city view tokyo · with only 0.6 percent of japan’s land mass, tokyo supports the activities of...

land use*2

*private land: total area minus public landsources: *1 national land agency, “white paper on the tokyo metropolitan area 1999” (may 1999) *2 bureau of urban development, tokyo metropolitan government, “tokyo land 2014 (land-related data)” (october 2015)

Central 3 wards (Chiyoda Ward, Chuo Ward, Minato Ward)

tama area23 wards total of tokyo (except islands)

Private land 17.8 km2

Total 42.2 km2

Private land 557.1 km2

Total 1160.1 km2

Private land 332.9 km2

Total 626.7 km2

Private land 890.0 km2

Total 1786.8 km2

2%0.3 km2

47%8.4 km2

45%8.0 km2

6%1.1 km2

9%50.6 km2

38%213.3 km237%

207.6 km2

2%7.9 km2

3%18.1 km2

11%59.6 km2

3%11.7 km2

5%16.8 km2

0%0.2 km2

2%5.6 km2

6%19.9 km2

84%278.7 km2

7%62.3 km2

7%65.2 km2

55%492.0 km2

24%207.8 km2

4%34.9 km2

3%27.8 km2

Tokyo was built up with the construction of railways*1.

1960 1995

Government facilityEducational/cultural facilitySocial welfare/medical facilityPublic utility facilityOf�ceNon-residential commercial facilityMixed-use building (small business and residential)Hotel/leisure facilitySports/entertainment facilityDetached housingMulti-dwelling unitFactoryFactory with housingWarehouse/logistics facilityOutdoor use land, temporary buildingPark, athletic �eldUnused land, etc.Agriculture, forestry and �sheries facilityPaddy �eldCrop �eldOrchard, grove, plantationPastureWater, river, canalForestRangeland

Government facilityEducational/cultural facilitySocial welfare/medical facilityPublic utility facilityOf�ceNon-residential commercial facilityMixed-use building (small business and residential)Hotel/leisure facilitySports/entertainment facilityDetached housingMulti-dwelling unitFactoryFactory with housingWarehouse/logistics facilityOutdoor use land, temporary buildingPark, athletic �eldUnused land, etc.Agriculture, forestry and �sheries facilityPaddy �eldCrop �eldOrchard, grove, plantationPastureWater, river, canalForestRangeland

with only 0.6 percent of Japan’s land mass, tokyo supports the

activities of 13 million people, approximately 10% of the total

population. land is used in many different ways here. tokyo was built

up with the development of railways.

The breakdown of private lands by use*commercial area residential area industrial area agricultural land mountain forests others

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shikinejima

kouzushima

miyakejima mikurajima

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