DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A METHOD TO ANALYZE THE PROSPERITY AT THE CENTERS OF LOCAL CITIES FROM, THE VIEWPOINT OF THEIR DISTANCES FROM THE STATIONS

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to develop a method to analyze the relationship between the centers of cities and the commercial districts near the main stations. The classification using the proposed indexes revealed that the centers of the 66 local cities in Japan have been declining compared with the commercial districts near the stations. Multiple regression analysis showed, that the centers of the cities are likely to decline, if the populations are small, the distances to the main stations are large, the numbers of railway passengers are large, and the prefectural and city halls are far from the centers.