An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Distributions of the Salaried Workers in 1925
3.2. Distributions of Company Employees and Executives based on Telephone Directories in the mid-1930s
3.3. Relationship Between Residences of the Company Employees and Executives and Distance from the City Center
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- As long as comparative statistical data were used, there was a tendency for many white-collar workers in clerical and technical positions to reside in certain sectors in both Tokyo and Osaka in 1925.
- In Tokyo and Osaka in the mid-1930s, the white-collar workers in private companies tended to live more in the urban fringes and suburbs with relatively low population density. Compared to Osaka, Tokyo was relatively suburbanized with white-collar workers in private companies.
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kirimura, T. An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8, 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8090375
Kirimura T. An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2019; 8(9):375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8090375
Chicago/Turabian StyleKirimura, Takashi. 2019. "An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 9: 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8090375
APA StyleKirimura, T. (2019). An Examination of the Distribution of White-Collar Worker Residences in Tokyo and Osaka during the Modernizing Period. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8(9), 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8090375