Side Setback Areas in Residential Zones in Japan – A Socio-psychological Approach Towards Studying Setbacks, Case Study of an Inner Osaka Neighborhood

This paper presents a study of utilization and perceptions towards side setback areas as an important but often overlooked urban space. Side setback areas, which are mutual distances between adjoining buildings in a high density, inner-urban, residential area of Osaka, Japan were selected for study....

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Main Authors: Amir Shojai, Rie Nomura, Suguru Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.16.589