Kojiro Sho
Biographic Data
| ID | 1641331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kojiro Sho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kojiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Sho |
| SIGNATURE | SHO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5059-4332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ashaiman revisited
Debates on informal settlements often portray slums as spaces of uniform deprivation, obscuring internal variations in socio-economic trajectories, housing investment, and residents' aspirations. Drawing on the conceptual distinction between slums of hope and slums of despair, this study re-examines household survey data collected in Ashaiman, Ghana to assess the settlement's position along a continuum of hope, despair, and transition. Using a mu…
Vanishing populations, contested futures
Demographic decline sharpens trade-offs between retaining working-age populations and sustaining foundational services in multiscale regimes that combine directionality with subsidiarity. We ask whether future-oriented local strategies converge in meaning or mainly in template-aligned language. Using a corpus of Japan’s national, prefectural and municipal strategies across phases, we measure lexical similarity (TF–IDF) and meaning-level alignment…
Nonprofit organizations as policy transfer agents
Business improvement districts (BIDs) were created about 50 years ago and are now recognized worldwide, including in Albania. Given Albania’s post-socialist history and lack of entrepreneurial experience in urban management, this study will focus on the introduction of the BID model, supporting the need in the literature for further research into the model’s transferability in developing countries. It poses the following research questions: what …
A multiscale spatial diagnostic framework for built environment determinants of epidemic risk
Understanding how the built environment shapes epidemic risk at different spatial scales is critical for place-based health research and policy. However, existing studies often assume uniform effects and overlook that explanatory variables may operate at distinct and sometimes nonlinear scales within cities. In this study, we adopt a progressive diagnostic framework to analyze sub-district level built-environment, socioeconomic, and natural ecolo…
Exploring the spatial impact of China's government-led tourism development model on vernacular architecture in a traditional village
While tourism-led rural development commonly brings economic benefits, it also typically alters the appearance of traditional villages. Thus, balancing the economic benefits from rural tourism development and the protection of traditional architecture has been difficult. Existing research on the impact of tourism development on vernacular architecture primarily focuses on cases of rural tourism development driven by commercial enterprises or loca…
Social and gender inequalities driven by post-Covid-19 changes in the living environment
The COVID-19 pandemic in urban areas has impacted people's physical and mental health and exacerbated existing inequalities among individuals of different socioeconomic statuses (SES). Hence, social and gender inequalities have amplified due to changes in the urban living environment of varying SES post-COVID-19. To verify social inequalities across age groups, education levels, occupations, and income levels, and gender inequalities between sing…
How are shrine forests managed? The increased need for monitoring and awareness for biodiversity conservation in potential Oecms
Shrine forests, which are forests growing within shrine areas, are one of the potential Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), but their management status is not well surveyed owing to their religious characteristics. This paper aims to elucidate the status of governance, management and conservation outcomes of shrine forests by conducting a questionnaire survey on 58 first-ranked shrines (Ichinomiya) nationwide in Japan and fo…
Gender–age inequalities in public service facility demand
High-density megacities face growing challenges in equitably organizing public service facilities (PSFs) to meet heterogeneous demands across population groups. However, comprehensive evidence on how gender–age differences interact with weekday–weekend contexts to reshape PSF demand and inequality remains limited. This study addresses this gap by using mobile phone location data to trace daily travel behavior of 10 gender–age cohorts in Tokyo's 2…
Land policy instrument selection in China's urban redevelopment
Imaginary future generations in sustainable adaptive reuse of industrial heritage sites
Exploring Pro-Environmental Behaviors and Health-Oriented Mindsets in Urban Slum Upgrading Projects
Rapid urbanization has led to significant demographic shifts and environmental challenges worldwide, with a growing portion of the urban population living in slums. This study investigates the impact of an urban slum upgrading program on pro-environmental behaviors and health-oriented mindsets among residents in Surakarta City, Indonesia. Specifically, it aims to reveal how pro-environmental behaviors, house satisfaction, health-oriented behavior…
Transit-induced restructuring
Discussions about urban restructuring typically regard transportation infrastructure as a key stimulus, but they seldom consider how such stimulus occurs. Many suggest that transit infrastructure construction and surrounding land development, often labeled as transit-oriented development (TOD), change neighborhoods; others, however, doubt this. Thus far, the discussion has disproportionately focused on capitalizing transit accessibility by buildi…
