Many of small-scale cities in Hokkaido which urban redevelopment projects conducted were falling into financial difficulties. In this study, current status of four urban redevelopment project cases were verified from the view of existing neighboring land use and actual installation of large-scale stores. As a result, the facts that several stores carried on business in small-scale municipality were revealed, whereas their neighboring stores were forced to shut down. Based on this finding, urban redevelopment projects were admitted as effective methods, as far as appropriate planning were applied which considering the avoiding strained relation with existing competitive category of business.
