Changing Spatial Structures of the Inner Cities in Japan:Relation between the Railroad Station Areas and the Conventional Urban Core

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This research analyzed changing spatial structures of the inner cities in Japan from 1975 to 1995 by investigating all the large and medium sized cities. This study focused on the competition between the railroad station areas and the conventional urban cores.Previous studies pointed out that the city center is generally moving toward station from conventional urban core. However, there are several changing patterns of inner cities according to city's setting: whether they are old cities or not, whether they are in metropolitan area or not, and so on. The development of the station areas is strongly influenced not only by the number of railroad passengers but also by the great accumulation of large-scale retail stores and urban redevelopment projects.It was also proved that development of the back area of station has close relation to the station's physical structure. The railroad station area is greatly changing recently because of increasing development projects around station. Better understanding of the station area is important.
東北地理学会の論文