The gendering of urban spaces

本研究的目的是从多维度的视角来阐明城市空间老龄化的机制。本研究包括四个部分：地理信息系统分析(制作日本城市的性别地图)、单身女性选择住房的过程研究、单身女性住房市场研究和单亲家庭设施研究。研究结果总结如下：为了识别性别分化的城市空间，利用地理信息系统(GIS)绘制了关于单身女性空间分布的人口普查数据，并对东京、大阪和广岛大都市地区一人家庭的性别隔离进行了统计分析。这些研究结果的几个部分发表在《城市空间中的单身女性》(若林编辑，泰美道，2002)上。根据调查问卷，许多单身女性在东京面临一些住房问题。收入相对较低的受访者大多住在低价出租公寓里，工作时间相对较短。相比之下，在较高收入阶层的受访者中，相当一部分人工作时间更长，住在昂贵的公寓里，其中一些人拥有自己的房子。单身女性的住房市场是独一无二的。单身女性出于安全考虑，倾向于选择商业区方便和拥挤的地点。而且他们会避开郊区的房子。

The purpose of this study is to clarify the mechanism of the gendering urban spaces from the viewpoints of multi-dimensional approach. This research contains four parts ; the GIS analysis (making the gender maps in Japanese cities), the research on the process of residential choices by single women, the research on housing markets for single women and the research on the facilities for single parents. The results are summarized as follows :In order to identify the gendering urban spaces, census data on the spatial distribution of single women were mapped with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ; statistical analyses were made of gendering segregation of one-person households in Tokyo Osaka and Hiroshima metropolitan regions. Several parts of these results are published in "Single women in urban spaces" (Wakabayashi, Y. eds., Taimeido, 2002).According to the questionnaire, many single women face some housing problems in Tokyo. Most of the respondents in the relatively lower income bracket live in low-priced rental apartments working relatively short times. In contrast, a considerable part of the respondents in higher income bracket engaged in longer work, live in high priced apartments and some of them own their houses. The housing markets for single women are unique. Single women tend to choice the convenient and crowd locations in commercial zones for their safety. And they avoid the houses in suburban areas.