Case Studies in a Variety of Urban Greenspaces: Nagoya City

Abstract

This Chapter illustrates the management of a variety of the urban greenspaces in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. In recent years, maintenance costs for public greenspaces have been reduced due to it being done by public hands. In contrast, urban greenspace maintenance costs are growing, which results in the need for more landscape management labor. This chapter considers the landscape management labor accounts of administrative officer and volunteer groups who participate in the management of urban public greenspaces. In the case of private hands, in the urban center and its periphery residential areas, the amount of vacant spaces is increasing. Aging land owners are finding it hard to maintain their rich greenspaces due to the burden of care. The sustainable management of a variety of private greenspace sites is also considered in this chapter. The concept of landscape management labor accounts across different greenspace types is expected to contribute to creating a basis for the evaluation and combination of different greenspaces from the same point of view.