Historic street layout and its impact on shaping residents’ daily lives
Exploring the interactive effects of internal and external factors on residents' daily lives
The effect of digital lifestyle applications on non-work neighborhood-level mobility
The advancement of digital mobile applications has influenced individual behaviors in daily routines. In particular, daily lifestyle apps, such as those used for shopping and leisure, are altering neighborhood-level mobility patterns. These changes highlight the need to closely examine how digitalization is affecting short-distance travel within neighborhoods. This study investigates how the use of lifestyle mobile applications affects individual…
Tourism gentrification and rentable housing vacancy dynamics
This study examines the impact of tourism gentrification on changes in rentable housing vacancies in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. This study suggests the short- and long-term rental vacant houses (SLTR) as a unified indicator of rental housing availability. Using a combination of descriptive statistics and mediation-based stepwise regression across three time intervals (2008–2013, 2013–2018, and 2008–2018), we assess whether tourism gentrification af…
Driving factors of gentrification
Are East Asian “shrinking cities” falling into a loop? Insights from the interplay between population decline and metropolitan concentration in Japan
Addressing the challenges of shrinking cities globally remains complex, with underlying causes still requiring in-depth exploration. In Japan, the phenomenon of shrinking cities is intricately linked to Tokyo's Unipolar Concentration. Despite governmental initiatives aimed at decentralizing metropolitan growth and revitalizing declining regions, these trend–mirroring patterns observed in other East Asian nations such as South Korea and China–cont…
Self-consciousness inequality under spatial polarization
Inheriting housing inequality
The term “housing ladder” refers to the phenomenon of people moving from one housing type to another according to changing demands of different life stages. This phenomenon is observed in many countries and is known as the Jutaku Sugoroku Paradigm in the Japanese context. This study aims to clarify whether adult children's access to homeownership might be affected by their parents' homeownership and their place of origin. Questionnaire Data from …
Changes in visitor behaviour across Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has significantly affected the behavioural patterns of urban visitors. However, the non-linear relationships between visitor behaviour and built environments, particularly how these relationships have evolved during the pandemic, have not yet been extensively studied. Using over 10 million mobile big data records collected over three years in Fukuoka, Japan, incorporating the XGBoost machine learning model and SHAP-PDP interpretation met…
Urban Growth Divides
Exploring urban railway station-based attractiveness considering demographic-specific demands
Urban suburbia
Alternative gentrification
The transfer of development rights (TDR) has been widely used in the preservation of historic districts. The Dihua Street TDR (DS-TDR) in Taipei, Taiwan, successfully preserves the exteriors of historic buildings and traditional landscape in Dihua Street, without significant displacement of previous residents or increases in rents. This study describes this process as ‘alternative gentrification’, which facilitates the coexistence of traditional …
Urban suburbia
Gentrification in Tokyo
Inner-city areas function as incubators of creative industries in metropolitan cities. The areas adjacent to Tokyo's city center also play an important role as a location for small to medium-sized creative industries. First, against this background, this article explores the relationship between the characteristics of locations of creative industries and Tokyo's built environment. Aside from the city center itself, where the creative industries' …
Are East Asian “shrinking cities” falling into a loop? Insights from the interplay between population decline and metropolitan concentration in Japan
Addressing the challenges of shrinking cities globally remains complex, with underlying causes still requiring in-depth exploration. In Japan, the phenomenon of shrinking cities is intricately linked to Tokyo's Unipolar Concentration. Despite governmental initiatives aimed at decentralizing metropolitan growth and revitalizing declining regions, these trend–mirroring patterns observed in other East Asian nations such as South Korea and China–cont…
Urban centre revival and the changing locations of condominiums
After major population decline in the 1970s, Japan's urban centres experienced population recoveries as a consequence of urban centre revival (UCR). This research explored the transitions undergone by condominiums because of UCR since the 1990s in Nishi Ward, one of the six central wards in the city of Osaka, Japan. Osaka is representative of Japan's other major urban centres, and its urban regeneration policies were considered a major factor aff…
Self-consciousness inequality under spatial polarization
Urban Growth Divides
Inheriting housing inequality
The term “housing ladder” refers to the phenomenon of people moving from one housing type to another according to changing demands of different life stages. This phenomenon is observed in many countries and is known as the Jutaku Sugoroku Paradigm in the Japanese context. This study aims to clarify whether adult children's access to homeownership might be affected by their parents' homeownership and their place of origin. Questionnaire Data from …
