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Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024 Vol.133 No.5

2024 Vol.133 No.5

Central Takasaki City, Promoting the Construction of Condominiums under the Location Normalization Plan

In response to an increasing emphasis on creating walkable cities, construction of condominiums has surged in central Takasaki since 2000. Large condominiums, each comprising over 200 units—a scale that never existed before—have been built near the railway station, with some properties priced over 100 million yen. Conversely, relatively inexpensive detached houses have been developed in suburban areas, gaining popularity among families with children who are in the process of asset accumulation. These homes compete with centrally located condominiums. As regional cities face population declines, some municipalities are relaxing location restrictions in suburban areas and developing new housing sites to sustain current population levels. The challenge remains how to craft a living environment that supports demographic shifts and an aging population without excessively dispersing residential functions to the suburbs.


(Photograph & Explanation: Hideto SATOH)



Special Issue: Population Decline and Non-metropolitan Areas (Part Ⅱ):
Administration, Policy, Governance, and Employment Structure from a Micro Perspective

Overview of the Special Issue
 “Population Decline and Non-metropolitan Areas (Part Ⅱ) : Administration, Policy,
 Governance, and Employment Structure from a Micro Perspective”

Hideto SATOH, Yuji ESAKI, Shiro KOIKE
and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 335.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.335

Preface of the Special Issue “Population Decline and Non-metropolitan Areas (Part Ⅱ) :
 Administration, Policy, Governance, and Employment Structure
 from a Micro Perspective”

Hideto SATOH, Yuji ESAKI, Shiro KOIKE
and Masakazu YAMAUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 339.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.339

Increase in Abandoned Farmland at the Outer Fringes of Local Cities:
 Decreased Expectations of Conversion, Delays in Land Consolidation,
 and Vanishing Part-time Farmers (Original Article)

Kohei ORO

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 343.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.343

Duality of Housing Demand and Supply with Mixed Concentration and Diffusion:
 Case Study of Takasaki City Facing an Era of Depopulation (Original Article)

Hideto SATOH

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 365.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.365

Changes to Outer Areas of Prefectural Government Cities in Non-metropolitan Areas
 since the Late 1980s: Case Study of Morioka Urban Area (Original Article)

Shin KAJITA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 387.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.387

Intermunicipal Collaboration and Multilevel Governance
 of Community-based Integrated Care Systems in a Rural Area:
 A Case Study of the Uwajima Area, Ehime Prefecture (Original Article)

Teruo HATAKEYAMA

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 407.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.407

Changes in Employment Structure and Net Migration between 2005 and 2020
 in Japan’s Peripheral Areas: Focus on San’in Region (Original Article)

Yoshiyuki KIKUCHI

Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 2024, 133(5), 429.

DOI:10.5026/jgeography.133.429

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