Zhenjiang Shen

Zhenjiang Shen
Kanazawa University | Kindai · School of Environmental Design

PhD

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Introduction: The issue of population aging is increasingly prominent, presenting unprecedented challenges and pressures on urban medical resources. The equity and convenience of medical services for older adults have emerged as critical concerns for urban planners. While previous research on medical accessibility for older adults has yielded fruit...
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This paper intends to reveal the current situation and problems of historical building preservation in Japanese practices, which are an indispensable asset in town development in Japan. This work focuses mainly on historical building preservation in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, which contains a high number of historical buildin...
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Cultural routes are a composite set of heritage sites that refer to historical routes of human communication. As key products of cultural tourism, they provide visitors with rich cultural experiences across regions. We systematically review reports and studies related to the tourism development of 38 cultural route cases worldwide, with a special f...
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Cultural routes are a composite set of heritage, referring to any ancient routes of human communication. As one of the key products of cultural tourism, they providing visitors with a rich cultural experience across regions. We systematically review reports and studies related to the tourism development of 38 cultural routes cases around the world,...
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Virtual reality has the potential to be a unique tool to experience simulated disasters in a dynamic and immersive environment. Researchers thus developed an experience-based tsunami drill in a virtual reality space using a tsunami evacuation simulation on a head-mounted display. A 3D model of Mikuni-Minato area, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan...
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This research focuses on evaluating the shape of a tree's crown and its impact on CO2 dispersion from transportation. CO2 emissions from motor vehicles can quickly spread and cause poor air quality on the roadside. The design of tree planting is a way to control air quality by reducing CO2 dispersion. Therefore, the tree's crown shape is an essenti...
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Underground pedestrian system is an important part of urban public space and one of the key areas to ensure and enhance the vitality of the city centre. Various types of smart devices and sensors provide the possibility to create a safer, more comfortable, and smarter space to arouse a series of research topics such as energy saving and adjustment...
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This research aims to carry out energy simulation of various setting factors of office space in smart and healthy architecture in the design stage. First, we established an office model based on Japanese architecture energy efficiency standards; then, we simulated the energy consumption process by setting reasonable factor parameters by utilising O...
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How to make a reasonable spatial strategic plan of large-scale shopping center development to avoid negative effects on downtown development is now becoming a planning issue in Japan. Attempt to answer this question, we will firstly extract the development rules developed by the restrictions on the layout and floor space of large-scale shopping cen...
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Residential relocation is a traditional research concern in urban study area, in this chapter we will focus on introducing how to develop an Agent-Based Model (ABM) to simulate household residential relocation affected by a local residential policy regarding to downtown revitalization in Japanese local city. Different from conventional residential...
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In this chapter we will build an Agent-Based Model (ABM) to forecast the bus-sharing rate in urban area by simulating households’ commuting behaviors. The behaviors will be influenced by agent’s attributes and interact between each household agent. The policy effects of Transportation Development Management (TDM) strategy will be simulated through...
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Due to urban and rural planning plays a strategical role in ecology, agricultural space protection, and urban layout, has become oriented toward attaining China’s goal of hitting peak emissions and achieving carbon neutrality. In this regard, we will build a platform with combined Constraint Cellular Automata (CCA) approach and Agent-Based Model (A...
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In this chapter we build a Constraint Cellular Automata (CCA) model to introduce how to represent different driving forces and constraints into model design. The designed model is employed to support local spatial strategic plan of Chuandong area, China. Then, we further investigated how to combine the CCA model with Artificial Neural Network (ANN)...
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In this chapter we will review on the models utilized in analyzing urban policies, and compare the Constraint Cellular Automata (CCA) approach, Agent-based Model (ABM) approach and some traditional approaches such as statistical analysis, Geographical Information System (GIS) in urban policy analysis. It is showed that such kind models are developi...
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In this chapter we will first illustrate a methodology for creating the environment as a hypothetical urban space in an ABM. The hypothetical urban space should be able to represent the typical urban forms, such as cluster urban form, Linear urban form, ring shape and star shape urban forms during planning practice. In the next we will also introdu...
