The purpose of this paper is to research the locational changes of branch offices in Kagoshima City, and to re-examine the place of Kagoshima City in the Kyushu regional urban system which has formed under the top-city of Fukuoka, through
the examination of the territories of branch offices in Kagoshima City. The author indicates 4 points as results. - (KA)
« Industrial landscapes » as positive settings for tourism development in declining industrial cities. The case of Haifa, Israel
Deindustrialization ; Industrial city ; Israel ; Land use ; Tourism ; Urban economy
The paper discusses the possibilities of revitalising declining cities through tourism development. The main question is whether obsolete or declining industrial land uses in or around the city can be transformed into successful tourist land uses.
Los Angeles and the anti-tradition of the suburban city
California ; City perception ; Historical geography ; Los Angeles ; Suburbanization ; United States ; Urban development ; Urban landscape ; Urban morphology ; Urban structure
The result of the continued development of Los Angeles is a revision of the anti-urban imagery, signaled by high-rise construction and increasing urban density after 1960. Recent critical imagery of the city appears to be based on deep-rooted
notions of Old World pre-industrial city structure.
The 1987 stock market crash and New York City employment : an intervention-multiplier analysis
Base économique ; Economie urbaine ; Effet induit ; Emploi ; Etats-Unis ; Finance ; Krack boursier ; Multiplicateur ; New York City ; Processus autorégressif ; Série chronologique
Autoregressive process ; Economic base ; Employment ; Finance ; Induced effect ; Multiplicator ; New York City ; Time series ; United States ; Urban economy
Intervention analysis is used to assess the impact of the October 1987 stock market crash upon employment in the securities industry in New York City. Using a dynamic location quotient methodology to measure basic employment, an estimate
Nairobi -Struktur und Funktion einer postkolonialen Primate City
Nairobi -structure et fonction d'une primate city post-coloniale
Capital city ; City;Town ; Colonization ; Independence ; Kenya ; Large city;Metropolis ; Social segregation ; Urban growth ; Urban population ; Urban society ; Urban structure
Commercial infrastructure ; Inner city ; Madrid ; Retail trade ; Spain
In this paper recent transformation in retailing structure in the city center of Madrid is analyzed. Besides this transformation, the typical retailing city center, with big stores and a lot of modern and specialized shops, still subsists
. The change in the way of living and in shopping habits, the important growth of the city - which has spread into a big metropolitan area, where a lot and all sorts of commercial centers have been built - as well as the aging of population and urban
deterioration of the city center, have been the main causes of the evolution of city center retailing.
Family-houses in Ghanaian cities : to be or not to be?
In Kumasi, Ghana's second city, one-quarter of all households occupy free accommodation and the population so housed continues to rise as a result of supply constraints. The paper examines the nature of such « family-housing » and, highlighting
City;Town ; Latin America ; Research ; Urban crisis ; Urban development ; Urban life
During the 1980s the weight of Latin Americanist urban research shifted from the theoretical back to the empirical. Publications fit into four broad categories : cities in cris; urban form; reproduction; and production. The problems of living
in cities in Latin America have greatly exacerbated over the decade.―(DWG)
TOADS go to New Jersey : implications for land use and public health in mid-sized and large US cities
City;Town ; Community ; Health ; Land use ; New Jersey ; United States ; Urban environment ; Urban renewal ; Urban society
Using a sample of 21 mid-sized cities in New Jersey, the AA. show that communities with a poor real estate market, many poor, minority residents and a weak economic base are likely to have serious « temporarily obsolete abandoned derelict sites
An analysis of residential environment in Morioka City in terms of accessibility
Accessibility ; City;Town ; Honshu ; Japan ; Quality of life ; Residential environment ; Service
level considering facility size and demand density, and analyzes spatial variation in the residential environment between and within neighborhoods in Morioka-City in the Tohoku region in Japan. The A. indicates 3 points as results. - (KA)
China ; City;Town ; Urban function ; Urban morphology ; Urban site ; Xizáng Zizhiqu
Observations on the site, situation, neighborhoods and atmosphere of a fascinating city whose Tibetan spirit has not been destroyed by Chinese hegemony. - (DWG)
City;Town ; Economic restructuring ; Economic theory ; Employment ; Labour market ; Local development ; Local economy ; Local government ; Research technique ; United Kingdom ; Urban economy