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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

dominance of the Enterprocess Located in 3 Major Metropolitan Cities Over Wholesale Trade in Japanes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02680193
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionNagasaki University

Principal Investigator

NISHIHARA Jun  Nagasaki University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30136626)

Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
KeywordsWholesale Trade / Urban Hierarchy / Urban System / Metropolitan Zone of Japan / Peripheral Zone of Japan / Intra-corporate Organization / Commodity Flow
Research Abstract

In this project, the investigator had originally created the data from the original sheets which all wholesalers and retailers had proposed for -CENSUS OF COMMERCE 1982(the Ministry of International Trade and Industry The statisticalunit area are 110 second ordered central cities and peripheral areas for second ordered city located in TOHOKU province. and 116 cities and areas in KYUSHU province. These data were tabulated on numbers of retailers by classified according to regions where retailers bought their commodities for sale and according to kinds of enterprises from which retailers bought their commodities for sale.
Results obtained from the analysis on these data are as follow.
(1) According to the degree of dominance of enterprises located in 3 major metropolitan cities (Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya), cities were ranked into the regional provincial cities (TOHOKU Region SENDAI and KYUSHU Region : FUKUOKA). prefectural cities (TOHOKU region : AOMORI, HIROSAKI, HACHINO HE, MORIOKA, AKITA, YAMAGATA, FUKUSHIMA, KORIYAMA and IWAKI, and KYUSHU region : KITAKHUSHU, SAGA, NAGASAKI, SASEBO, KUMAMOTO, OITA, MIYAZAKI AND KAGOSHIMA), many second ordered central cities.
(2) In TOHOKU region, ratio of retailers under the controlled by enterprises located in Tokyo metropolitan city is 14.9% and ratio by Osaka metropolitan city is 0.7%. Hence. in KYUSHU region, ratio of retailers under the controlled by enterprises located in Tokyo metropolitan city is 5.7%. and ratio by Osaka metropolitan city is 3.8%. Influence over retailers by OSAKA's enterprises was restricted within the western part of JAPAN.
(3) Especially, in category of apparel retailers, there were strong dominance by enterprises located in 3 major metropolitan cities.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

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All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 西原 純: "地方における卸売流通からみた都市間結合と都市階層" 地理学評論.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 長谷川 典夫: "現代都市の空間システム" 大明堂, (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] HISHIHARA, JUN: "Inter-Urban Network and Urban Hierarchy on Wholesale Trade in Tohoku and Kyushu Regions of Japan." Geographical Review of Japan.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] HASEGAWA, NORIO: Taimeido. Spatial System of Modern City., (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1993-03-16  

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