2016 Volume 14 Pages 9-12
Potential factors that have contributed to advanced population decline and ongoing corporate divestment in Osaka Prefecture’s tri-city metropolitan area include the shortage of industrial land in Osaka’s principal industrial zones and the fact that the expansion of urban areas in Osaka Prefecture have been restrained in comparison to national trends, creating an insufficient supply of housing land. In order to examine whether increasing housing supply through urban expansion and urban land use in urbanization control areas offer viable options as future land use policy measures, this report presents a summary and analysis of the positioning of urbanization control areas in Osaka’s Urban Planning Master Plan and other initiatives. The results of this study reveal that in districts that allow for the use of transport infrastructure (such as highway roadsides and the immediate environs of rail stations) in urbanization control areas, the proactive positioning of urban land use and the incorporation of areas designated for urbanization into urban planning initiatives offers the orientation of the "offensive" that can lead to economic revitalization.
