2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study on the Formative Process of the Residential Environment in Marginal Areas of Tokyo in the Modern Ages
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15560563
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Architectural history/design
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Hirohisa Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (20183006)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | Modern ages / Residential District / Marginal Area of Tokyo / Arakawa-ku / Urban Fabric / Land Reallocation / Tenement House / Kanto great earthquake disaster |
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| Research Abstract |
Firstly the synthetic analysis for Arakawa-ku as a case was added about the formative process of the residential environment in marginal areas of Tokyo in the modern ages from the viewpoint of the development of the tenement house districts of the prewar term. The modern residential sections of Arakawa-ku were formed rapidly, with developing the cultivated field which had existed around the settlements, by the advancement of a lot of large plants after Meiji Era and the population inflow after Kanto great earthquake disaster in 1923.
It is proved that there were the typical local differences in the block patterns, street (alley) patterns and building types when that spatial composition is restored in detail by use of the fire insurance map of Arakawa-ku in 1939. It considers that such differences in the residential environment were formed by the preceding spatial conditions of marginal area before urbanization. And was examined the concrete formative process from four viewpoints as follows.
(1)Redevelopment of the old Daimyo residence as Shinkaichi (newly-opened land)
(2)Land reallocation of the old cultivated field area by various city planning
(3)Improvement of the defective residential sections
(4)Management of rented houses in the old settlement area
Moreover, those characteristics are compared with Nihonbashi and Kyobashi area in the central part of the city, and clarified the historical characters of the formative process in marginal areas of Tokyo which composed by the mosaic-shaped urban fabric.
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