PROJECT TITLE
Eco-friendly Walk Score Calculator: Choosing a Place to Live with GIS

OBJECTIVE

To develop an integrated methodology (Remote Sensing, GIS and Spatial Web Technology) to model urban green space walkability, which enables local residents to make informed decisions that will improve their living conditions and physical health related to the neighbourhood environmental quality.

FUNDING AGENCY
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

DEVELOPING/IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION
Division of Spatial Information Science
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8572.
 

PROJECT AREA

Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Professor Dr. Yuji Murayama
Division of Spatial Information Science
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8572.
Email: mura@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp

PROJECT LEADER

Dr. Ko Ko Lwin
Division of Spatial Information Science
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8572.
Email: kokolwin@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp

PROJECT WEBSITE
http://land.geo.tsukuba.ac.jp/ecowalk (Eco Walkability)

http://land.geo.tsukuba.ac.jp/ecowalker (Smart Eco-path Finder)