2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Research for the Realization of Sustainable Residential Suburbs in the Age ofPopulation Decrease

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21560654
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Town planning/Architectural planning
Research Institution	Kanagawa University
Principal Investigator	YAMAGA Kyoko 神奈川大学, 工学部, 教授 (10242124)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SASAKI Isshin 産業技術大学院大学, 創造技術専攻, 助教 (70454147)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2012
Keywords	都市 / 地域計画
Research Abstract	In the age of the low birthrate and longevity and the population decrease, the research aims at examining the sustainability of residential suburbs by grasping the present situation of residential suburbs in Kanagawa pref. First, we tried the quantitative analysis on the features of domains between houses and roads, based on the idea that well maintained townscape could be the spatial resources. Secondly, by the questionnaire on the residents’ consciousness and the using behavior of life support facilities, we found that their barriers were longevity and access troublesome, some life support facilities related to mobility, and that there were various using behavior patters of life support facilities.