...However, as the population continues to concentrate in cities, cities expand while dividing into work areas and residential areas. People who no longer live in the traditional walking or cycling areas where their workplaces are close to each other live in suburban residential areas or new towns, and commute to work by public mass transportation such as buses and trains, are now characteristic of urban society. In the United States, this class is called the commuter pass class (commuter), and in Japan, the commuting salaryman. The area where commuters who commute to the city center live is called the commuter belt, and this area expands as the population concentrates in cities and the transportation facilities increase and speed up. ... *Some terminology explanations that mention "commuter" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…しかし都市への人口集中がすすむにつれて,都市は職場地域と居住地域に分化しながら膨張し,従来の職住近接型の徒歩や自転車通勤圏からあふれ出た人々は郊外居住地域やニュータウンに居住し,バス,鉄道などの公的大量輸送交通機関を利用して通勤することが,都市社会の特徴となってくる。このような階層をアメリカでは通勤定期券階層(コミューターcommuter),日本では通勤サラリーマンと呼んでいる。都心業務地を目的地とする通勤者の居住する圏域を通勤圏commuter beltといい,この圏域は都市への人口集中と交通機関の増設,スピードアップ等によって拡大していく。… ※「commuter」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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