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A survey on usage and damage regarding open space within Hyogo, Nagata and Suma ward in Kobe city, following the 1995 South Hyogo Earthquake

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Kobe and its surrounding cities were heavily damaged by the 1995 South Hyogo Earthquake. In order to clarify the usage and the damage of open spaces within the area under such a situation, a survey was carried out by Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects(JILA), approximately within the 3rd and 4th week following the Earthquake. The author surveyed mainly public parks in Hyogo, Nagata and Suma ward in Kobe City, and then compiled the data. The purposes of this paper are to publish a regionally limited part of the results from the survey and to discuss the clarified problems regarding the safety of the area.

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... Evacuees mitigated the effects of rainfall and cold by constructing tents on top of wooden boards (Ikeguchi 1995: 113-114) and insulated and waterproof sheets (City of Kobe 1995: 214). Existing sanitary installations provided drinking water (Ikeguchi 1995: 107) until more extensive and efficient temporary sanitary facilities were constructed (Hyogo Prefecture 1997: 2). The essential qualities of parks, namely their decentralization, openness, and their integration into people's daily life proved to be a valuable resource for the task of sheltering in the days, weeks, and months after the earthquake. ...
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... Evacuees mitigated the effects of rainfall and cold by constructing tents on top of wooden boards (Ikeguchi 1995: 113-114) and insulated and waterproof sheets (City of Kobe 1995: 214). Existing sanitary installations provided drinking water (Ikeguchi 1995: 107) until more extensive and efficient temporary sanitary facilities were constructed (Hyogo Prefecture 1997: 2). The essential qualities of parks, namely their decentralization, openness, and their integration into people's daily life proved to be a valuable resource for the task of sheltering in the days, weeks, and months after the earthquake. ...
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