A Study on the Land Use Change in Kurosaki and A Proposal of an Urban Biotope Network

Abstract

In the pre-Industrial Period the Kitakyushu City had a rich natural environment. Due to industrial developments, the expansion of the residential and industrial area has caused severe destruction of this natural environment. Several natural areas are still left in the urban area. Above of that in the last 25 years the population has decreased and the city area has sprawled further. In this research, the change of land use in the Kurosaki Sub center in the Kitakyushu Industrial Belt in Japan has been investigated. Furthermore, a proposal has been made for the development of an urban biotope network in the Kurosaki Sub center. © 2002, Architectural Institute of Japan. All rights reserved.