Methodological Study on Development Planning of New City Core Area in the Development Master Plan of Local City

Abstract

Recently, local cities are required to respond to the changes of the society, such as, urbanization, verification of needs and the increase of service industry. These problems occur due to the differences of population and economy among cities. On the other hand, people's needs for leisure activities are still active in spite of the deflation. In consideration of these situations, local cities located near large cities have the potential to provide the place to satisfy people's needs for leisure activities by utilizing the advantage of accessibility, abundant natural and historical resources. Thus, the development of local cities, such as, the increase of inhabitation and revitalization of local economy, is considered to be achieved by the construction of leisure facilities and development of urban functions to renovate the living environment. In this study, development plan of new city core district utilizing the dead space is suggested, and the planning model is formulated to evaluate the development project. Also, this model is applied to Kusatsu-city, Shiga to be analyzed empirically.