Papers by Keyword: Floor Area Ratio

Abstract: Floor area ratio (FAR) is fundamentally important for urban economic development and for urban design, planning and management. This paper tried to enhance the texture information of the QuickBird image by using HIS and PCA transform methods in Yiwu city as a case study. An object-based method was proposed to process the enhanced QuickBird image for the shadow of buildings and building object areas, and the building heights were accurately calculated based on the shadow of buildings. The building object areas and heights were integrated with an administrative district map in Yiwu city to estimate FAR. Tests with this above method demonstrated excellent accuracy in terms of FAR estimation. The high spatial resolution images have great potential in quickly and accurately estimating FAR, providing a scientific basis to policy makers and urban planners.

Abstract: There are relationship between road capacity with building floor area ratio. It can be coordinated that between city planning, construction scheme and road system volume by find out connection of them. This paper will discuss the effect of the road capacity to city planning and building floor area ratio. At the same time it explain how traffic systems engineering infiltrate and cross with the city planning subjects in teaching, further raise students’ interests in the study, reinforce the ability of combining theory with practice, cultivate students’ open-minded and creative thinking by example analysis.

Abstract: Solving the housing problem for urban low-income people is one of important issues of the housing policy and urban planning in China. Shanty towns which were left from old days are now the main housing source for low-income populations; therefore, shanty town reconstruction has been taken as a resolution for solving housing problems for low-income people. However, the current land policy, real estate development policy, urban planning laws and regulations are insufficient in solving the shanty town reconstruction difficulties and more likely become barriers of it. A number of indicators such as building density, per capita living space, land prices and floor area ratio are used to determine how successful the shanty town reconstruction being implemented. In this article, a flexible solution on political and regulatory basis for solving shanty town reconstruction difficulties will be proposed by systematically analyzing various economical and technical indicators.