Host: The City Planning Institute of Japan
Covered arcades have been constructed in many shopping streets. However, most of them are coming to their life now. Considering the decline tendency of shopping streets in recent years, it will be thought that the shopping street removing their arcades increases in the future. This study focuses on removal of covered arcades. Firstly, we suggested future trends of covered arcades. Secondly, and examined the details of removals and following efforts. Then, we searched for factors they can carry out removal effectively. The outcome depended on whether they renewed their individual store and street positively after removal. However it is necessary to be recognized as a supplementary project by the city government, while the individual shop owners must invest in their own shopping street.
