Clarification of the population movement in Continental Southeast Asia using by the population density potential analysis

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23500307
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Umekawa Michihisa 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 研究員 (80372548)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIO Yuko 慶応義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (20195192) ; SAWADA Hideo 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 教授 (60282779)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 東南アジア地域大陸部 / 地域情報学 / バンコク / ハノイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyzes the population density distribution based on the assumption of hierarchical structure in Mainland Southeast Asia. Using quantitative methods as a common concept over the geographical hierarchy, we get the total understanding for this region. In the whole scale level, social force that moves and determines population density distribution are investigated by the population density potential theory, which is explained in our previous works. By numerical study of the population density potential, we understand the basic application for the Mainland Southeast Asia and get preparatory steps for the comprehensive data collection. In the detail region scale, concrete data for population density and residence in model cities, Bangkok in Thailand and Hanoi in Vietnam, are collected from fieldworks. The residential data in Hanoi are investigated first. From the results, properties for each district are different and characteristic in the quantitative view.

Free Research Field

地域情報学