Development of the Way to Set Commutation Exchange Zones and House Removal Exchange Zones and Presentation of the Way to Examine the Reorganization of Rural Activities

An Analysis for Tottori Prefecture

Abstract

I offered the way to set commutation exchange zones and house removal exchange zones, in which there are relatively high two-way commuter flow ratios or two-way house mover flow ratios between every two municipalities in the same zone, with applied cluster analysis. I applied the way in order to set the two kinds of zones for Tottori prefecture. There is a tendency that commutation exchange zones are formed based on the county-level livelihood zone and along main roads or train lines, and area of house removal exchange zones is narrower than that of commutation exchange zones. I presented also the way to examine the reorganization of rural activities based on the overlap of those zones under the progress of decrease of population.