Analysis of Factors Influencing the Change of Underused Land Area and Transformation From Underused Land to Residential Land in Central Areas of Local Cities

Abe, Shotaro; Nakagawa, Dai; Matsunaka, Ryoji; Oba, Tetsuharu

doi:10.2208/jscejipm.68.i_467

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“…Abe et al (2012) [18] focused on vacant lots, and investigated their transition in the central business districts of 37 cities across Japan. Kanamori et al (2015) [19] analyzed the factors of vacant housing and estimated the number of vacant housing from the perspective of the equilibrium between construction and demolition.…”

Section: Current Situation Of Vacant Housing and Lots As An Emerging mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Economic factors are also reported as drivers of spatial urban shrinkage. Abe et al (2012) [18] found that land value has a negative effect on the ratio of underused land. Looking at the subjective satisfaction of local residents, it is clarified that a better dwelling environment is related to a low ratio of vacant housing and lots (Katayama et al 2006) [21].…”

Section: Characterization Of Cities By Socio-economic and Built-envirmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A better dwelling environment also lowers the ratio of vacant housing (Katayama et al 2006) [21]. Focusing on socio-economic factors, the existence of aging populations in neighborhoods results in an increase in the vacant house ratio (Takeshima et al 2004) [20], and land value is negatively related to the quantity of underused land (Abe et al 2012) [18]. Reflecting on the studies mentioned above, we selected the factors for the analysis.…”

Section: Data Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The phenomenon of urban shrinkage is surging through cities in Japan. To understand the current situation of urban shrinkage in Japan, the number of vacant housing would be one of the key indicators. The purpose of the study is to clarify the regional differences in the socio-economic and built-environment factors of vacant house ratio as a key indicator for spatial urban shrinkage. The characteristics of cities are identified by means of socio-economic and built-environment factors, which enable us to describe the current situation of spatial urban shrinkage more precisely. In this analysis, 771 cities in Japan are original units in order to articulate the geographical differences in urban shrinkage. To differentiate regions, we classified cities according to urban employment area (UEA) into 4 categories. Using 7 socio-economic and built-environment variables, a general linear mixed model was employed to clarify the statistical significances in each UEA category. The key findings were as follows. First, strong trends of vacant house ratio and its factors among categories were found. Second, socio-economic factors affecting vacant house ratio in each category were statistically significant in all the categories. Third, builtenvironment factors also had a clear relationship with vacant house ratio, but the influences varied among the four categories. Finally, in order to prepare for future spatial urban shrinkage, areas of anticipated spatial urban shrinkage were identified from the results of the study.

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Section: Current Situation Of Vacant Housing and Lots As An Emerging mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Characterization Of Cities By Socio-economic and Built-envirmentioning

confidence: 99%