Regional Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects of Houses in Tokyo Metropolitan Region
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 128, Issue 1
Abstract
In Japan, the number of houses available exceeds the demand in all prefectures. Improving housing quality has gained importance over building new dwelling stock. The thrust of housing policies and programs in Japan is to improve housing quality. Housing quality is a very loosely defined term, and there is no consensus in the housing literature on its measurement. The present paper proposes the use of the hedonic approach to estimate a quantifiable measure of housing quality in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region (TMR). The objective of this paper is to compare housing quality in the five prefectures of the TMR and among six tenures of housing choice. The results indicate that the condition of rental housing in general is poor.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 128 • Issue 1 • March 2002
Pages: 42 - 57
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 27, 2001
Accepted: Aug 14, 2001
Published online: Mar 1, 2002
Published in print: Mar 2002
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