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According to the regulations of Chinese “community elderly care”, each community must be equipped with a senior activity center consistently configured as required during construction. This chapter will introduce how to build an Agent-Based Model (ABM) to simulate the elderly’s usage and satisfaction of community senior activity centers in the cont...
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The issue of sustainability is an interesting discussion on every concept of development in all cities worldwide. One issue in urban development concerns urban sustainability. It is widely understood in urban development that the distribution of land use directly impacts the sustainability of cities. The history of the city always impacts the distr...
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Indonesia has experienced multiple disasters induced by several active tectonic faults that cause earthquakes. Central Sulawesi, one of Indonesia's Province, has an active fault known as the Palu-Koro fault. This fault periodically causes disasters (i.e. earthquakes, tsunamis, liquefaction, and landslides). The co-occurrence of these four disasters...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban life and increased attention has been paid to the pandemic in discussions of urban vulnerability. There is a lack of methods to incorporate dynamic indicators such as urban vitality into evaluations of urban pandemic vulnerability. In this research, we use machine learning to establish an urban...
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The purpose of this study is to propose guidelines for sensor installation in different types of underground space smart sensing platforms. Firstly, we classify the underground space, analyze the scene requirements according to the classification of underground space, and sort out the requirements for sensors in various types of underground space....
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The architectural conservation movement began in China during an era of transformation. In the period from 1840 to 1966, i.e., the end of the Qing Dynasty to the initial 17 years of the People’s Republic of China, China changed its regime twice times, from the feudal Qing dynasty to the Republic of China (ROC) and then to the People’s Republic of C...
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This paper focuses on discussing the new construction activities of such bridges and their impacts on Min-Zhe Bridge’s Traditional Building Craftsmanship (TBC for short). A total number of fifty-six such bridges were investigated including their implementing mechanism, designs, structures and functions. Based on the investigation, it discussed the...
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In the era of big data, personal information has been widely shared and used, which facilitates personal life, social production and public management but also brings the risk of personal information abuse.Personal information has multiple values involving with personality dignity and freedom, economic use, and public management. Meanwhile, the sta...
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Smart building has a pivotal role in promoting the industrialization of buildings. Meeting room is a common type of public space. Developing a smart meeting space can play an important role in addressing the issue of research on smart building. In this paper, we develop a smart meeting space with AI product to support moderator. We create 3D model...
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To promote the development of low-carbon industries of Pingtan, it is necessary to establish a scientific, comprehensive and reasonable index system to evaluate the energy-saving of low-carbon industrial development. This paper firstly introduced the development background of Pingtan. By analyzing the domestic and foreign industrial low carbon deve...
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With the development of science and technology, artificial intelligence (AI) products are used more and more in buildings. However, we did not know how to make full use of AI products. This research aims to reveal the relationship between artificial intelligent (AI) products and room layout. Ten types of smart products and 6 types of room were sele...
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Designing with the surrounding environment has been consistently encouraged in architectural design and urban planning since the modernist movement. However, on-site design work is challenging for designers, because the current design tools can hardly merge virtual three-dimensional (3D) models with real surrounding environments for visualization a...
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This paper clarifies the actual conditions and problems of the circulation and reutilization of vacant historical buildings in Kanazawa City, and considers measures for improvement. The research was conducted according to the following methods: 1. Analysis of the data from the exteriors survey of historical buildings 2. Analysis and evaluation of t...
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In Japan, elementary schools are usually designated as evacuation shelters during disasters. Japanese regulations require spatial planning for evacuation shelters. It is important to consider the zoning of spaces according to the stages of shelter life. The purpose of this study is to provide guidelines on the zoning of evacuation spaces, living sp...
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In ancient China, the Kaogong Ji defined traditional Chinese urban form based on wooden building technology and adherence to traditional Chinese culture. Due to the might of western armies and their occupation of oriental countries in the 1800s, there was a need for serious social transformation. Furthermore, as Western culture seeped its way into...
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Within the living space, differing entrance size is considered to affect privacy, and there are few studies that investigate it. Mixed reality (MR) is able to be expressed using a 3D model created by SketchUp, a 3D CAD software. By using MR, it is possible to save on resources, without cardboard waste, and it is efficient as it does not require a l...
