The Service Areas in Aizu Basin, Fukushima Prefecture

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  • 会津盆地における商圏の研究
  • アイズ ボンチ ニ オケル ショウケン ノ ケンキュウ

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In this paper the writer explains some characteristics of service areas in Aizu Basin, situated in the central inland of Fukushima Prefecture. The research was carried out by means of questionaries which were distributed to the junior highschool students. As the results of analysis of 831 questionaries recovered, the following three were pointed out.<BR>1) The commodities or services are classified into three types : a) the commodities having small service area and depending on the six centers, b) the commodities having large area and depending on two centers, c) the commodities having intermediate nature of the two types stated-above and having the four centers.<BR>2) The constitution of shops in the centers is not so different among them and has close relations to the size of their service areas. Thus, we can recognize the three kinds of service areas in Aizu Basin.<BR>3) According to the dividing criteria of hierarchy by H.E. Bracey, the two center cities, Aizu-Wakamatsu and Kitakata, are classified to the higher class than other four centers.

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