1965 年 17 巻 3 号 p. 248-265
Various criteria are used in the study on the city region in general.
The writer noticed that the index number of Prosperity of the central shopping streets and the extents of the C.B.D. are controlled by the land-value of the streets, and their margins are located on the decreasing points of the land-value of the streets.
Therefore, the land-value of the city region as seen in the amount of the inheritance tax might be used as a more useful criteria, because it enables us
(1) to define the extents of both central Shopping streets and C.B.D. in every cities except the giant cities and small local towns, more easily and exactly.
(2) to compare the extents of central shopping streets with C.B.D. in various cities.