chapter Section I: Urban Analysis and Planning Theories -- chapter 1 Characterization of Ratio- Type Indices for Evaluating Residential Environment* -- chapter 2 A Compound Simulation Model of Land Use Patterns and Its Implications* -- chapter 3 Optimal Hierarchical Transportation System with Economies of Scale* -- chapter 4 A Study of the Route- Memorizing Mechanism: Experiments through Computer-Aided Walking Simulation* -- chapter 5 Artificial Neural Network Model Estimating Land Use Change in the Southwestern Part of Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture1 -- chapter Section II: Urban Analysis in the Social Sciences -- chapter 6 Empirical Analysis of the Evaluation of Judicial Precedents of Compensation Fees for the Surrendering of Lease Premises -- chapter 7 Qualitative Analysis of Two-Dimensional Urban Employee Distributions in Japan: A Comparative Study with Urban Population Distributions by Means of Graph Theoretic Surface Analysis -- chapter 8 Chapter An Empirical Analysis of Consumers’ Evaluation of Department Stores -- chapter 9 Chapter An Experimental Analysis of the Perception of the Area of an Open Space Using 3-D Stereo Dynamic Graphics -- chapter Section III: Spatial Analysis -- chapter 10 Inverse Distance- Weighted Interpolation on a Street Network* -- chapter 11 Analysis of the Similarity between Spatial Tessellations: Method and Application -- chapter 12 A New Method of Facility Location Using a Genetic Algorithm Based on Co-Evolution Locational Optimization of Facilities by Co-Evolution of Their Locations and User Allocation -- chapter 13 Hierarchy of System of Urban Facilities: Focusing on the Relationship between Administrative Systems and Population Agglomerations*.