This study aims to clarify actual conditions of population changes and inheritance of dwelling in the scale of districts from a case study of urbanization control areas of Nagano City. Depopulation districts (DPDs) and population increase districts (PIDs) are located one.another closely. So there are little differences in the geographical conditions. A common point between depopulation and population increase districts is the decrease of family in old villages and a different point is inflow of new residents. Population of old villages in DPDs decreases better than in PIDs and undecided ratio of dwelling inheritance in DPDs is higher than in PIDs. Development guidance has to be considered from the viewpoint of relation between new developments and district population or inheritance tendency of dwelling. And it also needs to be considered in smaller and detailed areas of every district.
