Rural Centre Planning Study for Stable and Consolidated Life

Composition of rural activity spheres in the Hokkaido region

Abstract

The object of the study is twofold: one is to provide a rational basis for a rural center plan for the Hokkaido region in conjucition with the simultaneous restructuring of urban growth in region. That is the ultimate function of the study ws well; the second object, the immediate object of the study, was make explicit the implicit conditions of urban services and utilities for everyday life at rural centres. For this purpose a number of factors were introduced to conclude both the integration grades and locations of the rural centre facilities fitting for use.