ABSTRACT

In 1975, the Japanese government introduced Important Preservation Districts as a new category of cultural properties to preserve, enabling a preservation workflow that requires a balance between the establishment of designation criteria and decision-making by the central government and a legal framework that guarantees strong landowner rights. This paper explores how different local management models sought to establish such a balance, within a context of strong community self-organisation that pre-dates 1975. In addition, this paper aims to explain the role of scholars as independent subsidiary agents for preservation management as well as the outcomes of each management model. It concludes that the management style has evolved from a purely top-down model to one in which there is cooperation between top-down and horizontal structures, in order to respond to an increasingly broader definition of the values that are maintained via town preservation. Such evolution is rooted in the specificities of the Japanese approach to urban preservation, which might contribute to the exploration of new solutions in an international context. Finally, the study highlights areas for future improvement, such as the integration of scholarly knowledge into management practices.

摘要

1975 年，日本政府将重要保存地区作为一种新的文化财产进行保护，实现了需要在指定标准的制定和中央政府决策与确保强大地主的法律框架之间取得平衡的保护工作流程权利。本文探讨了不同的地方管理模式如何在 1975 年之前的强大社区自组织的背景下寻求建立这种平衡。此外，本文旨在解释学者作为保护管理的独立附属机构的作用以及每种管理模式的结果。得出的结论是，管理风格已经从纯粹的自上而下的模式演变为自上而下与横向结构合作的模式，为了应对通过城镇保护维护的价值的日益广泛的定义。这种演变植根于日本城市保护方法的特殊性，这可能有助于在国际背景下探索新的解决方案。最后，该研究强调了未来需要改进的领域，例如将学术知识整合到管理实践中。