With the outbreak of infectious disease (COVID-19), it showed that Japanese lifestyle has changed as to refrain from unnecessary outings and to stay within the prefecture. This study focuses on the role played by urban park from the actual state of use and consciousness of users. As a result, it has become clear that users who avoid the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak tend to prefer suburban parks to urban ones, the behavior changed from group use to individual use, the number of users of play equipment decreased in both parks located urban and suburb. In the future, it is necessary to send an information of feasible activities such as personal recreational activities.

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A place where people are interacting each other is said to be the good place in public space. The purpose of this study is to find the effect of installing street furniture in public space on the interaction of the people. We conducted a social experiment by installing some sets of table and chair in the fountain square in Amagasaki Central Park and observed behaviors of people in there. The sets of table and chair were set in two ways, one is along the fountain, the other is in one place. This experiment was found that people sitting on the installed chairs have a higher ratio of “eating/drinking”, “talking with their family or friends” and “seeing strangers” than people sitting on the fountain. In addition, behaviors of people talking with strangers are observed when the sets were set in one place. Therefore, the installation of street furniture in public space may stimulate the interaction of the people.

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In this research, we grasped the role of edible landscape in regional revitalization from its history in the world and its activities in Japan, and explored the potential. In the surveys, we conducted bibliographic surveys and interviews on the case of edible landscape in Japan managed by local residents. As a result, edible landscape has not only food security but also a role of comprehensive regional revitalization including educational meaning, economic effect, and community revitalization. Also, in each process from planting to eating of edible plants, in addition to the collaboration with neighborhood associations, the theme of edible may induce the collaboration with public organizations and various stakeholders such as companies and community organizations.

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In recent years, the management of urban parks has been promoted by the private sector. This study aims to clarify how to ensure the publicness and profitability of TEN-SHIBA, entrance area of Tennoji Park, based on the ideas of Osaka City and Kintetsu Real Estate regarding the publicness, profitability, and project evaluation. The results of the study revealed the three things. The first is that the emphasis on publicness rather than profitability. The Second is that the lawn area is maintained to ensure that a large number of users have a place to use it. The third is they are ensuring that the environment is accessible to everyone when selecting events and tenants. By improving the function of the park, it will improve its ability to attract visitors and sustainably park management. It is expected to revitalize to become a base of community by the park bustling.

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This study examines the changing Urban image and its significance by looking at the changes in the green space of Kyoto City in the 1950s. The results of the study , 1) In the 1950s, Kyoto's urban image changed twice. The first time was in 1955 when the city was designated as a green space, and the second time was when the green space was removed. 2) The first change in the Urban image of Kyoto city came about with the enactment of the Special City Construction Law against the backdrop of the government's intention to introduce a green space system in Kyoto City. 3) the methods used in the second Urban image conversion were same as the other city designated as a green space.

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The purpose of this study is to clarify 1) location trends, 2) the impact on land prices, and 3) the actual status of discontinued lodging facilities, targeting the rapidly increasing number of lodging facilities. The survey results show that 1) the location of budget hotels are more prevalent in residential and industrial areas than inns and hotels, a trend that has been intensifying since 2016, 2) budget hotels tend to be located in areas where land prices are lower than inns and hotels, but regression analysis shows that this is a factor in increasing land prices, and 3) about 90% of the lodgings that went out of business in fiscal 2018 were budget hotels, with many going out of business after less than three years in business.

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Tenri-shi is learned about widely as a religious city because Tenri-kyo church head office is put. And Tenri-shi where city is formed as well as expansion of Tenri-kyo has developed distinctive urban policy with cooperated with Tenri-kyo. But in recent years, power decline of Tenri-kyo is happened to be seen conspicuously from decrease of the number of believers and the number of churches. It's put up urban development for which don't depend on Tenri-kyo by recent urban policy of city government. A citizen lives without associating with Tenri-kyo.In this research , is intended to clarify the consumption behavior of behavior in a religious city and public benefits of religion related store , and get suggestion urban design after this.

