Impact Analysis on Shutdown of Supermarkets in the Suburbs Focusing on Moving Distance and Change in Means of Transportation

A Case Study of Ome City in Tokyo Metropolis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of shutdown of supermarkets in the suburbs from the viewpoint of maintaining the everyday life of the residents. To this end, the increase in the moving distance and the change in means of transportation from each house to the second nearest supermarket was estimated using GIS in Ome City in Tokyo Metropolis. The results are as follows: the area with large impact on the moving distance is different from that on the means of transportation; the impact on the moving distance is large in areas with low density of supermarkets such as mountainous areas and the margin of the city center; in the city center, the impact on the moving distance is small, though the number of the residents who change the means of transportation is larger than that in the other areas.