The growth of the suburban core cities in the Tokyo metropolitanarea
Honshu ; Japan ; Metropolitanarea ; Outer conurbation area ; Periurban development ; Suburbs ; Tokyo ; Urban growth ; Urban network
The A. aims to analyze the progress of the suburban area independent on Tokyo in the metropolitanarea, the characteristics of the core cities in the suburban area, and relationship between the development of the metropolitanarea and these cities
Development and administration of capital cities and metropolitanareas : an introduction
Administration ; Capital city ; Czech Republic ; Development ; Metropolitanarea ; Town
The paper provides an introduction to the collection of papers addressing issues of development and administration of capital cities and metropolitanareas. The problems are studied in Canada, Great Britain, Russia, Slovakia and Czechia. - (MS)
An ecological analysis of migration in metropolitan America, 1970-1975 in Metropolitan and regional change in the United States.
Dissimilar migration experiences of southern and nonsouthern metropolitanareas. Hypotheses are drawn from human ecology to ascertain the degree to which variations among southern and nonsouthern metropolitanareas could be accounted
Engines of Growth beyond MetropolitanAreas - Success Factors and Recommendations for Action to Support Development
Metropolitanarea ; Region ; Sustainable development ; Theory ; Urban area
The article deals with the development (viewed from a structure-analysis perspective), the determinants and factors behind the success of regional growth engines, the factors responsible for the success of growth engines beyond metropolitanareas
Metropolitanareas in transformation of regional organisation in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic ; Metropolitanarea ; Prague ; Regional development ; Settlement system ; Spatial differentiation ; Town
First basic factors of the geographical differentiation are indicated in the role of metropolitanarea. Main tendencies in the hierarchy of relative importance of the leading units of the national settlement system are indicated. - (MS)
The development process of large-scale residential areas in the Kagoshima metropolitanarea
Housing estate ; Japan ; Kyushu ; Residential area ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban infrastructure
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residential areas, over 20 hectares each, in the Kagoshima metropolitanarea, and to evaluate the role of public-developers in the process. - (KA)
Tertiary industrialization and structural change of the Osaka metropolitanarea: comparative analysis between input-output structure and spatial structure
Honshu ; Industrialization ; Input-output model ; Japan ; Metropolitanarea ; Multidimensional scaling ; Osaka ; Service industry ; Tertiary sector
The purpose of this paper aims to examine the relationship between the tertiary industrialization and the structural change of the metropolitanarea. The author choiced the Osaka metropolitanarea as a study field. - (KA)
Child morbidity in the Kingston MetropolitanArea, Kingston 1983
The case reports of all children admitted to public and private hospitals in the Kingston metropolitanarea were examined for an analysis, by special areas, of spatial variations in child morbidity. A Poisson probability test was applied in order
to determine areas of significant excesses in admission rates and three special areas selected for a child health survey.
Some environmental issues related to sub-urbanization process in Bucharest MetropolitanArea
Bucharest ; Landscape ; Metropolitanarea ; Romania ; Suburbanization ; Urban dynamics ; Urban landscape ; Urban sprawl ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
The paper analyzes the effect of urban sprawl within Bucharest MetropolitanArea as well as the most important environmental issues related to sub-urbanization process (land fragmentation, land market dynamics, uncontrolled waste deposits, water
supply system, sewage system, gas supply system) with negative impact on metropolitan landscape. - (BJ).
The influence of metropolitanareas on regional development. Rzeszów as compared to other metropolitanareas in Eastern Poland
Area of attraction ; Induced effect ; Peripheral region ; Poland ; Regional development ; Rzeszów ; Town ; Urban function
Ciudad ; Desarrollo regional ; Efecto inducido ; Función urbana ; Región periférica ; Área de atracción
system, a zone of strongest influence and metropolitan effects of Rzeszów was delimited. Next, the dynamics of change in the level of life and the level of development of municipalities in the zone as compared to other areas of the Podkarapackie region
were measured. Though as demonstrated by research results, within the area of strong spatial influence of Rzeszów positive spread effects dominate, metropolitan functions in the city’s hinterland are weakly developed. - (BJ)
Supply structure of condominiums in Osaka metropolitanarea
This paper aims to analyze the supply structure of condominiums in Osaka metropolitanarea by examining the relationship between floor space index and unit price per m2. The A. used the method of cluster analysis. First, he focused attention
on chronological change in areas where construction of condominiums took place in Osaka metropolitanarea during 1976-1990. He showed that floor space indexes are higher in the direction of Central Osaka and that the unit price per m2 is higher in Central Osaka
and the plateaux around Osaka citay and areas along the two private railways. - (KA)
The trend of multinucleation and the characteristics of suburban nucleations in the Keihan metropolitanarea
Growth pole ; Honshu ; Japan ; Outer conurbation area
This paper aims to examine how multinucleation is currently progressing and what characteristics of nucleations are found in the Keihan metropolitanarea. For this examination, the author made full use of the data obtained by the person trip OD
An analysis of the distance parameter of spatial interaction model - A case of the greater Tokyo metropolitanarea
This paper analyzes the distance parameter of spatial interaction model in the case of the greater Tokyo metropolitanarea. The friction of distance is measured by the effect of the behavioral component. The production constrained entropy maximizing
model is applied to the automobile traffic flows in the study area. - (SGA)
The change of social structure and urban development in Tokyo metropolitan region
of regional structure of Tokyo metropolitanarea with the change of Japanese industrial structure. And this paper aims to compare the situation of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. This aims to analyse the trend of big development projects in Tokyo metropolitanarea
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world. It is known that Tokyo metropolitan region grew up during the period of 1960s and 1970s, which period is called the period of rapid economic growth in Japan. This paper aims to examine the change