Develop a research model to extract the characteristics of "places that hold people together".

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K15172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 23030:Architectural planning and city planning-related
• Research Institution: Miyagi University
• Principal Investigator: TOMOBUCHI TAKAYUKI 宮城大学, 事業構想学群, 助教 (10803596)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 集落帰還 / 復興まちづくり / 場所 / 住民主体 / 生活環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to extract the characteristics of places that hold people together through an exploration of the factors that encourage people to return to their former neighborhoods in the communities affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. As a result, it is important to understand (1) the scope of the community that forms the place, (2) the extent to which activities to create and maintain the place are conducted, and (3) the relationship between people and place from the memories attached to the local space, and (4) the area of the hometown and its constituent elements as perceived by the residents. The possibilities of (3) deciphering the relationship between people and places from the memories attached to local spaces and (4) deciphering the hometowns that residents recognize and their constituent elements were discussed.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人を繋ぎとめる場所に関する研究を行うことは、被災時における地域のレジリエンスを高めることや地方における地域運営といった地域計画的な意義に加え、近年注目されるプレイスメイキングといった場所の創生手法に関する方法論並びに場所を創生する意味を明確にすることに寄与するものである。空間から場所の時代へと移行しつつある現代社会において、場所の持つ効果を多角的に解明し、その本質に迫ることは新たな時代を形成していく上で重要不可欠な行為である。本研究では被災地における従前地区への帰還という特殊条件下において、人を繋ぎとめる場所の特性を解明する手掛かりを得ようとしたものである。