Elements and Total Concepts of Urban Pavement Design (English and Japanese Edition)

Pavement is the floor, the bottom side, of some outdoor spaces. It is used where there will be heavy use by pedestrians and/or vehicles. It stabilizes the ground surface, eliminates dust and mud, controls drainage on the surface, and minimizes outdoor maintenance. Materials range from hard to soft: stone, brick, tile, concrete, wood; cobblestones, gravel, fine crushed rock, sand. Paving should play a balanced role in expressing the use, function, and desired quality of spaces, in coordination and complete spatial synthesis with the sides and overhead.

The idea behind this book was to publish a work with a new point of view. It is not only important to focus on pavement design as 'floor' design within the concept of landscape design with conventional materials, but also how to create landscapes that are safer, more comfortable and more attractive environments using newly developed materials.