Historical-Geographical Studies on the City Plan and the Structure of Asian Cities

本研究项目的主要研究者和研究者共撰写了9篇论文，如下所示：1）“城市革命”或古代美索不达米亚城市社会的形成（前川和也）2）古代印度的印度教理想城市，在Arthasastra和斋浦尔的城市规划中描述（大寺俊明）3）关于大城府-港口城市研究的说明（石井、米尾）4）武周时期洛阳四方的卫所（田并守）5）大泽府的城坊计划、古代和中世纪日本地方行政型城镇的城镇规划和结构（金田昭宏）6）朱乐台城的筑城--近代早期京都奥多伊计划的研究（足利贺健良）7）明治大正时代的札幌，城市规划和结构的横截面（山田诚）8）理解现代城市的一些观点（青木信吉）9）关于京都中心地区消费者行动空间的研究（松田隆典）本研究课题的目的有两个：（a）通过对亚洲城市的规划和结构的个案研究，深化对亚洲城市的争论。(b)通过跨学科的讨论，澄清概念，重新审视亚洲城市的研究方法。(a)通过上述九篇论文，完成了案例研究的更高层次。(b)地理学家和历史学家之间的讨论也取得了进展。

The head investigator and investigators of this research project wrote nine papers in total as follows: 1) "Urban revolution" or the formation of urban society in ancient Mesopotamia ( MAEKAWA, Kazuya) 2) Hindu ideal city in ancient India, described in Arthasastra and urban planning of Jaipur ( OHJI, Toshiaki ) 3) A note for the study on Ayutthaya - port city ( ISHII, Yoneo ) 4) Guard stations at the four directions of Luo-yang in Wuzhou Dynasty ( TONAMI, Mamoru ) 5) The jobo plan of Dazaifu, town planning and structure of a regional-administrative town in ancient and medieval Japan ( KINDA, Akihiro ) 6) The fortification of the Jurakudai castle town, a study on the plan of Odoi in early modern Kyoto ( ASHIKAGA, Kenryo ) 7) Sapporo in Meiji and Taisho Era, a cross-section of the city plan and the structure ( YAMADA, Makoto ) 8) Some viewpoints for understanding of modern cities ( AOKI, Nobuyoshi ) 9) A study on the consumer's action space in the central part of Kyoto ( MATSUDA, Takanori )The aims of this research project are following two subjects: (a) To deepen the argument on Asian cities by case studies of the city plan and the structure. (b) To make clear concepts and to reexamine research methods on Asian cities by interdisciplinary discussions. (a) is nearly completed by above-stated nine papers, which executed higher levels of the case studies. (b) is also made progress by the discussions between geographers and historians.