Hiroki Baba

Biographic Data

ID4387455
NAMEHiroki Baba
GIVEN NAMESHiroki
FAMILY NAMEBaba
SIGNATUREBABA H
AFFILIATIONSChuo University
ORCID0000-0003-2005-4578
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Estimation of priority areas for vacant housing control using government statistics

    Open AccessKeisuke Mizutani, Yuki Akiyama et al.ARTICLEJournal of Housing and the Built…2025References: 3

    Japan is currently confronting the critical social problem of an increasing number of vacant houses, driven by its super-aging society and declining birthrate. The proliferation of vacant houses entails significant risks, including structural collapse, the deterioration of local landscapes, and elevated crime rates, all of which negatively impact community welfare. In recent years, various measures have been implemented in Japan to tackle this pr…

  • Tourism gentrification and rentable housing vacancy dynamics

    Open AccessQiyuan Liu, Jen-Jia Lin et al.ARTICLECities2025References: 8

    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…

  • Cost-efficient factors in local public spending

    Open AccessHiroki Baba, Y AsamiARTICLEEnvironment and Planning B Urban…2022

    This study examines regional differences in local environment factors to better understand the sustainability of local governments indexed by per capita public spending. Under the condition of heterogeneous population size, we examine how factor characteristics differ depending on the spatial context represented by the urban area category. By employing a Cobb–Douglas cost function with congestion effects on public service provision, the estimated…

  • Validation of a Japanese walkability index using large-scale step count data of Yokohama citizens

    Open AccessKeiko Hino, Kimihiro Hino et al.ARTICLECities2022Cited by: 2References: 20

    In Japan where the population is aging and declining, it is necessary to evaluate and improve the walkability of cities. However, it may not be appropriate to use the indices developed for American cities in highly dense cities in Asia. This study aimed to verify the association of a newly developed walkability index, which quantifies the accessibility of various urban amenities, with step counts of Yokohama citizens (n = 54,698). Participants we…

  • Sophistication of Monitoring Method for Spatial Distribution of Vacant Houses Using Machine Learning

    Open AccessYuki Akiyama, Hiroki Baba et al.ARTICLEJournal of Architecture and…2021

    This study resolved the problem of Part 2 and refined the method for estimating the spatial distribution of vacant houses using public municipal data by addressing the following issues

  • Municipal population size and the benefits of inter-municipal cooperation

    Hiroki Baba, Y AsamiARTICLELocal Government Studies2020Cited by: 10References: 47

    Intermunicipal cooperation (IMC) facilitates efficient public service delivery. This study measures how the benefits municipalities gain through IMC differ according to municipal population size and service provision type. Focusing on public health and fire protection services, this study employs panel data regression for 1, 706 Japanese municipalities over a five-year period, 2012–2017. This study has several major findings. First, an increase i…