The development process of large-scale residentialareas in the Kagoshima metropolitan area
Housing estate ; Japan ; Kyushu ; Residentialarea ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban infrastructure
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residentialareas, over 20 hectares each, in the Kagoshima metropolitan area, and to evaluate the role of public-developers in the process. - (KA)
Nature on the doorstep. The relationship between protected natural areas and residential activity in the European countryside
Enquiry ; Household behaviour ; Nature conservation ; Netherlands (The) ; Protected area ; Quality of life ; Residential choice ; Residential environment ; Rural area ; Satisfaction ; Spain ; United Kingdom
The main objective of this study is to gain insight into the ability of protected areas to attract new residential activity and in the role they play in the enhancement of the quality of life of local rural residents. The presence of a protected
natural area or the quality of the physical environment are important reasons to select such an area as a new place to live. The explanation of the overall strong appreication of protected nature in the residential environment should be sought
in the notion that nature contributes to the quality of the living environement and to the personal quality of life. The case stydy areas are located in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Spain. - (AGD)
Life space and residential preferences of the elderly in the metropolitan suburbs: a case study of Koshigaya-City, Saitama Prefecture
Elderly people ; Honshu ; Japan ; Outer conurbation area ; Residential attraction ; Societal relations ; Urban area ; Urban society
should live and be cared for in familiar areas? and 3) How will the familiar area idea, and the residential preferences of the elderly, change in the future? - (KA)
The authors surveyed the spatial range of daily out-of-home activities and social relations of the elderly. They have three themes: 1) What is the spatial range of the familiar area? 2) What is the basis for this new expectation that the elderly
The determinants of restrictive residential zoning: some empirical findings
Community ; Connecticut ; Decision ; Residential location ; Social control ; Spatial allocation ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Zoning
This study proposes, and finds evidence supporting, the hypothesis that restrictive residential land-use and minimum lot-size zoning are substitute ways of controlling the population intensity of future residential development. In addition, evidence
is found linking externality, fiscal and exclusionary objectives to restrictive residential zoning.
Houses and residential neighbourhoods as work places in urban areas : the case of selected low income residentialareas in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana
Enquiry ; Enterprise ; Environmental degradation ; Ghana ; Health ; Land use ; Residentialarea ; Urban area ; Urban economy ; Urban settlement
Land ownership as a determinant in the formation of residentialareas in Arab localities
Arabs ; Built up area ; Ethnic community ; Ethnic composition ; House building ; Israel ; Land ; Land rights ; Landed estate ; Residential choice ; Residential location ; Urbanization ; Village
The development process and some features of large-scale housing estates in the Morioka urban area
Honshu ; Housing ; Housing estate ; Japan ; Real estate development ; Real estate market ; Residential neighbourhood ; Town ; Urban development
This study aims to explain the development process of large-scale residentialareas, 20 hectares and over each, in the Morioka urban area, and to compare some features with other urban and metropolitan areas. - (KA)
environments. Theory and research in the field of residential geography and suburbanization and a residential geographic research in the Central area of the Randstad)
Suburbanisatie en recente woonmilieus. Theorie en onderzoek op het terrein van de residentiële geografie en de suburbanisatie en een residentiëel-geografisch onderzoek in het Middengebied Randstad.. (Suburbanization and recent residential
these policies. Rather, by various means it provides insight into the highly differentiated processes which contributed to the dispersed suburbanization in the Randstad Central area. It also illuminates the new residential environments which were developed
in the study area, partly as a result of the processes. This publication is composed of the following parts: A.A review of theories and empirical research in the field of residential geography| B.A review of theories and empirical research in the field
of suburbanization| C. An account of the findings of the research project concerned with the suburbanization process and the characteristics of the new residential environments in the Randstad Central Area.
Rural residential landscapes of Douglas County, Oregon
Exurban settlement ; Landscape esthetics ; Oregon ; Residential environment ; Residential location ; Rural area ; Rural landscape ; Territoriality ; United States ; Urbanization of the countryside
Former city dwellers have moved to rural areas in many parts of the USA. In Douglas County, Oregon, diverse landscapes have resulted that range from purely functional and rejection of the aesthetic to those that reflect a rustic, picturesque
Residential environment and territorially fonctional structure of the Brno City in the period of transformation
Brno ; Czech Republic ; Green space ; Housing ; Moravia ; Urban area ; Urban environment ; Urban structure
A detailed analysis of the residential environment of Brno. Environment hostile functional clashes, extent of green areas, state of social environment and other parametres of housing quality have been taken into consideration. The results show
the difference between a bad residential environment in the industrialized town wards in flat relief and a good one in the town wards situated in articulated relief. - (MS)