2019 Volume 54 Issue 3 Pages 680-687
The government is promoting compact city with multipolar networks as a policy. To achieve this, residential relocation from suburban area to public transport corridors are necessary. Decisions to change residence affect households, and are affected by life stage changes, and residential relocation awareness varies by the life stage. This study aims 1) to classify household data into type of life stage and analyzing the preference to select living area of each life stage type, 2) to analyze the residential relocation pattern and the trip character after residential relocation in each life stage, and 3) to clarify the stratified groups which may be most suited to compact urban layouts. Both normal and potential target to promote compact city such as single household and married couple household are clarified.