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STUDY ON THE CHANGE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSES/URBAN DISTRICTS AND THE "ISOLATION" OF RESIDENTS IN THE DEVASTED URBAN AREA : Based on the reconstruction project at the Tsukiji district, Amagasaki city

2006; Architectural Institute of Japan; Volume: 71; Issue: 605 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3130/aija.71.119_3

1881-8161

Yoshimitsu SHIOZAKI, Masato Tanaka, Yumiko Horita,

Urban and spatial planning

This study will track the reconstruction process of the urban area devastated by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and clarify how the change of characteristics of houses/urban districts has affected the "isolation" of residents. We made a questionnaire survey on the residents in the public housing at the Tsukiji district, Amagasaki City where the Residential District Improvement Project was enforced. Clarified points are as follows: 1. Family units that moved in to the public housing from a detached/row house showed a larger percentage of "isolation" than the ones from an apartment house. 2. The degree of "isolation" differed according to what floor the residents lived. Family units living in the 1st-2nd floor showed a smaller percentage of "isolation", but the ones living in the 3rd floor upper showed an extraordinary larger percentage of "isolation". 3. What can control "isolation" is to have a chance of a natural exchange with the vicinity residents. An intentional plot to urge an exchange will not function well for the already "isolated" residents. A space design, which secures an exchange with residents on a day-to-day visual/traffic line base, is required.