Changes in visitor behaviour across Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has significantly affected the behavioural patterns of urban visitors. However, the non-linear relationships between visitor behaviour and built environments, particularly how these relationships have evolved during the pandemic, have not yet been extensively studied. Using over 10 million mobile big data records collected over three years in Fukuoka, Japan, incorporating the XGBoost machine learning model and SHAP-PDP interpretation met…
Exploring urban railway station-based attractiveness considering demographic-specific demands
Alternative gentrification
The transfer of development rights (TDR) has been widely used in the preservation of historic districts. The Dihua Street TDR (DS-TDR) in Taipei, Taiwan, successfully preserves the exteriors of historic buildings and traditional landscape in Dihua Street, without significant displacement of previous residents or increases in rents. This study describes this process as ‘alternative gentrification’, which facilitates the coexistence of traditional …
Spatial distribution of urban gardens on vacant land and rooftops
The use of vacant land and rooftop spaces for UGs are gradually becoming widespread with the increasing awareness of the effects and benefits of urban gardens (UGs) by citizens. Four types of UGs exist under the policy of “The Garden City Initiative” (GCI) by using vacant land and rooftops. The policies concerning the operation of these UGs under the GCI policy are first clarified. The study’s hypothesis is as follows: in this continuously develo…
Spatial distribution of urban gardens on vacant land and rooftops
The use of vacant land and rooftop spaces for UGs are gradually becoming widespread with the increasing awareness of the effects and benefits of urban gardens (UGs) by citizens. Four types of UGs exist under the policy of “The Garden City Initiative” (GCI) by using vacant land and rooftops. The policies concerning the operation of these UGs under the GCI policy are first clarified. The study’s hypothesis is as follows: in this continuously develo…
From squatter settlements to cultural heritage
This paper focuses on the value of squatter settlements (SS) as cultural heritage, which has not been fully addressed. This paper aims at arguing the possibility of utilizing the value of cultural heritage embedded in SS as an art incubator under community participation through a case analysis based on the experience of the Treasure Hill Art Village (THAV) of Treasure Hill Settlement (THS) in Taipei City, Taiwan. This paper clarifies the signific…
Urban centre revival and the changing locations of condominiums
After major population decline in the 1970s, Japan's urban centres experienced population recoveries as a consequence of urban centre revival (UCR). This research explored the transitions undergone by condominiums because of UCR since the 1990s in Nishi Ward, one of the six central wards in the city of Osaka, Japan. Osaka is representative of Japan's other major urban centres, and its urban regeneration policies were considered a major factor aff…
Gentrification in Tokyo
Inner-city areas function as incubators of creative industries in metropolitan cities. The areas adjacent to Tokyo's city center also play an important role as a location for small to medium-sized creative industries. First, against this background, this article explores the relationship between the characteristics of locations of creative industries and Tokyo's built environment. Aside from the city center itself, where the creative industries' …
Urban suburbia
Alternative gentrification
The transfer of development rights (TDR) has been widely used in the preservation of historic districts. The Dihua Street TDR (DS-TDR) in Taipei, Taiwan, successfully preserves the exteriors of historic buildings and traditional landscape in Dihua Street, without significant displacement of previous residents or increases in rents. This study describes this process as ‘alternative gentrification’, which facilitates the coexistence of traditional …
Are East Asian “shrinking cities” falling into a loop? Insights from the interplay between population decline and metropolitan concentration in Japan
Addressing the challenges of shrinking cities globally remains complex, with underlying causes still requiring in-depth exploration. In Japan, the phenomenon of shrinking cities is intricately linked to Tokyo's Unipolar Concentration. Despite governmental initiatives aimed at decentralizing metropolitan growth and revitalizing declining regions, these trend–mirroring patterns observed in other East Asian nations such as South Korea and China–cont…
Self-consciousness inequality under spatial polarization
Inheriting housing inequality
The term “housing ladder” refers to the phenomenon of people moving from one housing type to another according to changing demands of different life stages. This phenomenon is observed in many countries and is known as the Jutaku Sugoroku Paradigm in the Japanese context. This study aims to clarify whether adult children's access to homeownership might be affected by their parents' homeownership and their place of origin. Questionnaire Data from …
Changes in visitor behaviour across Covid-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has significantly affected the behavioural patterns of urban visitors. However, the non-linear relationships between visitor behaviour and built environments, particularly how these relationships have evolved during the pandemic, have not yet been extensively studied. Using over 10 million mobile big data records collected over three years in Fukuoka, Japan, incorporating the XGBoost machine learning model and SHAP-PDP interpretation met…