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This study aims to validity verification the support system which was carried out for the restoration of house damaged by 2018 Osaka earthquake. Most of the houses damaged by the 2018 Osaka earthquake were partially damaged, but there was a significant effort to restore the houses. The government support is limited to the total or harf destruction of the house and not to the partially damaged houses. For this reason, cities provided their own support. The support system was different Ibaraki City and others from Takatsuki City and others, whether to consider income in determining the target of support. As a result of analysis by a questionnaire survey conducted by Ibaraki City, the city's support measures with income restrictions and high support amounts were generally appropriate. In addition, I consider that support for damage from natural disasters should be provided over a wide area, and it is not desirable that there are differences among cities.

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With the development of the automobile society, many parking lots have been set up. In recent years, effective utilization of low unused land including these parking lots has become an issue. In this study, we grasped the total number of parking lots in Izumiotsu City, Osaka Prefecture and clarified the characteristics of the parking lots. When we surveyed the entire city, we found that the number of parking lots was characteristic of the type of parking lot and the location was characteristic of the restricted area. It turned out that there was a case of diversion in the rental garage of the parking lot. It turned out that there was a case of diversion in the rental garage of the parking lot. This case was divided into four patterns. The challenge for the future is to clarify the details of diversion of the rental garage and effectively utilize the unused land.

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This study focuses on the Urakami Branch of the Nagasaki Prison, which is atomic bombed remains and had a history of housing Chinese who were forcibly deported and Koreans. This study clarified the changes in the narrative of memory of the tragedy and discussed how the space affects the formation and inheritance of collective memory. The results showed: 1) the memory of the Urakami Branch of Nagasaki Prison was clearly described by the people concerned even after the Peace Park was built on the site of the Urakami Branch of Nagasaki Prison. 2) In the immediate post-war period, the narrative of the site of the Urakami Branch of Nagasaki Prison was more explanatory, but in recent years, many of the narratives have been more impressions from a bird's-eye view. 3) the remains of the Urakami Branch of the Nagasaki Penitentiary, which came to light in 1991, shook the question of what memory should be passed on.

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In recent years, due to the urbanization of farmland, agricultural water channels running through the city nearly ends their roles. The Tamagushi River, which this study focuses on, is an agricultural water channel which runs through Yao City, Osaka Prefecture. This paper examines both the structure of residents' consciousness and issues for improving Tamagushi River. The workshop was held three times, mainly in three school districts along the Tamagushi River. Also, questionnaire surveys were conducted. As a result of surveys, it is identified that 1) Tamagushi River needs to have multi functions such as landscape, ecology and disaster preventions; 2) local residents have to take part in local activities to maintain the good environment of the Tamagushi River.

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Mutual assistances among local residents are important for disaster measurements. It is necessary to have a mechanism to strengthen and maintain the social bonds of the local community on a daily basis. The purpose of this study is to clarify the issues and management conditions for promoting the after school childcare business by local residents within the framework of area management. As a result of the survey, the expectation for childcare after school was often seen from the perspective of parents. Many fields were pointed out as resources that could be provided by local areas, but the services that could be provided actually were those that could be familiar such as study and sports support.

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It has recently been problematic that the places teenagers spend time daily and their social relationships result in poor communication skills and lack of bond with their local communities. This research focuses on the students of Kishiwada high school in Kishiwada-shi which is known for its symbolic feature, "Danjiri-festival." Although the local communities in Kishiwada-shi have become rather small, Danjiri- festival is enough for providing them with places that build local bonds, which eventually leads to greater local activities. Thus it is important that those places are available for all kinds of people and will promote their participation in sociey, which means that the restructure of public buildings must be determined.

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In the 1960s, Children's Playground was set up for children by many municipalities in 1960s. Amagasaki city also established Children's Playground. Because Amagasaki city had few parks and need a safe environment for children to play. This study is to clarify the features of planning policy of Children's Playground in Amagasaki city by classifying it from 1968 to 2007. The following 2 features were clarified. 1)The planning policy changed three times with the change of municipal policy. The first was the active establishment phase from 1968 to 1975, the second was the maintenance phase from 1976 to 2003, and the third was the review phase from 2004 to 2007. 2)The method of setting up the Children's Playground and its location was different depending on whether they were set up by the municipal or private companies.

