Abstract

This study tries to find out the main characteristics of transfiguration of inner city residential district and inhabitants of apartment buildings by field work at residential district of Minato Ward, Tokyo. The summary of findings are as follows: 1. The expansion of office space as is observed in the business district is only the phenomenon along main streets, restructuring of houses into houses are common at the inner part of residential district, and therefore housing units have been increased considerably. 2. The restructuring of houses have been carried out mainly by native residents who are proprietors, and they try to stay on their land keeping their rights as owners of new buildings enjoying the realestate proceeds. Uprising land price is not forcing the owners to forgive their properties in the district. 3. The number of apartment houses, so called "Mansion" is increasing by restructuring. New "Mansion" residents usually stay there for a short period of time such as one or two years, and approximately half of them apply resident registration. The non-residence use is prevailing in the "Mansion", and there are many varieties even within the residence use. Non-registered residents have become considerable portion in the district which could not be disregarded. Population by resident registration is not more sufficient as a basic criterion for the administrative judgement.

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