TY - GEN
T1 - Ergonomics and social considerations in public design for country parks: A case study on refuse collection facilities against wildlife’s raids
AU - Siu, Kin Wai Michael
AU - Wong, Yi Lin
AU - LO, CHI HANG
PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - Under the rapid growth of population and the advancement of technology, human life has started to invade nature. The expansion inevitably affects wildlife, and sometimes wild raids are frequent among the households. Based on a serious of basic research and field studies, this paper puts forward two of the new designs, named roller-fence and two-fold waste skip designs. After testing the prototypes, it was found that both general users and the frontline cleaning workers welcomed the new designs, and their comments were very positive. Despite the success, more factors such as villager’s habits and other environmental issues should also be considered. It is argued that designers should take both ergonomics and social considerations into account in order to maintain harmony between human life and wildlife.
AB - Under the rapid growth of population and the advancement of technology, human life has started to invade nature. The expansion inevitably affects wildlife, and sometimes wild raids are frequent among the households. Based on a serious of basic research and field studies, this paper puts forward two of the new designs, named roller-fence and two-fold waste skip designs. After testing the prototypes, it was found that both general users and the frontline cleaning workers welcomed the new designs, and their comments were very positive. Despite the success, more factors such as villager’s habits and other environmental issues should also be considered. It is argued that designers should take both ergonomics and social considerations into account in order to maintain harmony between human life and wildlife.
KW - Coexistence
KW - Densely populated cities
KW - Waste management system
KW - Wild animals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088744239&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-51038-1_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-51038-1_7
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85088744239
SN - 9783030510374
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 42
EP - 48
BT - Advances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Ergonomics in Design
A2 - Rebelo, Francisco
A2 - Soares, Marcelo
PB - Springer
T2 - AHFE Virtual Conference on Ergonomics in Design, 2020
Y2 - 16 July 2020 through 20 July 2020
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