PLANNING CONCEPTS DESCRIBED IN“THE DOCUMENTS ON LAND RE-ADJUSTMENT PLANNING”AND URBAN DESIGN IN THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROVINCIAL TOWNS IN KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the characteristics of the PostWar reconstruction plans of the provincial towns, Makurazaki, Kushikino, Akune, Nishino-omote, Tarumizu and Kajiki in Kagoshima Prefecture, where planning and implementation were carried out collectively by the Prefectural Offi ce of Kagoshima. This study comprehends the planning concepts described in "Plan Documents on the Land Re-adjustment" prepared for each towns, and investigates how the urban design in the reconstruction refl ected them. Under the postwar circumstance, positive goals were set up particularly in the port towns like Kushikino and Tarumizu, where became the South End of Japanese territory since the islands in the south of the lat.30° N. were under U.S.Occupation. And by the distinctive design solutions, for example with the circus or waterfront square, indivisualities of the townscape in each towns were realized .