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Using the cadaster of Yachimata Village, Inba Gun, made in 1899
Midori Hirohashi, Nobuo Mishima
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
1-9
Published: April 25, 2017
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This study aims to clarify characteristics of the Yachimata cultivated land located in Chiba prefecture, and developed by Eitakusya Cultivation Company from 1876 to 1940. The Eitakusya was established by Saga Samurais to help poor people who had lost the samurai position after the Meiji restoration. We used the cadaster made in 1899 to reveal the characteristics. We made a map in which the situation of each lot at that time was restored, then compared with the classification and the grade set by the Meiji government. As a result, we found that the land was developed according to the old land allocation, and that a railway development in the middle of the Meiji era influenced to the grades of lots.
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Comparison Focusing on Location of Retail and Medical Facilities and Intercentral Public Transportation
Haruka Ozawa, Kiyoshi Takami, Noboru Harata
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
10-17
Published: April 25, 2017
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This paper aims to overview how the idea of “Networked compact city” (NCC) is treated in municipal master plans in Japan, and to reveal the actual situation of planned centers from the viewpoint of the location of retail and medical facilities and the service level of intercentral public transportation, both as of 2014. The results include: (1) 46% of the municipalities under study have clearly adopted NCC with centers interconnected by public transportation as their future urban structure; (2) centers account for 26% with poor facility locations and public transportation services to the main center; and (3) municipalities with smaller population are apt to set less convenient centers in terms of facilities and public transportation services, which may imply the over-designation of centers.
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Shinichi Hosoda, Fumihiko Seta
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
18-27
Published: April 25, 2017
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When converting road space into a square, it is facing a variety of difficult. This research makes the process which converts road space into a square clear targeted for the case in Kashiwa-city. The square near the Kashiwa Station is the example which converted road space into a square by the private entities in city center of Kashiwa. It revealed the factors that have overcome challenges by interviews, etc. to the concerned parties. One of success factor is that went up to maintenance after completion from local experts is planned. For the role of public-private collaboration, it left many challenges. In addition, Square will be necessary to verify how much contributes to the activation of the central city area.
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By using a multi agent simulation
Shin Kenjo, Hidenori Tamagawa
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
28-33
Published: April 25, 2017
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The aim of this article is to get the knowledge of guidelines for compact city policy and transforming policy from vacant lots into green spaces through comprehending the impact of the two policies to green spaces environment and city compactness which are considered trade-off and reveal the possibility of balancing between the two policies. By the multi agent simulation for urban land-use, we conclude that compact city policy and transforming policy from vacant lots into green spaces are compatible to get green space in early phase of compactification by creating tentative green spaces and to set a target for green coverage rate on the block basis using the tentative green space as the potential location of permanent green space.
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Chengguang An, Keisuke Matsuhashi, Tsutomu Suzuki
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
34-41
Published: April 25, 2017
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In this paper, we propose an index of the degree of linkage between city shape and railway network, as a method for measuring how well the spatial pattern of urban development is supported by public transportation like railway network. We measure the degree of linkage for targeted forty major cities in the world, grasping urban expansion by using satellite images and open data. We find out that Chinese cities show relatively low degree of linkage compared with cities in developed countries, and that the typical pattern of the pass due to the delay of railway network construction from the time-series change of the degree of linkage can be observed. We also try to identify area that contributes to urban compaction by average travel time and the degree of linkage.
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On the Subject of Busan Tomihira-Cho and Mokpo Public Market
Haruhiko Sunagwa, Hirohisa Ito, Koouhean Yeon, Madoka Kayanoki, Sadash ...
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
42-47
Published: April 25, 2017
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This paper seeks to clarify the characteristics of the spatial composition of the public retail markets in Busan and Mokpo, South Korea during the Japanese colonial period. Comparing with the formative process of the commercial urban blocks surrounding the foreign settlements, and the results of this study are as follows. The buildings of Tomihira-Cho market in Busan were gradually built around the square block and took in the neighboring street-markets during the Taisho period. The district including Mokpo market in Namgyo-Dong was reclaimed from the sea in the early Showa period. The Japanese landowners created 4 rectangular blocks behind the market to develop the commercial areas. Korean landowners also increased the shopping street as Omote-nagaya (Japanese style row houses) which were located on both sides.