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In recent years, urban revitalization of Japanese cities have been focused on new utilization on public open spaces with creating a lively atmosphere by transforming public spaces into people centered spaces. This paper focuses on public open spaces of the Planned Development Design System and clarifies the occupancy of them by questionnaire and hearing surveys to the Tokyo and ordinance-designated cities. As a result, 12 out of 21 local governments have been made use of the public open space to contribute to the revitalization and activity of the district. In particular, the Tokyo metropolitan government is actively using the system and secures revenue in the public open spaces with ensuring the public nature and the public interests. If other cities follow the method of Tokyo, it becomes possible to further promote activities that contribute to the revitalization of the district and its prosperity.

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This aim of study is to characteristics regeneration methods in declining communities in Europe, where urban disparity is a problem. Focusing on URBACT, an urban regeneration program that has been implemented in the EU, attempted to clarify the characteristics of the latest community regeneration methods in Europe by analyzing the evolution of the theme from the first to the third phases and the methods practiced in urban. As a result, it became clear that (1) In URBACT III, the formation of a cross-disciplinary network is attempted through the establishment of topics., and (2) from the analysis of the network, it is a community regeneration method that has two points in common: promotion of participation in local activities and support for education, but it must be adapted to each city and issue.

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Midosuji is working on space redesign to transform the street for pedestrians from for cars. In recent years, number of population and tourists in surrounding areas are increasing and the people’s needs to midosuji has changed greatly. This study looks for the changes in staying behavior between 10years by analyzing comparatively on results of investigation about midosuji’s pedestrians’ staying behavior from Yodoyabashi to Namba in 2009 to the same investigation done in 2019. by examining the changes in physical characteristics of sidewalk as well as roadside private site and staying behavior characteristics the ways for forward space maintenances were searched. The characteristics of staying behavior are largely different in each area, and space maintenance are required depending on those situations for each area, such as to ensure walkable space by widening the sidewalk or introduction of sidewalk café.

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Today's old urban areas were built in the mid-1950s, during the period of high economic growth. The farmlands were converted to houses, and large numbers of wooden rental houses were built haphazardly as commuter towns. As a result, many old wooden rental houses facing narrow streets were built in the urban areas. For this reason, the land readjustment projects are undertaken for reforming such old urban areas to strong urban areas by improving the public facilities and changing the shape of the area. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between changes in the road width and roadside values conducted by land readjustment projects, and to measure the effects of roadside values of residential areas.

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In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion and practice of making the city a walkable city, especially in the central part of the city and in front of the railway stations. In addition, the use of big data about people's movements and activities for creating pedestrian rambling is increasing.In this study, we organized and discussed trends related to the creation of pedestrian rambling, analyzed store data from foursquare, a location-based social networking service, and organized area planning perspectives for the creation of pedestrian rambling.

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A purpose of this study is to clarify the EEG characteristics of getting lost in underground mall during way finding with reading map. We conducted wayfinding experiment using EEG in underground mall southern part of Osaka station. The result are as follows. It was recognize that a non-dominant group about spatial cognition was existed. And analyzing EEG experiments, we notated the EEG characteristics at the time of reading map and when getting lost.

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Bicycles have become a popular mode of transportation for sightseeing in Kyoto, but leaving bicycles unattended for short periods of time around sightseeing spots remains an issue. In this study, in order to contribute to such problems, we first analyzed the GPS log data of rental bicycle users to identify stray and illegal bicycle-parking behaviors near sightseeing spots. We found out that the issues of stray and illegal bicycle-parking behaviors near sightseeing spots are caused by several issues, such as distances between sightseeing spots and parking lots and the quantity and quality of information on the bicycle parking lots. Then, bicycle parking lots were categorized by three types in terms of geographical feature and information provided to bicycle users. Lastly, we examined solutions by types of bicycle parking lots to decrease stray behavior and illegal bicycle-parking behaviors near sightseeing spots.

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