2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Immigrants and Urban Revitalization : Impact of Immigrants on Inner-city Housing Markets in World Cities.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21860080
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Town planning/Architectural planning
Research Institution	Doshisha University
Principal Investigator	SHIKI Kimiko Doshisha University, 政策科学部, 准教授 (10512725)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	外国人 / 移民 / 住宅 / 居住地
Research Abstract	This study analyzes the impact of new immigrants on inner-city neighborhoods and their existing old housing stock in three cities, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Osaka. My results show that new immigrants do not always settle into inner city neighborhoods or their old housing stock. The residential choice behavior of new immigrants changes by ethnic groups and cities. In Tokyo, for example, new immigrants tend to live in the central areas while, in Osaka, they tend to live outside the central city. Also, my analysis did not show the clear positive association between new immigrants and the old housing stock.

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