Abstract

The idea 'Compact Development' is one of the alternative solutions in forming urban structure to reduce energy consumption in urban area. However, the idea from the scholars from developed countries, has never been proved to be effective in our urban development, though many seem to agree on it. On the contrary, there is a speculation that excessively high density development common in Asian cities might have reverse impacts on energy conservation. This research is designed to find out the correlation between the variables of urban form and energy consumption. For the analysis, 22 mid-size Korean cities were chosen. The results of the analysis are the followings. As seen in the cities of developed countries, higher the population density is, lesser the city consumes energy in korea. The optimum density is 500 person per hectare for the net density, and 70 person per hectare for the gross density. Excessive concentration on CBD is not desirable, while dispersed concentration is more energy efficient. For the mid-size cities, having more 2-lane street is effective than having more wider street under the same road area ratio.

Keywords

• 에너지 절감;
• 적정밀도;
• 컴팩트(compact)개발;