Characteristics of Population Dynamics in Nagoya Metropolitan Area before the Population Decline Era

Abstract

This paper deals with mesh analysis of 2000-2005 population in Nagoya Metropolitan Area, to clarify population dynamics just before the population decline era. Main results are as follows: (1) Population has increased 3.2% for 2000-2005, but population decrease meshes account for 35.4%. The distribution of the population increase and the decrease meshes is like the mosaic. (2) The difference of population density between the population increase and decrease meshes has become small. (3) 8 types of land-use were categorized by cluster analysis. By comparing the distribution of the population decrease mesh and the land-use pattern, it makes clear that population re-centering in the downtown of Nagoya city and suburbanization in metropolitan suburbia, and population decline in the central district and suburbanization in local cities.