| Author | Hwang, Jiing-maw |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-91-15 |
| Subject(s) | Community development, Urban--Taiwan--Kaohsiung
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the
Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-91-15 |
| Abstract | The concept of the neighborhood unit was firstly formulated by Perry in
1929. It has been extensively used to define residential areas and has played an
important role in providing the framework for the setting of residential
environmental standards. However, it is not a panacea. Due to changes in social
structure, the concept has already received a lot of attacks. Therefore, many
planning professionals tried to raise possible alternatives and made a variety of
modifies. Even though the paradigm is not the only model in physical design, and
despite some of its shortcomings, in the area of residential design, it seems that
no alternatives have been found.
Recently, many case studies related to the concept of the neighborhood unit
have been done in various countries. But most of these previous studies usually
selected several "planned" neighborhood units which fully applied the concept
of the neighborhood unit, and excluded the "unplanned" residential areas that
did not use the concept to plan. As a result, the value of the findings from these
researches for the future physical design of a residential area is doubtful. In
order to explore whether the concept of the neighborhood unit can achieve
physical functions and some presumed social functions related to physical design,
this research selected a planned neighborhood unit and an unplanned
neighborhood unit and compared their effectiveness.
Based on a survey questionnaire and some secondary data, this research
applied chi-square test, T test, stepwise regression analysis, and discriminant
analysis methods to explore and compare the physical and social effectiveness of
the neighborhood unit concept in the planned neighborhood unit. It was found
that the concept can only accomplish few physical and social functions. Among
29 evaluation criteria, only were 9 criteria found to be successful, 4 criteria to
be failure, and 16 criteria to be indifferent from the unplanned neighborhood
unit. At the end of the research, a new model for physical design in residential
area was raised which is thought to be suitable for Taiwanese environments and
can achieve physical and social functions. Moreover, the research suggested that
the planners should have the responsibility to monitor the implementation of the
neighborhood unit planning until his/her planning conceptions are implemented. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-91-15 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Robinson, Ira. M. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sheng, Yap Kioe ;Higuchi, Yoichiro
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Kaohsiung Municipal Government,
The Republic of China; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |