Land use change in built-up areas is often observed after demolishing of buildings. Life time of buildings is therefore one of the most important subjects which should be considered in land use transition models. In this paper, we propose a model to analyse environmental factors that affect life time of buildings. As numerical examples, the proposed model is applied to actual data of life time of building, and examine a variety of factors causing of demolishing. The results show that life time of buildings deeply depends on their structure, functions and the land use zoning in which they are located. Subsistence probability functions estimated by the model can be combined into the existing land use models.
