2009 年 72 巻 5 号 p. 697-700
This study aims to make clear the role of public open spaces for locations of the regional resources useful to learn the local history such as monuments or relics, focusing the type of public open spaces and the historical background of their surrounding areas. The field survey was conducted in Higashinada Ward, Kobe City in 2007, selecting city parks, vacant spaces in governmental offices or public cultural facilities, vacant spaces in community facilities and precinct yards of shrines or temples as the target types of public open spaces. The result is as follows. According to the type of the public open spaces, precinct yards have the most regional resources in sum total, then followed by parks, community facilities, and public offices. Precinct yards have the most in a ratio with the regional resources, then followed by community facilities, public offices, and city parks. According to the historical background of the surrounding areas, precinct yards have the most regional resources in the old settlement areas than in the other areas, and parks have the most in the areas formed before the World War 2.