| Article ID: | iaor20062751 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 121 |
| End Page Number: | 126 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
| Journal: | Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan |
| Authors: | Ohsawa Yoshiaki, Ozaki Naoya |
| Keywords: | urban affairs, public service, location |
In this paper, we analyze location of main city-hall after municipality consolidation in Japan. First, we derive the minimum population condition where a city-hall location is the absorbed solution of Euclidean Weber problem, which is frequently used in location analysis. Second, we show the technique to show the geographical superiority on municipalities using the condition on a linear map. Third, we examine how the geographical superiority affects city-hall location in Japan using actual about 300 municipality consolidation data. We conclude geographical superiority is important factor for decision of city-hall location.