琵琶湖疏水計画における舟運機能に関する研究

抄録

It is useful for infrastructure planning to learn the technologies of civil engineering in the past and study a process of urban development. We classify the transition of urban development along the Lake Biwa Canal that was based on the function of navigation systems, and consider the action of the infrastructure on urban development.
The Lake Biwa Canal was constructed by using water from the Lake Biwa in the 19th century applying the latest technology in Meiji period. This canal has been produced a lot of amenity for about 100 years since the construction, in spite of disappearance of shipping there. It was found through our study that navigation systems was one of the most important function of the Lake Biwa Canal and this infrastructure played an important part in the urban development of Kyoto.