A Fundamental Study of Vacant House in Local City in Japan

Akiko Kondo^1*, Akio Kondo², Satoshi Togawa³

1. ¹Faculty of Management and Information Science, Shikoku University
2. ²Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokushima University
3. ³Education Center for Information Processing, Shikoku University

Published in The Fourth NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 January 2018, pages 205 to 209. New Zealand Academy of Applied Research. ISSN 2463-5979 (online), 2463-5960 (print). Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Clarivate).

Abstract

We have been facing the problem concerning declining population and low birthrate in Japan. In these situation, the issue concerning vacant house is getting worse. Existence value of historic building is high because users who live or stay these houses find satisfaction from spending time in the environment around the historical Japanese landscape. On the other hand, utilization of vacant houses in urban region where are suburbanized with a certain level in local city is difficult. We grasped the actual state of vacant house in such city. In addition, we clarify the relationship between regional socio-economic condition and the status of vacant house quantitatively. There is a possibility that a vacant house use as tourism resource as well as dwelling.

Keywords: Vacant house; Urban policy; Regional revitalization; Tourism resource

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