Abstract
Data about the location and attributes of coin-operated surface parking lots in Central Kyoto, including historical districts, was collected to quantitatively and visually clarify the temporal and spatial patterns. Field reconnaissance surveys were conducted in 2011, 2014, and 2017. The results were used to analyze the location of lots over time and their global and local Moran's I values for spatial autocorrelation were calculated. This analysis reveals the total number and area of lots. Although lots are widely distributed across the subject area, they show a statistically significant spatial accumulative trend, which has gradually strengthened over time. Hotspots of lots are defined with three indices: 1) the number of lots, 2) the total area of such lots, and 3) the area percentage of such lots in a district within the subject area. Hotspots have moved between the survey timings with a certain regularity. In particular, districts identified as hotspots in the previous survey tend to remain as hotspots in subsequent surveys.
