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Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016 Vol.125 No.4

2016 Vol.125 No.4

Food Access Map （Fig: Bottom） and Map Showing Percentages of Elderly People with Low Dietary Diversity Scores （Fig: Top）

The population of local City A is around 85,000. Together with suburban agricultural areas, the city has many housing estates for families whose householders commute to Tokyo. Local communities of residents who have limited access to shopping facilities are located mainly in suburban agricultural areas (Fig: bottom); areas where undernourished elderly people reside are found in both suburban agricultural areas and the city center (Fig: top). The latter are categorized as low social capital areas. The stations of mobile sales wagons are located mainly in residential areas with relatively poor food access; however, they do not completely cover the residential areas of elderly people at high risk of undernutrition. Support projects for disadvantaged shoppers should be reconsidered from the viewpoint of food desert studies.

（Koichi TANAKA, Nobuyuki IWAMA, Nobuhiko KOMAKI, Masashi IKEDA and Tatsuto ASAKAWA）

Special Issue: Current States of Non-metropolitan Cities in Japan

Overview: Current States of Non-metropolitan Cities in Japan

Shin KAJITA, Yuji ESAKI, Shiro KOIKE and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 431.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.431

Introduction: Current States of Non-metropolitan Cities in Japan

Shin KAJITA, Yuji ESAKI, Shiro KOIKE and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 437.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.325

Population Trends of Cities in Rural Regions of Japan （Original Article）

Yuji ESAKI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 443.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.443

Changes in Natural Population Increase and Social Population Increase of Old Municipalities around the Period of the “Heisei Municipal Mergers”:
A Comparative Analysis of the Tohoku Region and the Chugoku Region （Original Article）

Shiro KOIKE and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 457.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.457

Demographic Analysis of Inter-municipal Migration of Foreign Residents in Japan （Original Article）

Masataka NAKAGAWA, Shiro KOIKE and Masato SHIMIZU

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 475.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.475

Outflow of Population of Young People and Parents' Attitudes toward Their Children Remaining in Their Hometown:
A Case Study of the Shonai Region, Yamagata Prefecture （Original Article）

Yasufumi YAMAGUCHI, Yuji ESAKI and Kaoru MATSUYAMA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 493.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.493

Promoting In-migration and Resettlement in Peripheral Regions of Japan
—Background, Conditions, and Challenges:
Case Study of Kyushu Region （Short Article）

Shinji KOYANAGI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 507.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.507

Implications of Centralized Compact City Designs for Accessibility from Simulation Analyses:
Improving Population Distribution and Public Transportation in Aomori City （Original Article）

Natsumi AKIMOTO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 523.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.523

Construction of Shinkansen and Urbanization of Sakudaira as a Modern City:
Three Analytical Axes of City Planning （Original Article）

Tadahiko MUSHA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 545.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.545

Establishing a Comprehensive Community Care System that Takes into Account the Local Characteristics of Provincial Cities:
Case Study in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture （Original Article）

Teruo HATAKEYAMA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 567.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.567

Mapping Residential Areas of Elderly People at High Risk of Undernutrition:
Analysis of Mobile Sales Wagons from the Viewpoint of Food Desert Issues （Original Article）

Nobuyuki IWAMA, Koichi TANAKA, Nobuhiko KOMAKI, Masashi IKEDA and Tatsuto ASAKAWA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 583.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.583

Present and Future of Non-metropolitan Cities:
Lessons from the Experiences of Minamata （Original Article）

Yukio TERATOKO and Shin KAJITA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 607.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.607

Can Prefectural Government Cities Play Roles as ‘Dams for Preventing Population Outflows?’:
A Case Study on Matsue （Original Article）

Shin KAJITA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), 627.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.627

Pictorials

1：Population Increase Rates by Municipality in Hokkaido （1920–2040）

Shiro KOIKE and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), ix.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.ix

2：Scene Showing Bus Transportation and Residents in Aomori City during the Snow Season

Natsumi AKIMOTO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), x.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.x

3：Changes in the Central Part of Minamata City

Yukio TERATOKO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), xi.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.xi

4：New and Old Urban Districts of Matsue City

Shin KAJITA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2016, 125(4), xii.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.125.xii

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