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Takashi Nishiyama, Kaori Ito, Yukari Niwa
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
48-54
Published: April 25, 2017
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"Running stations," facilities with lockers and showers for runners, have increased. In the study, we conducted a questionnaire survey to the users of five running stations around the Imperial Palace to clarify the users' usage and evaluation of the running stations. Seven latent variables, namely, [satisfaction], [amenity], [functionality], [accessibility], [shop], [communication] and [event] are identified by factor analysis, and the factors that constitute [satisfaction] are clarified by covariance structure analysis. Our major findings are: (1) [amenity] is the most critical factor constituting [satisfaction], (2) [event] has an indirect effect via [communication] on [satisfaction], (3) accessibility from users' home doesn't constitute any factors, and (4) [communication] is critical factor constituting [satisfaction] for frequent users, young users and accompanied users.
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Focus on multicultural symbiosis program for South American non-Japanese citizen by public and private sector in Toyohashi city
Hongwei Hsiao, Tetsuo Kidokoro, Fumihiko Seta, Ryo Sato, Toyun Lee
Article type: An Article on Planning, Design and Project, A Report on Planning, A Report of Survey
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
55-62
Published: April 25, 2017
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This study focuses on the machizukuri of multicultural symbiosis in cities of Non-Japanese residents. We first clarify and define the framework of ”machizukuri of multicultural symbiosis”. Toyohashi city, Aichi prefecture which has about 7,500 South American non-Japanese citizens is chosen as the case study, we survey and overview each multicultural symbiosis program that carried out and provided by the public sector and citizen sector (8 major organizations).We consider that ”an inter-cultural viewpoint for policy making”, ”realization of social inclusion”, ”enhancement of social participation for non-Japanese citizen”, ”cultivation and utilization of multi-cultural manpower” and ”inter-cultural policy making based on spatial analysis” are essential for the future planning for machizukuri of multicultural symbiosis in cities of Non-Japanese residents are proposed as the conclusion.
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A Comparative Analysis of Frameworks among Urban Assessment Indices
Tsuguta Yamashita, Kengo Hayashi, Koichiro Mori, Yuta Uchiyama, Toyono ...
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
63-71
Published: April 25, 2017
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This paper provides a framework of City Sustainability Index (CSI) which allows us to compare and evaluate the performance of different cities in terms of global sustainability. Based on a comparative review of existing indicators for assessing the sustainability of cities and their historical background, we will consider why it is necessary to: 1) assess the sustainability of cities based on the concept of "strong sustainability"; 2) differentiate absolute and relative indicators within the evaluation process; 3) incorporate leakage effect of cities. CSI enables us to assess and compare the sustainability of cities by using two types of indicators, constraint and maximization indicators.
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Katsutoshi Nonaka
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
72-83
Published: April 25, 2017
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This study describes a modern plan that would have destroyed the scenic beauty of the Wakayama Castle site, and efforts to oppose it. The damage would have come from filling in the moat and dismantling the stone ramparts. In 1910 the moat was partially filled in to build a streetcar route. In 1914 a city roadbuilding plan called for filling in the moat, spurring opposition in the city council and newspapers. The mayor finally withdrew the plan. A 1915 improvement plan that would have damaged the site's scenic beauty also divided public opinion. It was ultimately rejected by the prefectural governor. Further plans to fill in the moat surfaced between 1922 to 1923, and a portion was eventually filled in.
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Yuki Hiruta, Yasushi Asami
Article type: research-article
2017 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages
84-92
Published: April 25, 2017
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This research proposes a method for identifying the canopy area and the height of trees in a complex urban landscape using LiDAR data. For quantitatively analyzing natural components in urban area, GIS based data of natural components that fill the requirements such as three-dimensional data, homogeneous quality in a broad area, and high resolution are indispensable. Urban trees are one of the most important components among multiple natural components because of its high volume and the 3-dimensional structure. In the proposed method, by using existing GIS data, non-tree canopy areas were eliminated from all of the existing spatial objects within certain height. In addition, models are developed to illustrate the characteristics of the tree's distribution and applied for eliminating the noise which remains in the data.
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