From a discussion of the close relationship between a city and its functional region, illustrated with Chinese cities of different hierarchies, the author proceeds to examine the rationale for promoting the development of cities in step
with development in the resource potentials of the city region, with territorial division of labour, and with demographic development within the region. Multi-centred cities have more rational structure than uni-centred cities provided that basic infrastructural
provision is in line with the rate of city growth. (TNC).
In this paper the writer tries to analyze urban tributary areas and daily city regions of central cities according to the analysis of connectivity between central cities and their surrounding municipalities by using commuting data among
municipalities (1985 Census). Instead of the concept of a city region the writer uses the concepts of a daily city region corresponding to the commuting areas of a central city and an urban tributary area consisting of a wider area. As shown in another paper
(Morikawa, 1990), a municipality qualifies as a central city if the workers of at least 3,000 persons are engaged in sales and service job of the city. The writer examined the spatial relationships between WAMSs (wider-area municipal spheres) and urban
Changes are analysed according to size of population, by major functions, and by geographical location. Large and medium-sized cities grew more rapidly than small ones, accounting for 85 per cent of the urban population in 1982. By function
, provincial capitals and mining-manufacturing cities grew more rapidly and are expected to develop further. Cities of coastal regions develop most quickly but in the hinterland regions landward from the coast, city size is more evenly developed because
of newly erected cities. In the remote border region of the interior new cities have draw large populations. (TNC).
Centre-ville ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Hokuriku ; Honshu ; Japon ; Kanazawa city ; Métropole régionale ; Personnes âgées ; Population ; Répartition de la population
By using cohort analysis, it can be found that the main cause of ageing in the central area of the city was outmigration of the non-elderly, whereas in the urban periphery an absolute increase in the ageing population was as responsible
Tokyo : from a feudal million city to a global supercity
In the 18th century, Tokyo was the world's largest city in population and maybe the biggest pedestrian city in the history of mankind. Nowadays it is the world's largest agglomeration of urban population within its geographically delineated
The document analyses the growth and development of Bareilly city for the understanding and interpretation of some of its features with a view to applying the geographers' method of survey and analysis to planning for its orderly growth in future
. This examines the various geographical changes that are taking place around the outer edge of a typical Indian city. - (PLK)
The importance and economic role of small cities decreases and instead a chain of networks is born which joins large cities directly to small cities or even villages. The A. considers the inner structure of cities, before and after recent economic
Spatial pattern of quality of life in Lucknow city
The present study is an attempt to understand the interrelationships of the problem of serious shortfalls in housing, public utilities and community facilities, etc. and their spatial patterns taking the city of Lucknow as the case study. - (PLK)
ST The location of branch offices of enterprises and the hierarchy of cities in Yamagata Prefecture, Tohoku region, Northeast Japan
The purpose of this paper is to verify the relation between branch offices and prefectual capitals. Branch offices of enterprises located in five main cities within Yamagata Prefecture of Japan were studied. The important finding : Yamagata city
(the seat of the prefectural government) has certainly confirmed its status as the primary central city within the prefecture due to the agglomeration there of branch offices of nationalwide enterprises. - (K. Abe).