Staying Time Analysis: Infrastructure Improvement to Keep People for the Area

Abstract

There are two ways to make region prosperously from the points of commercial and public use. The one way is to catch many visiters, and the other way is to encourage them to stay longer time in the area. This research focus on the latter and present the flamework for staying time analysis that indicates important factors which affect staying time in the area. This system is applied to the Osaka Metropolitan Area, and validity is examined. Besides, several findings are pointed out to encourage comfortable staying by effective infrastructure improvement.