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Population changes in residential clusters in Japan
Population dynamics in urban and rural areas are different. Understanding factors that contribute to local population changes has various socioeconomic and political implications. In the present study, we use population census data in Japan to examine contributors to the population growth of residen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29742156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197144 |
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author | Sekiguchi, Takuya Tamura, Kohei Masuda, Naoki |
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description | Population dynamics in urban and rural areas are different. Understanding factors that contribute to local population changes has various socioeconomic and political implications. In the present study, we use population census data in Japan to examine contributors to the population growth of residential clusters between years 2005 and 2010. The data set covers the entirety of Japan and has a high spatial resolution of 500 × 500 m(2), enabling us to examine population dynamics in various parts of the country (urban and rural) using statistical analysis. We found that, in addition to the area, population density, and age, the shape of the cluster and the spatial distribution of inhabitants within the cluster are significantly related to the population growth rate of a residential cluster. Specifically, the population tends to grow if the cluster is "round" shaped (given the area) and the population is concentrated near the center rather than periphery of the cluster. Combination of the present results and analysis framework with other factors that have been omitted in the present study, such as migration, terrain, and transportation infrastructure, will be fruitful. |
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spelling | pubmed-59428352018-05-18 Population changes in residential clusters in Japan Sekiguchi, Takuya Tamura, Kohei Masuda, Naoki PLoS One Research Article Population dynamics in urban and rural areas are different. Understanding factors that contribute to local population changes has various socioeconomic and political implications. In the present study, we use population census data in Japan to examine contributors to the population growth of residential clusters between years 2005 and 2010. The data set covers the entirety of Japan and has a high spatial resolution of 500 × 500 m(2), enabling us to examine population dynamics in various parts of the country (urban and rural) using statistical analysis. We found that, in addition to the area, population density, and age, the shape of the cluster and the spatial distribution of inhabitants within the cluster are significantly related to the population growth rate of a residential cluster. Specifically, the population tends to grow if the cluster is "round" shaped (given the area) and the population is concentrated near the center rather than periphery of the cluster. Combination of the present results and analysis framework with other factors that have been omitted in the present study, such as migration, terrain, and transportation infrastructure, will be fruitful. Public Library of Science 2018-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5942835/ /pubmed/29742156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197144 Text en © 2018 Sekiguchi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sekiguchi, Takuya Tamura, Kohei Masuda, Naoki Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title | Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title_full | Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title_fullStr | Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title_short | Population changes in residential clusters in Japan |
title_sort | population changes in residential clusters in japan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29742156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197144 |
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