Geographical research on the subsistence structure of retail district of the smaller cities in Germany

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24520892
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Human geography
Research Institution	Okayama University
Principal Investigator	KAWADA TSUTOMU 岡山大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 教授 (30263643)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	ドイツ / 都市 / 商業 / 地理学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of continuity of central retail district of the smaller cities in Germany, under the effects of international competition among cities. The results of this study show that main factors are to control the new construction of large shopping center by urban planning, to improve both traffic network and central retail district simultaneously and to take action to attract shoppers to central retail district.