2023 Volume 22 Issue 3 Pages 522-528
The purpose of this paper is to find new values in Machizukuri in response to the changing values of society. (This is the third report in the series.) In this study, we conducted an interview survey of practitioners of reconstruction Machizukuri in Sumita Town, Iwate Prefecture, in cooperation with the community hosting temporary housing. As a result of attempts to extract and verbalize new values, six new values of Machizukuri were identified. In the temporary housing in Sumita Town, a relationship of trust was established between the host community and the disaster victims, influenced by a sense of hometownship, sharing the same watershed and culture, and the location, scale, and design of the temporary housing. The activities of volunteers and regular support groups (Yu-Support) were based on this relationship of trust. The case of Sumida Town, which enriches the community by supporting difficult community together, demonstrates the potential for sustainable local Machizukuri and solutions to issues in the global world.
