ROBERT B. HALL'S METHODOLOGY IN THE EARLY STUDIES ON JAPANESE URBAN SETTLEMENTS

摘要

アメリカ人の地域地理学者ロバート・B・ホールは、両大戦の間に日本の都市に関する調査研究を発表したが、それは当時、西洋人による研究のなかでもっとも広範囲にわたるものであった。これらの論文は都市形態に関する学術的研究の萌芽期に執筆されたこともあり、記述にあたっては様々な方法が試された。%This paper examines the studies made by the American geographer Robert B. Hall (1896-1975) on Japanese urban settlements during the interwar period. At that time, the academic study of urban settlements was only beginning and different study methods were being tested. The analysis of Hall's writings on Japanese cities has shown that his understanding of settlements as an integral part of the landscape led him to translate the methods of Regional Geography to study cities. This translation shaped his research around five main subjects: (l) distribution, (2) classification, (3) development, (4) functional analysis, and (5) structuring elements.