Abstract
In Japan, the Local governments' finances as well as those of the central government are in a critical situation in recent years. The cities which perform a consolidation of municipalities are increasing in number as the method for salving it A merger policy often tends to be similarly set up in the whole country. It is thought that a merger policy including the characteristics of eath area is required. In order to attain it, it is important that city classificatim is performed The effects of a merger policy will be analyzed considering the characteristics of every type. And, desirable conditions will be proposed about the thought of preper scale of a city. It will be made to notice it having an important meaning that classification is performed on a city part and a farm village part, or a core part and the outskirts in this essay.
