A Study on Influence of Light Rail Transit on Compact City

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Recently, the location management toward the compact city is required to cope with the depopulation society in Japan. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the systematized measures toward the compact city, and examine the effects of Light Rail Transit on land use patterns and population growth. As the result of analysis, the measures were classified into three categories, which is pull, push and relocation measure. Furthermore, the effects of LRT on land use in Toyama are observed and it is clear that LRT contribute city planning toward the compact city.