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[148] Reality of an urban area structure in view of the relationship with water transportation in a colonial city in Hokkaido

○Tomohiro Adachi¹, Katsuhiro Kubo², Harutaka Kiso³ (1. Itogumi Construction Co., LTD., 2. Hokkaido University of Science, 3. NAKAYAMAGUMI Co., Ltd.)

Keywords:Hokkaido, Grid urban area, river transport, harbor, Urban axis

Then a logical plan was put into practice based around the railway stations. However, most of the cases of the urban area design were influenced from the history of the development, the remnants of old buildings, and the microtopography. This study clarified the state of urban axes passed down to present, with a focus on river transportation during the period of colonial development. For example, in the Nayoro city area, the central urban area was formed in the wharf away from the station. Currently, an “L-shaped skeleton” is formed between the zones in front of the station. As described above, in the pioneering phase of Hokkaido, it had a strong presence as a distribution base. This was one factor that promoted the formation of urban axes unique to urban areas. Nowadays, this uniqueness has been inherited in many of the cities.