抄録
The results of my investigation on the centers of population, for the period of 1920 to 1954, of each prefecture in Kyushu and of Kyushu as a whole, are shown in List 1, Diagram 1 and 2. The shift of the centers of population can be classified into the following four types.
The first type is seen in a prefecture which has in some part of it a rapidly developing industrial district. The center of population in such a prefecture had had a tendency to move to the industrial district before the war, but began to move in the opposite direAion in the period of post-war, confusion, and then since about 1947, it has shown again the same tendency as in the pre-war days. Miyazaki, Fukuoka, and Kyushu as a whole are the examples of this type.
The second type is seen in prefectures having several attracting centres, whose interrelatoin make the shift of population center exceedingly complicated. Kumamnoto and -Nagasaki are the examples of this type.
The third type is seen in those prefectures where the capital cities and the centers of population are virtually the same so that the shift of center has been very slight indeed. Examples are to be found in Oita, Saga, and Kagoshima exclusive of Amami-Oshim a.
The fourth and the last type is that of a prefecture in which, with a remarkable decrease of population in a certain district, the center of population moves in the opposite direction in almost a straight line. Kagoshima prefecture, inclusive of Amami-Oshima whose Poulation is rapidly decreasing, is a good example of this type.
