Abstract
The purpose of this report is to analize the spatial structure of urbanization in Kanto-Tohoku district of Japan. This district has an area of 99176(km)^2 and a population 42000000. The study covered such variables on pupulation as : Population change, 1965-70, Density of population (per. sq. kilometer), persons per households, ratio of aged population 65 and over to children under 15 (%), % of population by time of last move after 1965, % in primary industry, % in white-collar, professional and managerial occupation, Rate of increase from 1965 to 70 in primary industry, Rate of increase from 1965 to 70 in secondary industry, Rate increase from 1965 to 70 in tertiary industry. As a result, these variables are commonly related to the following phases of urbanization : Stage 1. Acceleration from rural side to urban side, Stage 2. Class organization by conflicts between cities, Stage 3. Extra-regionalization by influence of metropolis, Stage 4. Regression (i.e. decentralization, deconcentralization and reorganization of regional structure).
