The Function and Equipping of Central Local Cities

普遍的共识是，“城市是社会生活的中心和枢纽场所”。学者们利用铃木惠太郎的“连通设施”理论和安崎武雄的“综合设施”理论，对城市在社会中的作用进行了争论，并从功能层次划分的角度来看待中心城市及其周边。然而，由于对广崎市及其周边市县的研究表明，中心城市在一个区域中发挥的特定功能是特定于该地区的，在确定其功能和规划其设施和服务(Seibi)时，必须考虑这种特殊性。因此，在确定中心城市的功能和规划其设施和服务(Seibi)时，必须考虑这一特殊性。因此，对广崎市及其周边市县的研究表明，中心城市在该地区所发挥的特定功能是特定的，在确定其功能和规划其设施和服务(Seibi)时必须考虑这种特殊性。因此，对中心城市及其周边地区的研究表明，中心城市的功能是特定于该地区的。在区域城市内提供服务和设施不能一刀切，也不能掩盖每个城市的具体情况。从根本上说，中心区域城市的设施和服务规划及其基地建设必须尊重周边市县对该地区发展的主人翁意识。换句话说，在广崎的情况下，它必须继续前进，首先，关注该地区迄今的发展方向，其次，在认识到该地区的特殊性的同时，补充和发展所发生的事情。对岩手县南部的三个城市--岩手县的石关、水泽和江市--的先例研究表明，考虑到地点、环境、上述三个城市对高速交通系统发展所带来的社会变化做出了不同的反应，这些差异是由每个城市的决策决定造成的。

The general consensus is that "cities function as central pivotal sites of social life". Utilizing Suzuki Eitaro's "connective facilities" theory and Yazaki Takeo's theory of cities as "integrative facilities", scholars have debated the function cities perform in society and viewed the central local city and its environs in terms of a hierarchical division of functions.However, as the study on Hirosaki City and its surrounding cities and counties has made clear the particular function a central city performs in a region is specific to that region and this specificity must be taken into consideration in ascertaining its function and in the planning of its facilities and services(seibi).Consequently, the provision of services and facilities within regional cities cannot be standar dized across the board and cannot belie the individual situation of each city. Fundamentally, the planning for facilities and services in the central regional city and the building of its base must honor the sense of ownership the surrounding cities and counties feel vis- -vis development in the region. In other words, in the case of Hirosaki, it must proceed forward, first, by being attentive to thedirection in which development in the region has taken thus far and, second, while cognizant of the specificities of the region, complement and build upon what has transpired.The precedent-making study of the three cities, Ichinoseki, Mizusawa, and Esashi, in southern Iwate prefecture has revealed that the policy decisions and given locative, environmental, etc. conditions of each city affected its providing of facilities and services.Each of the above three cities responded in different ways to the societal changes that accompanied the development of the high speed transportion system and these differences resulted from the policy decisions made by each city.