Abstract
The aim of this study is to clarify the actual conditions of population change and land use transformation comparing central and suburban area, which could be necessary for their reorganization towards the realization of the compact city. This paper studies the trend of urban expansion of local central cities through analyzing statistics of DID and the Land Readjustment Project (LRP). From a case study of Kanazawa City, the business district of city center shows gradual change into residential land use and parking lot, the suburban area where was developed by LRP shows the decrease of population, and in contrast non-LRP area shows increase of population and the progress of urbanization.