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In the smart city planning based on spatiotemporal big data, the mobile phone signaling big data is the most commonly used data source at the moment. This kind of big data has time and space dimensions and also significant human behavior attributes. According to the relevant Chinese law, the data has been anonymized before sharing, i.e. cannot be i...
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Min-Zhe bridge in Fu-Jian and Zhe-Jiang Provinces of China is a unique type of woven wooden arch bridge with important cultural heritage values in both tangible and intangible fields. Reconstruction (including in-situ rebuilding and relocation) is a traditional approach to extend the bridge’s lifespan, which has been passed on and lasts till now. T...
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In recent years, designing in existing environments has been consistently emphasized in community planning. However, practicing such on-site design is not easy for designers, because the current technical conditions do not allow virtual design objects into real environments for 3D visualization and interaction. Thus, designers’ intuitive design per...
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In disaster management, evacuation modeling is considered a useful visual tool to disaster managers for reviewing current evacuation strategies, estimating the ability of shelters to accommodate all evacuees, and developing evacuation route planning. Though there are several existing studies on evacuation modeling in the case of an earthquake, rese...
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Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is a critical sustainable development theory in the urban water environment, which is attracting more and more attention worldwide. Meanwhile, as an island country, Japan attaches great importance to water resources and water environment, and have achieved fruitful result in urban water management. Based on the f...
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This volume introduces and discusses the achievements and mechanisms of urban planning and construction in China from multiple professional perspectives, covering practices and processes ranging from ancient times to the present day. The book has 14 chapters, each addressing a specific Chinese urban planning and construction topic with examples and...
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Large scale of fires spreading could occur in urban areas where are consisted of dense wooden buildings. Although it’s urgent need to minimize the fire spreading risks, historical buildings are also precious for preserving area’s characteristics. Kanazawa is one of historical cities and has a lot of historical building in its central area. This stu...
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Personal information is collected by different smart services and integrated into one big data database, in contemplation of the smart visiting service management on an isolated island. Thereby, the information about a certain person’s activities is possibly managed by one database, and smart services are conveniently provided for the users, at the...
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Walking maintains an indisputable advantage as a simple transport mode over short distances. Various situations have shown that when staying in a walk-friendly built environment, people are more likely to walk and interact with their surroundings. Scholars have reported some evidence of the influence of neighbourhood environments on personal walkin...
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This study aims to analyze the tsunami disaster evacuation model using the current existing method, which uses only existing road, and compared with the proposed method using three types of tessellation as virtual network. The research is using Network Analysis solver within ArcGIS environment to compare 4 types of network distance with the real-wo...
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Urban environment is the place that human depends on to survive. The quality of urban design concepts will directly impact the change of urban environment. However, due to the lack of user interaction and clear information exchange between users and designers, it is difficult for users to understand urban design concepts, and sometimes even misunde...
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Many researchers have confirmed a correlation between the built environment and physical activity. However, most studies are based on the objective characteristics of the built environment, and seldom involve the residents’ subjective perception. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the subjective and objective character...
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This research aims at developing a geographic information system (GIS)–based model for integrating risk estimation for residential building damage with risk estimation for shelter capacity by number of evacuees. The former aims at predicting the number of buildings damaged by an earthquake, while the latter refers to whether each evacuation center...
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Coupling between polarization and the strain gradient, namely, flexoelectricity, is a universal phenomenon that widely exists in all solid dielectrics and polymers. At a low level of the applied strain gradient, this electromechanical coupling is strictly a linear effect. In this Letter, a strong nonlinearity between the polarization and the strain...
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Transportation has become one of the most significant contributors to CO2 in the world because of its fuel usage. Trees are planted on the roadside to reduce levels of CO2 in the air because trees have the ability to absorb CO2 to be used in the photosynthesis process. This ability will be maximized if the dispersion of CO2 is concentrated around t...
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Flexoelectricity yields electric polarization through graded strains and exists in various kinds of solid dielectrics but usually with a weak coupling response. In this letter, several Bi-doped Pb(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PMN-xPT) ferroelectric ceramics were prepared and the interplay of their piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity was systematically...
