2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Geographical studies on the differences in the delineation of metropolitan areas before and after the Heisei municipal mergers and the changes in spatial structure of the metropolitan areas
| Project/Area Number |
26770284
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Wakayama University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 都市圏 / 通勤流動 / 都市圏多核化 / 縮小都市 / 過疎地域 / 京阪神大都市圏 / 近畿地方 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, the process of changes in spatial structure of the metropolitan area, such as the narrowing of the commuting zone of central cities and the progress of multi-nucleation, were clarified. In addition, it was found that the Keihanshin metropolitan area were about to enter the slow-burn shrinking cities. Next, from the analysis of the commuting flows in the kinki region, the characteristics of the commuting flows in depopulated regions was extracted and the problems of the existing definitions of metropolitan areas were pointed out. An analysis of the significance of commuting areas as a functional region was also carried out. It can be appreciated that the characteristics of commuting flows, the basis of the definition of metropolitan areas, were verified in a multi-faceted way with the consideration of the influence of municipal mergers.
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| Free Research Field |
人文地理学
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