A Study of Change in Densely Inhabited Districts due to Population Change (Results of Statistical Analyses)
2003 Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 91-94
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2003 Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 91-94
Densely Inhabited Districts (DID) of 22 cities diminished during the last 30 years and DID of some one-fourth of cities shrank during the last ten years along with population decrease. To become more compact is defined as that the population share of DID against the whole city increases and is classified into 5 types. Out of 75 compacted cases in 1990’s, 43 cases fall into type 5 which increases the area and population of DID but decreases population density of DID. There are only 4 cases where net population of DID increased by over one thousand during a decade. Although the concept of compact city has been paid more a ttention, the real cases are quite limited in Japan.
