| Project/Area Number |
16520484
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYASHI Noboru Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environment, Professor, 環境学研究科, 教授 (10097686)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
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| Keywords | Metropolitan Region / Social Maturity / Medium-scale Transportation System / Transportation Demand / Transportation Service / Geography / New Transportation System / Nagoya Metropolitan Region |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to investigate the social maturity and its influence on the transportation system in the metropolitan region in Japan. First of all, data indicating the social maturity of the metropolitan region were collected to clarify that Japanese metropolitan regions have matured and had to face with several social problems such as less children and aging society. Every information and material indicates that social and economic condition has greatly changed for several decades. Industrial composition, income, consumer behavior and production show that the metropolitan regions have experienced a drastic change for this period.
Under these circumstances, regional transportation systems are expected to be sustainable and survive. Because of the stable or declining demand of transportation, regional transportation systems have difficulty to manage their businesses. These transportation systems contributed to the development of the metropolitan regions when Japanese econom
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y expanded at a high growth rate. With the diffusion of motorization, public transportation lost transportation demand, but transportation poor need it for moving means within the metropolitan regions. Medium-scale transportation systems have been introduced to satisfy such a need. This kind of transportation system has a flexibility to adjust variable transportation demand. The mode of new transportation system varies depending on the regional condition where it is introduced. Nagoya metropolitan region is the place where several experimental transportation projects have been initiated. Guide way bus system and High Speed Surface Transport are the examples that were constructed in this metropolitan region. At present, it is not easy to sustain the management of the project because of the shortage passengers. Less children and aging society need convenient public transportation system in the metropolitan region, but it is difficult to keep the management of public transportation system in a sound and good condition. Less
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