A REPORT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTENCE OF VARIOUS FACILITIES AND POPULATION DENSITY —BASIC STUDY FOR COMPACT CITY DESIGN—

Abstract

 In recent years, the “compact city” concept is gaining popularity as a suitable urban structure for a depopulation society in Japan. Therefore, some local governments have proposed the compact city concept in their urban planning. In such plans, the population density of compact area is set as a target value in order to sustain the services and communities. However, it is not clear how much population density can keep them. Consequently, this study aims to clarify the relationship between the existence of various facilities and population density as basic information for designing a compact city plan. As a result, 25 facilities have strong relationship with population density and the tendency of facility locations can be classified into three groups according to population density level. In addition, many facilities tend to be in the area where the population density is about 60 persons/ha.