Revise the Urban Structure Assessment Indicators Considering the Changing Commuting Patterns

Focus on Commuting Frequency by The Types of Industries

Abstract

The concept of the Daytime Population, which is an indicator used to measure human activity focused on commuters, has traditionally assumed that the people actually goes to their physical workplace. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting rapid spread of teleworking have changed the concept of "workplace". Therefore, it is important to reconsider how the daytime population is measured and perceived in this current social transforming, especially in the standpoint of urban planning in each municipality. In this report, reconsidered indicators used to assess changes in the weekly daytime population that based on commuting patterns, and evaluates their sensitivity for municipalities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The results show that the most of municipalities experienced an increase in the weekly daytime population, while the city center tended to show a decrease. It suggests the importance of considering the commute frequency and teleworking, in the future evaluation of urban structure and other factors.