The Landscape Act of 2004 was established with its purpose of developing good landscapes in not only urban areas but also rural areas. The basic philosophy of this Act is to build a beautiful land in order to contribute to the growth of the national economy. Therefore, the government aims to be a good balance between creating landscape and industrial promotion.
Considering these facts, this paper reveals the characteristics and problems of the landscapes created by the food industry. This study was conducted in Obihiro Urban Area such as Obihiro, Otofuke, Makubetsu and Memuro. This paper examines methods of improving the local industrial landscapes by using landscape measures.
This paper is based on bibliographic survey, field survey, interview and questionnaire survey to agricultural cooperative and private company, and consists of following eight chapters, an introduction (Chapter 1), a body (Chapter 2 to 7), and a conclusion (Chapter 8).
In chapter 2 and 3, this paper reveals the transitions and actual situations of industrial policy and landscape measures. Through this analysis, this paper clarifies that the characteristics of industrial policy vary depending on the phase, and the effects of landscape measures are differs depending on the industry type.
In chapter 4 and 5, this paper clarifies the trends of factory location and facility scale by focusing food industry facilities in Obihiro urban area. Through this survey, this paper reveals that there are three differences between Agricultural Cooperative and private company; the tendencies of factory location, the reason for selection of factory locations and the scale of architecture.
In chapter 6 and 7, this paper clarifies the actual situation of food industrial facilities. Through this study, there are three factors that causing adverse effects on the local industrial landscape. First, regulatory contents of district plan are relaxed in comparison with the initial conditions of the industrial park. Second, the factory that making use of the subsidy system is restricted to demolish. Third, non-manufacturing industries are exempt from the legal methods for making green areas.
The following four points were clarified as the conclusion in Chapter 8.
1. Characteristics of industrial policy vary depending on the phase.
2. The characteristics of local industrial landscape differ depending on the location of the factory.
3. Manufacturing industries have larger green space than non-manufacturing industries because of measures.
4. Factories that limiting demolish by a subsidy system become deteriorated.
