Reassessment of the location value of school / closed school and examination of disaster safety

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13415
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Wakayama University
• Principal Investigator: Yuzaki Mariko 和歌山大学, 産学連携イノベーションセンター, 客員教授 (50516854)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中島 敦司 和歌山大学, システム工学部, 教授 (90283960)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 学校立地 / 廃校 / 学校沿革 / 災害履歴 / 防災機能 / マップレイヤー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we researched the location, history, disaster history, etc. of the schools of elementary school and junior high school that were established in Wakayama prefecture since the school system began in the Meiji period by literature and on-site survey. The field survey was 2271 places. We confirmed the locationｓ of almost all schools including elementary school, junior high school, closed school　which were established in Wakayama prefecture in the past 145 years. We checked all the points against public hazard maps and evaluated the safety of school location.
As a result, we found that 80% of schools are built avoiding dangerous points in landslide disasters and have value to be useful for disaster prevention ,and it was the wisdom of the predecessor to choose the school ground. The research outcomes were published as "The closed school in Kihoku" and " Activities of local university３".

Free Research Field

農村社会学，地域再生学