area is the outcome of people interaction with urban environment. Many studies indicate that public open space is one of important urban environment elements which give positive contribution to quality of life. This paper investigates how privatization of public open space affects quality of life of people while many studies show degradation of ‘publicness’ of public space due to privatization. Research ßnding indicates that people keep doing their social activities both in privatized and public area but physically segregated. Keywords: urban open space privatization, social activity, quality of life eISSN 2514-751X © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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Exploring the Characteristics of Urban Streets that Influence People’s Restorative Experience

Scientific and Social Research ◽

10.36922/ssr.v3i6.1287 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 128-132

Author(s):

Xinyi Zeng

Keyword(s):

Open Space ◽

Natural Environments ◽

Positive Experience ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Urban Open Space ◽

Urban Streets ◽

Landscape Characteristics ◽

The Relationship

Research about restorative quality of landscape can help to mitigate possible negative effects of urban densification on people. Previous studies discussed the restorative experience on natural environments or urban open space. However, further research is needed on the application of restorative experience in specific scenarios, for example streetscapes. There are a few studies that have explored the relationship between restorative quality and the landscape characteristics on streets context. However, there is little research on the practice of these theories. This article delves into the study of its predecessors and summarizes the primary factors that influence the restorative ability of streets. Then, using these data in a case study, consider if streets that provide a positive experience for people have these restorative street qualities in common. In addition, this article investigates the potential street characteristics that influence street restorative value and identifies areas for development in these situations. The findings could lead to a more commonly applied method for creating a psychologically sustainable streetscape.

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METHODS ASSESSMENT QUALITY OF ACCOUNTING REPORTING AND MODELS OF THEIR MEASUREMENT

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.03.03.018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 95-99

Author(s):

E. H. ABU ◽

Keyword(s):

Internal Control ◽

Stock Prices ◽

Control Method ◽

Financial Statements ◽

Accounting Conservatism ◽

Standardized Assessment ◽

Accrual Quality ◽

Indirect Measures

The article explores individual approaches used to measure and evaluate the quality of financial state-ments: standardized assessment, accrual-based models (accrual quality), Beneise models (M-Score), in-dexes - the internal control method and the degree of accounting conservatism. The reason for the great dependence on the use of indirect measures (proxies for the quality of financial statements or stock prices) is that some of the qualities of financial statements are unobservable.

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