About the whole process structure of urban park renovation projects by analyzing of the projects which are introduced as good practices in urban area of large cities

Abstract

In recent years, urban park renovation projects have been increasing under the situation that many urban parks which are constructed in high economic growth period have become old and have lost touch with recent citizens’ needs for urban parks. At the same time, it is thought that new construction projects will be decreasing because the stock of urban parks in Japan has reached in the level that urban park policy strived to get. In these situations, it is thought that urban park renovation projects will become important work and business for landscape architects. But there is no research about the structure of these projects process. So, in this research we tried to make clear the structure of these projects process by analyzing oral history of landscape architecture officials who engaged with these projects in local governments. At the results, we grasped the different process structure with the one of new construction projects especially in influences of masterplans to officials’ awareness, influences from outside organization which worked as trigger of beginning of the projects, necessity of coordinating among various administration organizations and citizens and importance of construction management skill.