Extracting and verbalizing the new value to be realized by Makigumi's efforts to pursue "living" in Ishinomaki

Re-finding Machizukuri as a resource for sustainable world-part 2

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify new values in Machizukuri in response to changing social values. (This is the third report in the series.) In this study, we interviewed practitioners of Machizukuri in Ishinomaki to identify values that are not generally articulated. The results of the survey confirmed that the activities pursued by interviewees in Ishinomaki in pursuit of "living" encompassed seven new values in addition to the existing values of Machizukuri. They used vacant houses as a means to support prospective migrants, and as a result, discovered the value of living while interacting with the local nature and society. This raises the question of how people can live in a town that has been drastically changed by a disaster, and how reconstruction Machizukuri should be carried out.