Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan
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Study of utilizing a vacant lot for flower garden natured by the neighbors in a preservation district
A case study of Yame-Fukushima, Fukuoka
Ayaka UchinoKoji Kato
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2020 Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 232-238

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In this paper, we found a flower garden in the vacant lot in the historical urban area contributed to revitalizing the local inhabitants’ social interactions and made their relationship strong enough to support their neighbors. A part of the vacant lot was borrowed for free and changed into a flower garden by the neighbors. We thought that this situation was caused by the characteristic the vacant lot. The feature of this study is to consider the abovementioned phenomenon by the observational research for over 30 days at a garden that has been being maintained by the neighbors in Yame Fukusima.

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