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Townscape Preservation in Urban Renewal Process : A Sociological Study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610236
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

HORIKAWA Saburo  Hosei University, Department of Sociology, Associate Professor (00272287)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsEnvironmental Sociology / urban renewal / place / space / social control of change / historic environment / preservation movement / spacial cognition / collective memory / 主体形成 / 都市計画 / 土地利用 / 住民運動 / 町並み保存 / 景観保護 / 中心市街地活性化 / 都市社会学 / 土地制度
Research Abstract

The central questions of this research were : first, what impact the redevelopment of central city areas has on urban landscapes ; and second, what social changes this brings. The purpose of this study was to discover the causes of the frequent conflicts surrounding urban redevelopment. The first question was investigated by surveying architectural landscapes, and for the second question the analytical methods of environmental sociology and urban sociology were used.
This research analyzed the redevelopment process using the Otaru Canal preservation issue in the city of Otaru in Hokkaido as a case study. Specifically, three things were analyzed : 1) the stages of development of the movement to protect the canal ; 2) the stages in the responses of the merchant class ; and 3) changes in the landscape and quantitative changes in the shopping districts.
Survey results included the following : 1) Those promoting the building of roads conceived of the canal as a "space" with functional capabilities, while those in favor of preserving the canal saw it as a "place" embodying the memories of the residents. 2) The differences in these two groups' concepts of space made dialog between them difficult 3) Out of fear that they would lose customers if they made their own postion clear, merchants did not get involved with the "canal issue." 4) Since the second half of the 1990s, the increasing focus on tourism has raised land prices and the historic environment has been rapidly lost, widening the gap between Otaru's image and reality.
In conclusion, the "canal preservation movement" was not the sort of backward-looking movement implied by the word "preservation," but in fact was a struggle for citizen-led social management of changes in the urban landscape. In this way, this study may clarify points that should be considered in future urban redevelopment policies and machizukuri efforts.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(15 results)

All 2004 2003 2002 2001 Other

All Journal Article Book Publications

  • [Journal Article] Townscape Preservation and Tourism-based Redevelopment2004

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Regional Design Based on Historical and Ecological Viewpoints(Kyoto : Gakugei Shuppansha)

      Pages: 40-41

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The City, Conservation, and Fieldwork2003

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Urban Ethnography Collection in the Times of Post-Metropolis(Tokyo : Akashi Shoten)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] なぜ『場所』にこだわるのか:歴史的環境保存の社会学へむけて2002

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎
    • Journal Title

      多分野交流プロジェクト研究 35

      Pages: 6-8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Why Place Matters2002

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Interdisciplinary Project Review(the Univ.of Tokyo) Vol.35

      Pages: 6-8

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Community and the Environment2002

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo, Egami, Wataru
    • Journal Title

      Urban Community(Revised Edition)(Tokyo : Univeristy of the Air Press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Who Owns the Landscape?2001

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Natural Environmentand Culture of Environment("Environmental Sociology in Japan" series, Vol.3)(Tokyo : Yuhikaku)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Otaru Canal Preservation Movement, 1959-20002001

    • Author(s)
      Horikawa, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      New Pardigm and Perspective of City Building(Tokyo and Otaru : the Japanese Association for Machi-nami Conservation and Regeneration)

      Pages: 29-56

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] エコロジーと歴史にもとづく地域デザイン2004

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎, 他
    • Total Pages
      189
    • Publisher
      学芸出版
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 都市的世界/コミュニティ/エスニシティ2003

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎, 他
    • Total Pages
      439
    • Publisher
      明石書店
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 改訂版コミュニティ論2002

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎, 他
    • Total Pages
      189
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 『自然環境と環境文化』(講座環境社会学第3巻)2001

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎, 他
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 21世紀新しいまちづくりの手法と展望2001

    • Author(s)
      堀川三郎, 他
    • Total Pages
      138
    • Publisher
      第24回全国町並みゼミ小樽大会実行委員会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤田弘夫, 浦野正樹編, 堀川三郎, 他著: "都市社会とリスク-豊かな生活を求めて(「社会学のアクチュアリティ」シリーズ第8巻)(堀川は第8章を執筆)"東信堂(予定). 350 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 渡戸一郎他編著, 堀川三郎他著: "都市的世界/コミュニティ/エスニシティ:ポストメトロポリス期の都市エスノグラフィー集成"明石書店. 439 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 倉沢進編著, 堀川三郎, 江上渉著: "コミュニティ論"放送大学振興会(4月1日刊行予定). (2002)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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