Authors : Salungu Chinyemba; Dong Wei

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 1 - January

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jan203

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Abstract : With the improvement of the protection system for important traditional building clusters in Japan, a large number of traditional buildings have been preserved and restored, providing valuable references for the study of traditional architecture in our country. As Japan faces increasing social issues such as an aging population and low population density, as well as frequent large-scale natural disasters, the conventional research methods for traditional districts, which focus on uncovering historical and cultural values, are no longer sufficient to provide a solid basis for formulating protection strategies. Instead, the physical condition and environmental risk assessment of traditional building clusters offer a useful supplement to the study of traditional districts. This paper takes the research on traditional building clusters in Ine, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, as an example. It combines conventional methods based on sociological and regional studies with the latest methods for evaluating wooden structures to introduce the process of understanding the regional structural performance of traditional building clusters.

Keywords : Important Traditional Building Clusters, Disaster Prevention, Regional Structural Research.

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1. Wooden Wonders: How Japanese Architecture Combines Tradition and Technology to Combat Natural Disasters
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3. Meeting Disaster with Design in Japan
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