The paper presents a systems approach for analyzing economic vitalities of a depopulated area, whereby focus is placed on assessment of business administrability of life-support facilities. The facilities considered include small-scale local shops such as groceries, fruit shops, fish shops, meat shops, wine seller's, and general shops as well as beauty solons and barber's.
Based on comprehensive field studies conducted at Hikimi Town, Simane Prefecture, the paper illustrates how the area is devitalized, in terms of administrability of life-support service activites in private sector, and demonstrates the applicability and potential of some selected techniques from business administration and regional science, in scientifically assessing the illustrated points.
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