The Study of Public Street Structures Applied by Universal Design
The 21st century is the century of so called the aging society. Technological and scientific developments have greatly extended human life and societies are aging all over the world since the quality of life is improved. So far we have disregarded the policies for the elderly and children, as well as disabled persons, in the post- industrial society. However, we must now turn to these groups in the aging society as malfunction in the quality of human life spreads due to the rapidly changing industrial society. Specially, preferential treatment for silver generation may have to be applied in all fields, as societies like South Korea which enter the period of rapid aging. Recently, efforts have been made in the design field to address these issues, and the concept of Universal design (UD) has risen from among these alternatives. Humanitarian care of UD coincides with the development of population policy in reaction to the worldwide phenomenon of population aging. Therefore, UD will have to be practically applied to elevate the quality of human life. Public Street Structures as a design tool has the most close relationship with human expect private space in civic environment field. This Public Street Structures is an important component that offers convenience to everybody while forming an image of the city via friendly communication between humans and the environment. Therefore, the effective application of Public Street Structures in UD promises to offer a new and agreeable environment, including necessary amenities, to everybody.
aging society Universal design Public Street Structures agreeable environment
Yang Han Kyu
Konkuk University, 200575090
国际会议
杭州
英文
23-32
2006-11-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）