A study based on geographical research of TOD in middle-sized cities in local areas

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520963
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Human geography
Research Institution	University of Nagasaki
Principal Investigator	ISHIKAWA Yuichi 長崎県立大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00232273)
Research Collaborator	MURAKAMI Norio
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	公共交通指向政策 / GIS / 都市縮小 / コンパクト・シティ / 小地域統計 / TOD / LRT / 路面電車 / コンパクトシティ / 都市構造 / 都市地理学 / 交通地理学 / コンパクトシティ政策 / 都市政策 / 地方中規模都市
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research explores the adoption of compact city policy and TOD in middle-sized cities in local areas through a geographical approach. Its main analysis focused on urban structure related to land use and population distribution of both residential and working places. Results showed that the limit of population density that could maintain TOD (using trams and an LRT network) with weak public support was 10,000/km2 as in the cases of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the cases of smaller cities in France and larger cities in the U.S., strong public support is being provided. This research clarified that strong public support will be needed in such a case as Toyama.