著者

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.79, no.12, pp.608-618, 2006-10-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

1

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Previous studies of residential mobility and housing policies have focused on nuclear families. Recently, however, the number of one-person households has increased in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, mainly due to the increase of late marriage and more working women. The purpose of this study is to examine the residential choice process of single women of the ages of 30-39 and to analyze the factors affecting it. To identify these, this study adopted a multimethod approach combining quantitative and qualitative methods. From the analysis of census data it became clear that single women in their 30's living alone concentrate in the western vicinities of the CBD, which implies that they prefer convenient places to short commutes. Quantitative analysis of the questionnaire data supported this inference by the fact that the most important reason given for their residential choice was accessibility to railway stations. However, the type of residence and working style showed marked differences among income groups. The answers to the open-ended questions of the questionnaire and a focus group interview revealed constraints on the housing choices of single women. Especially, some of the respondents faced difficulty in housing searches and in making contracts with real estate brokers. This could be due to the low confidence of single women, reflecting the conventional patriarchy of Japanese society.

著者

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

Geographical review of Japan, Series B (ISSN:02896001)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.69, no.1, pp.83-94, 1996-06-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

参考文献数

104

被引用文献数

2 7

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Behavioral studies on environmental perception have been conducted by Japanese geographers since the 1970s, being stimulated by the studies in Anglophone countries. But most of the foreign geographers appear to know little about the development of Japanese research in this field. The aim of this paper is to introduce the behavioral studies on environmental perception in Japan to add their findings to the international inventory of behavioral geography. After briefly outlining the process of the development of behavioral geography in Japan, the empirical studies on environmental perception are reviewed dividing the subject into three aspects: designative aspects (e. g., information field, cognitive maps), appraisive aspects (e. g., evaluation of the environment, spatial preference), and developmental aspects (e. g., children's perception of the environment). It is shown that the major topics of this subject in Anglophone countries have also been discussed by Japanese geographers. Recently, however, non-behavioral approaches to environmental perception, such as humanistic or socio-cultural, have been increasing.

著者

Hiroyuki KOSAKA Atsushi SUZUKI Yoshio SUGIURA Teruko USUI Atsushi SUZUKI Tatsuto AOKI Isao MIZUNO Hitoshi FUKUSAWA Yasunori NAKAYAMA Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI Yugo ONO

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.78, no.12, pp.878-886, 2005-10-01 (Released:2008-12-25)

著者

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI Kenji ISHIZAKI Yoshio IGARASHI Yukio SADAHIRO Shin MURAKOSHI Kohei OKAMOTO Kei-ichi OKUNUKI Kumiko SHIMURA

出版者

The Association of Japanese Geographers

雑誌

地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.76, no.12, pp.930-933, 2003-10-01 (Released:2008-12-25)