Abstract
Recently, the population growth and urbanization in the suburbs area has been progressing in Oita City. The City Planning Law was revised in 2000. The purpose is to control the development of disorder. In this research, land use on the main roadside by building distribution conditions of block units are investigated by using GIS. And, the feature and problems of the land use on main road side is made clear. As the result, land use is not performed highly in the whole area of Oita City. Continuously, the land use in the main roadside is not highly occurred. The land is highly used in the suburban residential area. Moreover, the road of object is classified in four kinds of group, and there characteristics are clarified. Finally, the actual conditions and the problem of the land use are clarified in the local city.