no129-132

[132] A Study on the Development of City Center Revitalization Measures in Municipalities after the Completion of the Approved Basic Plan for City Center Revitalization

○Shogo SUMIYA¹, Tomohiro KARIYA², Shoko ARAKI¹, Michio UBAURA³ (1. Graduate school of Engineering, Tohoku University, 2. Machizukuri Manbow Co., Ltd., 3. International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)

Keywords:city center, city center revitalization plans, city center revitalization conference

The aim of this study is to clarify the actual status of the city center revitalization in municipalities after the completion of the approved City Center Revitalization Plans. First part is identifying the factors that led to the termination of it. Second part is investigating the process leading to the development of municipalities' own measures to revitalize the city center. Third part is investigating the status of activities of the Downtown Revitalization Conference. Some important results are found: It had established its own plan to use it as a tool to express intentions for central city revitalization measures. As for the　Downtown Revitalization Conference, it currently functioned mainly as a place for information sharing.