Verification of the District Land-Use Data Produced from the Point-Sampled Data

Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO STUDY THE LAND USE TRANSITION IN COMPARISON WITH THE AIM OF ZONING REGULATION. TO THIS END, THE LAND USE TRANSITION IN EACH ZONE BETWEEN 1974 AND 1984 IS ANALYZED IN KAWASAKI CITY. THE RESULT SHOWS THAT: 1) IN-APPROPRIATE LAND USE DECREASED IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS; 2) THE SHARE OF INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DECREASED IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WHILE IT WAS STABLE IN QUASI-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; 3)THE MORE URBANIZED THE DISTRICT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, THE HARDER WAS THE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE TO BE CONVERTED.