Urban Growth Divides
Exploring urban railway station-based attractiveness considering demographic-specific demands
Exploring Pro-Environmental Behaviors and Health-Oriented Mindsets in Urban Slum Upgrading Projects
Rapid urbanization has led to significant demographic shifts and environmental challenges worldwide, with a growing portion of the urban population living in slums. This study investigates the impact of an urban slum upgrading program on pro-environmental behaviors and health-oriented mindsets among residents in Surakarta City, Indonesia. Specifically, it aims to reveal how pro-environmental behaviors, house satisfaction, health-oriented behavior…
Transit-induced restructuring
Discussions about urban restructuring typically regard transportation infrastructure as a key stimulus, but they seldom consider how such stimulus occurs. Many suggest that transit infrastructure construction and surrounding land development, often labeled as transit-oriented development (TOD), change neighborhoods; others, however, doubt this. Thus far, the discussion has disproportionately focused on capitalizing transit accessibility by buildi…
Historic street layout and its impact on shaping residents’ daily lives
Exploring the interactive effects of internal and external factors on residents' daily lives
The effect of digital lifestyle applications on non-work neighborhood-level mobility
The advancement of digital mobile applications has influenced individual behaviors in daily routines. In particular, daily lifestyle apps, such as those used for shopping and leisure, are altering neighborhood-level mobility patterns. These changes highlight the need to closely examine how digitalization is affecting short-distance travel within neighborhoods. This study investigates how the use of lifestyle mobile applications affects individual…
Tourism gentrification and rentable housing vacancy dynamics
This study examines the impact of tourism gentrification on changes in rentable housing vacancies in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. This study suggests the short- and long-term rental vacant houses (SLTR) as a unified indicator of rental housing availability. Using a combination of descriptive statistics and mediation-based stepwise regression across three time intervals (2008–2013, 2013–2018, and 2008–2018), we assess whether tourism gentrification af…
Driving factors of gentrification
Ashaiman revisited
Debates on informal settlements often portray slums as spaces of uniform deprivation, obscuring internal variations in socio-economic trajectories, housing investment, and residents' aspirations. Drawing on the conceptual distinction between slums of hope and slums of despair, this study re-examines household survey data collected in Ashaiman, Ghana to assess the settlement's position along a continuum of hope, despair, and transition. Using a mu…
Vanishing populations, contested futures
Demographic decline sharpens trade-offs between retaining working-age populations and sustaining foundational services in multiscale regimes that combine directionality with subsidiarity. We ask whether future-oriented local strategies converge in meaning or mainly in template-aligned language. Using a corpus of Japan’s national, prefectural and municipal strategies across phases, we measure lexical similarity (TF–IDF) and meaning-level alignment…
Nonprofit organizations as policy transfer agents
Business improvement districts (BIDs) were created about 50 years ago and are now recognized worldwide, including in Albania. Given Albania’s post-socialist history and lack of entrepreneurial experience in urban management, this study will focus on the introduction of the BID model, supporting the need in the literature for further research into the model’s transferability in developing countries. It poses the following research questions: what …
A multiscale spatial diagnostic framework for built environment determinants of epidemic risk
Understanding how the built environment shapes epidemic risk at different spatial scales is critical for place-based health research and policy. However, existing studies often assume uniform effects and overlook that explanatory variables may operate at distinct and sometimes nonlinear scales within cities. In this study, we adopt a progressive diagnostic framework to analyze sub-district level built-environment, socioeconomic, and natural ecolo…
Exploring the spatial impact of China's government-led tourism development model on vernacular architecture in a traditional village
While tourism-led rural development commonly brings economic benefits, it also typically alters the appearance of traditional villages. Thus, balancing the economic benefits from rural tourism development and the protection of traditional architecture has been difficult. Existing research on the impact of tourism development on vernacular architecture primarily focuses on cases of rural tourism development driven by commercial enterprises or loca…
Social and gender inequalities driven by post-Covid-19 changes in the living environment
The COVID-19 pandemic in urban areas has impacted people's physical and mental health and exacerbated existing inequalities among individuals of different socioeconomic statuses (SES). Hence, social and gender inequalities have amplified due to changes in the urban living environment of varying SES post-COVID-19. To verify social inequalities across age groups, education levels, occupations, and income levels, and gender inequalities between sing…
Geography (14 works) · Economic geography (10 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works)