The aim of this study is to clarify changes of spatial structure of open space, disposition of apartment houses and accessibility to open spaces in 7 areas in which apartment complexes were redeveloped or in which rebuilt apartment houses were concentrated in Senri New Town. Characteristics of changes are also investigated by comparing various types of development.
Results of this study are as follows: 1) area of open spaces such as green, plaza, and play lots has a tendency to be reduced after rebuilding apartments, 2) open spaces have become to be inaccessible for neighbors due to closeness of apartments' sites by fences, walls, locked entrances, and so on, 3) physical connection among open spaces has been lost owing to closeness of reconstructed sites, 4) in sites of public housings, area of open spaces except parking lots, accessibility to open spaces, and spatial structure making open spaces watched by residents are kept after rebuilding apartment houses.
