Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2436-4460
Volume 3, Issue 3
Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan
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  • Realization of attractive urban district to vitalize the economy
    Yasushi Ishida, Masahiro Takeshima
    Article type: research-article
    2004 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 71-75
    Published: November 28, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: September 01, 2022
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    In the turning point of the economic world, urban development become a topics of conversation. On the other side, we had a bitter experience of the urban renewal after the collapse of bubble economy. Reflecting on this past experience, the urban development of the future must create attractive urban districts that will be able to vitalize the economy by functioning as international business bases, global IT nodes, hub-points for environmental and anti-disaster activity. That will require both immence investment sums and plentiful ideas. We explain in detail of some sustainable solution menu in this paper.

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  • Questionnaire survey on behavior of going out for parent and child in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
    Norie Miwa, Shin Taniguchi, Ineko Tanaka, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Keiko Mats ...
    Article type: research-article
    2004 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 76-81
    Published: November 28, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: September 01, 2022
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    'Activity environment' for parent and infant and its evaluation by parent was confirmed in this study. Through the questionnaire survey on behavior of going out for parents and children in Mitaka-city, Tokyo, it was clarified that 'activity spaces' where they often go out on weekdays were "parks", "shopping district and stores", "the child-rearing support institution" and so on. In addition, it was surmised that the relationship between parents for children of age 1.5-3 and other people led to selection and utilization of 'activity spaces'. In spite of parents put importance on vicinities to home when they go out, they choose and go to spaces at furthest where they find the other value for them. Thus, it was found that they precisely chose and utilized spaces meeting the needs for their 'Comfortable Space'.

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  • focusing on the cases of Town Centre Management (TCM) in the UK
    Makiko Hayashi, Minoru Takamizawa
    Article type: research-article
    2004 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 82-85
    Published: November 28, 2004
    Released on J-STAGE: September 01, 2022
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    Evaluation Method in the Improvement of Central Urban District will be needed in Japan near the future. The aim ofthis study is to clarify the characteristic of Evaluation Methods in the Improvement of Central Urban District. Weexamine the present condition of the Evaluation Methods in the US and UK as advanced case of Japan. Especially,we examine the Evaluation Method on the cases of Town Centre management (TCM) in the UK. As a result, first,Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is adopted for acquiring funds and managing projects on the cases in TCM. KPIsis based on objective data. Second, the ease of collecting data is important on practical use of KPIs. Third, from theview of index, it is important that not only quantity but also quality is considered.

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