Research on evaluation method of "Millennium Village" for its continuation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26289224
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: NAKATANI Norihito 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (30267413)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 木下 剛 千葉大学, 大学院園芸学研究科, 准教授 (30282453) ; 清水 重敦 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 教授 (40321624) ; 菊地 暁 京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 助教 (80314277)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): UESUGI Kazuhiro 京都府立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70379030) ; KIKUCHI Akira 京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 助教 (80314277) ; Sasaki Yoh 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (00220351)
• Research Collaborator: ISHIKAWA Hajime ; DOI Hiroshi ; FUKUSHIMA Katsuya ; MOTONAGA Jiro
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 地域アセスメント / 郷土史 / 古代地名学 / 民家集落 / 交通史 / 地域経営 / 環境学 / 共同体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to develop an evaluation method that contributes to long-term sustainability, by extracting the position of Village considered last over a thousand years in Japan from the geographical name, which we called "Millennium Village", and analyzing sustain factors by field survey.
As an outcome, about 2,800 places are plotted, which considered as the candidate of "Millennium Village" , based on the the place name described in an old documents. The plotted map is available by internet. Also, in order to elucidate the factors of sustainability, we visited nearly 200 candidate Millennium Village in Kanto and Kansai, and we conducted detailed field survey for each different topographic environment. As a result, a regional evaluation list was proposed, which consists of 4 items: <environment> <regional management> <traffic> <village structure>, and an authentication system, which certifying that the area is sustainable, was established and given to the public.

Free Research Field

建築史