Study on Resident's Preferences Towards the Land Readjustment Works by Visual Simulation Procedures : Case Study : The Kobe City's Westerm Urban Fringe

Abstract

神戸市西区伊川谷の前開地区は, 神戸市のアーバン・フリンジに位置しているが, 急速に開発が進展し, 農村の土地利用と景観が変化してきた。このような都市近接農村では, 自治体も住民参加による地域計画を実施しようとしている。そこで, 調和のとれた地域計画を作成するための住民の意見を知ることが必要になってきた。このような点をふまえ, 主として航空写真を用いて景観変化に関する住民の選好を調査し, 報告した。今回は, さらにこの選好内容を具体的かつ視覚的に把握するため, 同地区を対象に, 今後展開される予定の区画整理事業等による開発計画を検討し, そのいくつかの例のスケッチとコンピューター・シミュレーションを用いて住民の選好を調査した。結果として, 住民の景観に対する選好は開発と保全の間で多様な展開を見せたが, とくに低密度の開発と河川や道路などの帯状緑化が, 農村集落景観の保全計画にとって不可欠な要素であることが明らかとなった。

The Zenkai district is a rural area located in the urban fringe of Kobe City, that recently has been rapidly developed. The city planning trend has introduced drastic changes in the existing landscape where conflicts in land-use are remarkables. Therefore, the local authority is promoting resident's participation to rural planning. In a previous study, 5) concerning the selection of different types of development to be carried out in the region, an aerial-photograph was used and the result of the opinion of residents was reported at that time. The objective of the present research is to visually understand the contents of that selection. Therefore a site research was performed and the preferences of residents regarding the type of development that should be carried out in areas around the Ikawadani station was studied through the use of visual simulation procedures. As a result, a wide variety of answers were obtained concerning the concepts of development and conservation. The necessity of a low density development with buildings that maintain an architectural relationship with the old existing communities, was specifically determined. Furthermore, green zones between new structures and along the Ikawa river is an important resource that should be promoted in order to achieve this integration.