Improvement Project for Station Area and Urban Development in Hokkaido

Abstract

Most of the “towns” in Hokkaido were developed along with the railway which was the important transportation method in the pioneer ear. However, following the motorization in the recent years, a railway station area is not necessarily as the center of the “town”, and the structure of the “town” is changing greatly. Under these circumstances, cities in Hokkaido try to revive the “town” by reactivating the railway station area where used to be the core. This is to introduce such cases of improvement project for the station area in Hokkaido and to describe the concept on future urban developments and the relation as a railway operator.