A study on the land use management by residents through the community garden after the Tsunami stricken area

Abstract

This study aims to examine the possibility of the land use management by residents through the community garden after the Tsunami stricken area. This study was conducted with Ogatsu community garden as the subject, which locates center of the Ogatsu peninsula, Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture. Through the analysis of this research, the following feature in Ogatsu community garden was made clear. 1)the collaboration activity and land use management by the residents, specialists and volunteer groups established Ogatsu community garden, 2) the regulations for the land use activities and the spatial scale were adjusting for the community garden, 3) Ogatsu community garden has secured high visibility and transparency of the space and activities, 4) the community garden has various spatial structures and features that made by various subjects, 5)the community garden offer the cooperative place for local residents and visitors. Ogatsu community garden suggests a possibility of the land use management by local residents by creating the node of various activities in the low density area.