Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the components of new industrial city planning and land development in the Bansyu Coastal Industrial Zone during WWII using Hirohata, Aboshi, and Takasago as case examples. In this paper, landfill projects, building of wide-ranging roads, and land reallocation projects at each city will be reviewed according to the official city plan. Full-scale industrialization in the Bansyu area began with the Hirohata Steel Works in 1934. This plant site development method was used for the landfill projects planned in Hirohata, Aboshi and Takasago. Meanwhile, the Public Body Enforcement Land Readjustment Project was used as the standard for building wide-ranging roads. At Hirohata, they built wide roads to serve as fire lines to support air defense and allocated schools and parks properly in each urban block. Consequently, the contents of the plan were found to be similar to a neighborhood unit.
