A Study on Zoning of Linear Commercial District in Japan before the Second World War

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  • SANADA Junko
    徳島大学大学院ソシオテクノサイエンス研究部

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  • 戦前期都市計画における路線的商業地域指定について
  • センゼンキ トシ ケイカク ニ オケル ロセンテキ ショウギョウ チイキ シテイ ニ ツイテ

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The concern with planning of compact city has been growing. But few city practices it. It is quite likely that Japanese people have a fixed idea as linear urban district. Because Japanese cities developed along the intercity roads, instead European cities developed in the walls. The actuality of linear commercial district may be the knowledge to consider about the compact city adapted for Japanese cities. For this reason, this paper aims to clear the actuality of linear commercial district in the connection with previous urban area or new city planning roads. It can be comprehend the image of the urban area or its ideal dimension. For this purpose this paper treats 120 cities that adopt land use control. The analysis gives the following results: 1)117cities adopt the linear commercial district, 2) 90cities fixed linear commercial district along the new planned roads, and it means create new roadside shops. 3) Almost cities fixed it along the wide roads. 4) The mean of zoning of linear commercial district described in documents didn’t reflect each cites’ condition. 5) About 60% of the cities planned networked linear commercial district on bigger area than existent urban district.

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