A STUDY ON REVITALIZATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF REGIONAL STRUCTURE AND LOCAL LIVING AND RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CITY OF SAPPORO

Abstract

Local living environments in the areas which 87 Liaison Centers govern within the City of Sapporo were examined. It was found that the areas which were the low rate of population increase and decrease and high ratio of elderly population were more likely in the inconvenient areas for shopping and transportation from the result of analysis using the social index. Furthermore, area characteristics by the relations between the questionnaire results and the social index can be confirmed.