ASSESSMENT OF FLOODING RISKS TO CULTURAL ASSETS, TOURISM RESOURCES AND LOCAL RESOURCES IN THE OSAKA BAY AREA

Abstract

 In coastal areas of our country, there are numerous tangible and intangible cultural assets, tourism resources, and local resources scattered throughout, which have become crucial assets supporting regional economies and cultural activities. As seen in recent major disasters like the Great East Japan Earthquake and the heavy rain disaster in western Japan, there has been an increasing opportunity for these traditional cultural assets and tourism resources to be compromised in coastal areas. In this study, we conducted spatial information analysis utilizing national geospatial data to verify the disaster risk of cultural properties, tourist resources, and regional resources in the coastal municipalities of the Osaka Bay region. As a result, it was revealed that the Osaka Bay region has a significant presence of regional resources, tourist resources, and designated cultural properties. Furthermore, it became evident that the proportion of tourist resources and designated cultural properties distributed in the coastal areas is higher than that of regional resources.