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Smart home and artificial intelligence technologies are developing rapidly, and various smart home products associated with artificial intelligence (AI) improved the quality of living for occupants. Although some studies discussed the application of artificial intelligence in smart homes, few publications fully considered the integration of literat...
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Earthquakes and tsunami affecting Central Sulawesi, Indonesia have been recorded since 1927. The last tsunami in 2018 washed the shoreline for not more than five minutes. The objective of this study is to determine evacuation distance by using three different methods of network analysis: the current method (existing road network model), the propose...
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Elementary schools are usually designated as evacuation shelters during a disaster. Based on this regulation, it is essential to plan the evacuation space in evacuation shelters, including for disaster management control centres, crisis centres, and so on. Since the primary function of the elementary school is for educational activities, it is also...
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The provision of daylighting within a building performs an essential function, not only for health and visual comfort but also for energy efficiency in lighting. In tropical areas, however, excessive sunlight radiation and intensity have become a common problem in providing a sufficient amount of daylight, because they can lead to overheating. Seve...
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By means of on-site and network investigation, we collected data relevant to residents of communities, point of interest (POI) data, and land-use data of Fuzhou. We set traffic walking time and leisure walking time as an independent variable, built environment as dependent variable, and gender, age, education level and income level as control varia...
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This study investigated the practice of plan formulation for Tsunami evacuation. This planning assessment is carried out based on questionnaire while collecting necessary planning materials from municipalities with coastline in Chubu region. From the planning materials including planning documents and drawings, we classify methods of plan-making in...
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Rain water harvest system (RHS) has been widely adopted in residential buildings and was proved to be an effective approach for reusing rainwater as the replaceable resource of domestic water. However, due to the complicated design procedures and confusing design codes, the insufficient cooperation between architects and RHS engineers leads to poor...
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The most important message delivered by this book is that water management is multifaceted and the approaches to deal with water-related issues are diverse so that wise water governance including the incorporation of wise water management into urban planning should be pursued in order to achieve an integrated solution for sustainability. The emphas...
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The growing number of urban residents in the world urges some governments including Indonesia to provide an ideal housing and settlement by considering climate change factors that impact the occurrence of floods in their urban areas. This study aims to integrate housing and settlement planning within the Indonesian Urban Masterplan (RTRW-Kota) with...
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Energy generation by photovoltaic (PV) installations on residential building envelopes in tropical area was evaluated by using a new practical method employing 3D analysis. Calculations of monthly global radiation were used to investigate solar potential in the study case area. In order to simulate optimal locations of PV panel installation, BIM Re...
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This article proposes a community renewal strategy named 'cultural restored, community repaired'. It aims to emphasize the interaction between culture and community, promotes community renewal quality through the use of culture, and promotes the culture development by community renewal. 'cultural restored' is the core idea, include material culture...
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近年来,智慧住宅的设计与建设逐渐成为热点。智慧住宅通过一体化平台管理控制家用电器,并基于功能性的自动化技术创造高品质的生活。通过相关研究综述,解析智慧住宅的设计原则,并与绿色住宅进行异同点的概念区分,对智慧住宅的概念源起与发展进行了探讨。以日本的智慧住宅建设为案例,对6处智慧住宅进行了概念实施的比较分析,最终构建智慧住宅的智能化指标体系。智慧住宅概念与绿色住宅概念存在叠合,集中体现在用户关怀、节能节水、响应气候变化的参数设计中。 Smart house has gaining increasing popularity both in academic and industrial world. The smart house was devoted in creating a high q...
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This chapter is provided as an introduction and summary of the whole book’s contents. From the viewpoint of planners and architects, the summary presents the key contributions of the book on a three-dimensional scale of the green concept, including buildings, the community, and the city. This book draws extensively on multidisciplinary research and...
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The smart house has been a growing field of interest among researchers and entrepreneurs in recent years. The smart house is designed to create a high quality of life based on technologies of functional automation within residential buildings. It provides a platform to monitor and control certain appliances in the house environment. The concept of...