Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2185-0593
Print ISSN : 0916-0647
ISSN-L : 0916-0647
The Role of Park System on the Prevention of Disasters Planning
Mikiko Ishikawa
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1996 Volume 31 Pages 133-138

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PREVENTION OF DISASTERS IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IRE CITY PLANNIG. SINCE THE GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO (1871), THE METHOD OF PARKS, PARKWAYS AND BOULEVARD SYSTEM (PARK SYSTEM) WAS ESTABLISHED. THE CONCEPT OF PARK SYSTEM IS TO COMBINE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WITH BOULEVARD SYSTEM, AND CREATE SAFE CITY WHICH IS IMMUNE FROM FIRE DISASTERS. THIS METHOD WAS SPREAD OUT NOT ONLY OTHER CITIES IN UNITED STATES, BUT EUROPE AND JAPAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT RECONSTRUC-TION PLANS IN JAPAN WERE IMPLEMENTED BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF PARK SYSTEM.
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