Landform Transformation by Development of Kozoji New town

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  • 高蔵寺ニュータウンの開発と地形改変
  • コウゾウジ ニュータウン ノ カイハツ ト チケイ カイヘン

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<p>This study focusses on the development of Kozoji New-town constructed on the hills in the east part of Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture, and analyzes the landform transformation performed in the process of development. This study is intended to reveal the modification of geographical features by comparing the 50m mesh data about the height range of the grounds in 1959 and them in 2002 as shown by “City planning maps”. As the result of our analysis shows, most of the area in Kozoji New-town might have been constructed by filling up the lands with soil. Especially, although the roadways had been constructed in the places where valleys were to make the best use of original geographical features, the possibility is high that the roadways had been actually made by landfilling. It is a cause of worries in case of resident's emergency evacuation implemented in case of disasters such as earthqukes because the majority of resident does not know about the process of land development that weakens the grounds.</p><p></p>

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  • Urban Geography

    Urban Geography 4 (0), 51-61, 2009-03-15

    The Japanese society of Urban Geography

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