Commuting Patterns in the Osaka Metropolitan Area: A Gis-Based Analysis of Commuter Rail Passengers

Sakanishi, Akiko

doi:10.1111/j.1467-940x.2006.00106.x

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“…The general decline in the Osaka MEA's southern and western peri-urban areas is quite pronounced, especially in the Nara Prefecture, an area primarily composed of urban-rural villages and towns (Chihaya-akasaka, Asuka, Uda). These distant rural suburbs have less than 1,000 people per km², compared to around 30,000 people per km² in Osaka (Sakanishi 2006).…”

Section: Demographic "Recentralization" and Periurban Declinementioning

confidence: 98%

“…From the 1970s and 1980s onwards, late but vigorous development of the service industry stimulated the construction of sky-scrapers in citycentres. Within the Osaka MEA, significant job decentralization occurred only by the end of the 1980s in several "secondary" employment poles, and the percentage of suburban residents working in Osaka city declined from 27.8% in 1990 to 24.6% in 2000 (Kanemoto, Tokuoka 2002;Sakanishi 2006). Still, Osaka city remains an important employment pole; in 2005 the day-to-night population ratio was beyond 141%.…”

Section: The Suburbs Of Osaka: From Attractiveness To Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

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From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

Buhnik¹

2011

Planning Journal

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Japanese cities losing population represent an emerging research field among international studies on shrinking cities. Japanesespeaking works exploring this topic (Oswalt et al. 2008; Yahagi 2009) use the words toshi no shukushō to translate "shrinking city", as a notion originating in Western research on urban decline, which particularly affects cities from OECD countries at the beginning of the 21 st century (Pallagst et al. 2009). This paper explores the transfer and the idea and whether some Japanese cities in decline constitute a Japanese-specific version of this global phenomenon, combining de-industrialization waves, socioeconomic crisis and demographic transition. To see how shrinking cities/toshi no shukushō relates to the evolution of Japanese urban spaces, this article investigates the factors behind urban decline within a metropolitan area considered shrinking in Japan, the Osaka Metropolitan Area. Osaka's decline is particularly affecting its distant suburbs, where depopulation and devitalization are associated with the rapid aging of its remaining residents in addition to the decline in the manufacturing base of the area. The paper discusses the problems that such patterns of urban decline raise for urban planners in Japan. While certain actors within the public and private have responded to depopulation by creating local policies to serve elderly residents, at a higher level, there are gaps between metropolitan and local views on strategies to address peri-urban decline, as well as between cities and suburbs within regions. This gap suggests urban shrinkage requires regional governance and coordination, in addition to local solutions.

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Section: Demographic "Recentralization" and Periurban Declinementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Suburbs Of Osaka: From Attractiveness To Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

Buhnik¹

2011

Planning Journal

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“…This is a classification used by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the administrator of the railways in Italy. In this way, the availability of railway stations allows the model to control the commuting pattern in rural areas (Sakanishi, 2006). In addition, the presence of the silver railway station is one of the key variables used by the Italian Ministry of Economy to classify areas with development concerns (DPS, 2012).…”

Section: Model and Data Sourcementioning

confidence: 99%

The Determinants of Quality of Life in Rural Areas From a Geographic Perspective: The Case of Tuscany

Boncinelli

Pagnotta

Riccioli

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Rev Urban & Reg Develop

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The quality of life in rural populations plays a key role in rural development policies. Starting from a capabilities approach, the aim of this work is to evaluate, with a simultaneous quantile regression, the heterogeneity of the determinants of quality of life by analyzing the opportunities addressed to rural populations. These opportunities are quantified as the availability of healthcare, education, economic opportunities, environmental conditions, human pressure, and the accessibility of the areas. The focus on capabilities represents a change from the prevailing setting, which tends to assess levels of well‐being by functioning as a proxy of capabilities. The results show that the availability of basic services, especially those used frequently, are essential elements for maintaining adequate levels of quality of life in rural areas.

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“…The geographical dimension of urban commuting has received significant attention over time (see for example Mogridge, 1979;O'Connor, 1978O'Connor, , 1980Gipps et al, 1997;Sultana, 2002;Horner and Murray, 2003;O'Kelly and Lee, 2005;Titheridge and Hall, 2006;Sakanishi, 2006;Weber and Sultana, 2007;Mees et al, 2008). In a comprehensive review, Horner (2004) categorises the range of geographical studies into areas focussing on urban commuting and sustainability, urban commuting and land use, which he sub-divides into studies investigating JHB, excess commuting and accessibility.…”

Section: Geographical Studies Of Jtwmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaggregate GIS modelling to track spatial change: exploring a decade of commuting in South East Queensland, Australia

Corcoran

Burke

2012

Journal of Transport Geography

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Changes in commuting dynamics are explored for a large geographical region using journeyto-work (JTW) data derived from two censuses (1996 and 2006). The main thrust is concerned with the identification of geographic patterning of commuting distance and flow (i.e. the number of people travelling from region i to region j) coupled with the changes in these patterns over the decade to 2006. GIS-based methods are employed to first calculate the average commuting distance and second to map the degree of self-containment (i.e. people living and working within the same area) at a fine spatial scale. Through a quantitative analysis of JTW patterns over the two census data sets, the results are linked to current planning debates regarding urban spatial policies that seek to reduce commuting distances. Specific attention is given to address: (1) spatial variation in changes in commuting distance across the study region between 1996 and 2006; and (2) whether jobs-housing balanced development reduced commuting distances over the decade. Results indicate that the spatial patterns of commuting have changed little over the 10 year period and the change in commuting distance presented strong relationships to the change in jobs-housing ratio (JHR) at local areas. Implications for urban policy include the need for improved industry-occupation matching and consideration of planned employment decentralisation.

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Commuting Patterns in the Osaka Metropolitan Area: A Gis-Based Analysis of Commuter Rail Passengers

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

The Determinants of Quality of Life in Rural Areas From a Geographic Perspective: The Case of Tuscany

Disaggregate GIS modelling to track spatial change: exploring a decade of commuting in South East Queensland, Australia

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