Abstract
Urban living conditions in Kobe, which were examined in the previous report in regard to population movements, will be studied in this paper in connection with the land values of the city roads.
The roads and streets in the 32 districts of Kobe which were investigated in the first report were classified according to their land values varying by intervals of 10, 000yen/3.3m2. The frequency distribution of the roads of each price was obtained, with each district and its relative frequency distribution was found by dividing the class frequencies by the total number of the roads in the whole district investigated ; then it was represented by a relative frequency polygon. Thirty-two polygons were grouped into six types and their correlations with types of usage of land as well as the synthetic estimate of living conditions (SELC) were studied.
The work has yielded the result which shows that there is a negative correlation between the 'SELC' and the standard deviation of land value. That is, a district with a large variance in the land value of its roads tends to have a low 'SELC'. Also, the correlation between the 'SELC' and the mode of the value of roads has a small negative value. In other words, districts in which the mode of the value of land used for roads is relatively high, tend to have a low 'SELC', although the tendency is shown only slightly. The land value of the roads is based upon advantage and convenience. A 'SELC' attaches weight on inhabitableness and safety. The author has found in Kobe that both aspects are not necessarily agreeable to each other.
