Development of Place Attachment in Suburban Housing Areas in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25420627
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YOKOYAMA Yurika (今井ゆりか) 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 教授 (20251324)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITO Shunsuke 東京電機大学, 情報環境学部, 教授 (50339082) ; NAGASAWA Natsuko 御茶ノ水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 准教授 (70308188) ; YOKOYAMA Katsuki 女子美術大学, 芸術学部, 教授 (20230659)
• Research Collaborator: NAKAMURA Kaiho 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科, 修士
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: プレイス・アタッチメント / 場所愛着 / 東京郊外 / 住宅地計画 / ニュータウン計画 / 子どもの環境 / 世代別分析 / テキスト分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Though there have been many studies on place attachment, they have mostly dealt with place attachment to either single family dwellings or to established residential areas with longer histories. And there has scarcely been those which dealt with the development of place attachment in after-war large housing developments built in the outskirt of Tokyo. In this study the authors conducted several investigations,both quantitative and qualitative, in two different housing developments designed in different way and in different stage of planning history, and asked both adult residents and children about their attachment to characteristic places in their comparatively newly planned housing areas. As a results, the authors clarified the reality of the development of place attachment in newly designed residential areas and explained the construct of it based on the stage of habitation and generation of the residents. They also discussed the frames for studying development of place attachment.

Free Research Field

建築計画・都市計画