著者
Tetsuya ITO
出版者
The Association of Japanese Geographers
雑誌
地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.77, no.5, pp.223-240, 2004-04-01 (Released:2008-12-25)
参考文献数
32
被引用文献数
1 1

This study uses the case of Nuremberg (Nürnberg) to investigate areal differences of renewal in urban residential areas in Germany since the 1970s when the supply of dwelling units surpassed demand and city authorities introduced urban renewal projects. It focuses on the renewal from the viewpoint of physical and social changes. The analysis of housing data for Nuremberg indicates that “well-cared-for urban residential area” is located within 3 kilometers from the urban center to the northern, eastern and southeastern sectors and “urban residential area in decline” is found within 3 kilometers from the urban center to the western and southern sectors. In a sample area for the former sectors, many reconstructions and renovations in the 1980s and 1990s led to the increase in the number of high quality dwellings, into which many German households, of medium or high socioeconomic status, moved. The physical improvement of dwellings in the area was made mainly by renewal projects, official financial support for social housing units and private investment. In a sample area for the latter sectors, the renewal projects in the 1980s did not contribute to the increase both in reconstruction of old buildings and in renovation by private investment. In the latter area, a large part of dwellings are classified into middle or low quality dwellings with low rent, into which people of low or middle incomes move. The population of this area decreased during and even after the urban renewal projects.