A Study on the Locational Preferences of Offices in an Urban Area

Abstract

There are many types of offices in an urban area, and each of them has its own locational preference. In this study, the diversity of locational preferences among these offices is analysed using the data of questionnaire survey executed in the Osaka City. Various types of offices are classified into seven groups, and the locational preference of each group is clarified by estimating the relative weight of each locational preference factor using a statistical method. the future direction of infrastructure planning in Osaka City is also discussed on the basis of these analyses.