The Distance between Different Land Use Districts of Tokyo, Ise and Osaka Bay area by Grid Data

Abstract

This research investigates the recent chaotic situation of land use in Tokyo Bay, Ise Bay and Osaka Bay area, which aims to seek for the solution of such a situation containing the unity of various individual land use: the unity of residence, commerce, industry，open space, facilities for public use, agriculture, and others including road, rail ways and so forth. The solution we have in mind is to rearrange and restructure the present land use in the way which the individual usage can be systematically organized to the extent that they are "Distance between Different Land Use Districts (DDLU)." The condition of DDLU and its basic character is manifested by numerical value. The DDLU were obtained and mapped on 100m X 100m grid s of the geographic information system (GIS). The result s show that the DDLU in the newer reclaimed areas near the coast is much higher than the older inland district. Suggestion s for improvements included control of the DDLU with hierarchy.