Company town (English spelling)

Japanese: company town(英語表記)companytown
Company town (English spelling)

...This refers to a city that was formed in conjunction with the development of a company during the development of modern mining and manufacturing, and that company has a great political, economic, and social influence on the local community. This term is similar to the castle towns that were formed when feudal lords built their castles and their vassals, merchants, and craftsmen gathered there, and in English they are called company towns. For example, in the United States, there are Gary (US Steel) in Indiana and Pullman (now part of Chicago) in Illinois.

From 【Village】

...Newly built housing estates are communities with weak blood ties and local ties. A town where one large company is located and most of the residents are somehow related to that company is called a company town, and this can be said to be a community with strong professional ties.
[Settlement size and distribution]
Because settlement size is closely related to population density and varies from country to country and region to region, attempts have been made by the International Working Group on Terminology of Rural Landscapes and by geographers of certain countries to group together a number of categories based on function and size from a global perspective.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "company town" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近代鉱工業の発達過程で,ある企業の発展とともに都市が形成されたことによって,その企業が地域社会に対して政治的,経済的,社会的に大きな影響力をもっている都市をいう。封建領主が居城を構えた地域に,家臣団をはじめとして商家・職人が集住して城下町ができあがったことと類比した言葉であり,英語ではcompany town(会社町)と呼ばれる。たとえばアメリカではインディアナ州のゲーリー(USスティール社)やイリノイ州のプルマン(現在はシカゴの一部。…

【集落】より

…新しくできた住宅団地などは血縁関係も地縁関係も薄い集落である。一つの巨大な企業が立地し,ほとんどの住民がなんらかの形でその企業に関係があるような町をカンパニー・タウンcompany townと呼んでいるが,これは職縁関係の強い集落ということができる。
[集落の規模と分布]
 集落の規模は人口密度と密接な関係があり,また国や地域によって差異があるので,機能と規模について世界的視野からいくつかのカテゴリーにまとめようとする試みが,農村景観に関する国際用語作業部会や,特定の国の地理学者によってなされてきた。…

※「company town」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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