Pot gardens on alleys are important for maintaining fine townscapes in densely populated areas where green spaces are limited. Those areas often experience transformations in architectural environment under current disaster prevention measures, which include widening narrow alleys and rebuilding of old wooden buildings and may significantly affect available spaces for pot gardens. We surveyed the numbers of pots and surrounding building types in Nezu, Tokyo, and analyzed their relationship to inform urban planning measures to balance greening and disaster prevention. We found that the pots tends to be located in specific places, including not too much narrow alleys, lack of fence which divides street and building site. We also found that both the oldest and latest generations of buildings have clustered pots.

This study examines geographical areas with similar associations between the crime rate of residential burglary and a range of physical and social environment such as the percentage of detached and low-rise apartment housing, the distance to the city center, the ratio of commercial-to-residential area, the average household size, population aging rate and high-income household rate in Tokyo neighborhoods. A geographically weighted regression shows spatial heterogeneity of these relationships and a cluster analysis based on these parameter estimates objectively classifies neighborhoods into several zones with relatively homogeneous parameter values. These findings suggest that different crime prevention approach should be taken according to the place-based crime risk structure.

The purpose of this study is to understand the present state and the problem of mobile catering service by local shops. As a result, it was found that activities of a lot of local groups of shops started from 2010 on and gave service to disadvantaged shoppers at welfare facilities or in residential quarters. On the other hand, it was clarified that a lot of groups had various small problems for continuity even though they hoped to continue their activity.

The analysis when planting design increased the tree which are tall trees from CO2 fixed amount and the angle of the cost, was performed about a building which corresponds to Green Zoning System. Some things knew a possibility that the green amount certain degree of which are 1 tall trees and 2 shrubs, etc. as a result of the analysis is increased. It'll be the basic material when doing guidance by administration and help, etc. from now on.

This study analyzes for promoting factors of energy education in secondary education in Freiburg city which is one of the famous environmentally advanced city in Germany. As a result, it was revealed the next thing. It became clear that distinctive energy education is practiced such as Eco-watt project in Staudinger Gsamtschule, Scolaire companies in Deutsch-Französische Gymnasium, solar club and energy committee in Wenzinger Realschule, production and experiment of renewable energy and energy-saving equipment in collaboration with companies in Richard-Fehrenbach-Gewerbeschule, etc.