A STUDY ON LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF BANGLADESH NATIONALITY FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN KITA-KU, TOKYO

In this study, by taking up the Bangladesh nationality foreign resident as an ethnic group’s example, it has aimed to clarify the inuence on living environment of Kita-ku, Tokyo from concentrated foreign residents, with a research on the tendency of foreign residents’ concentrated area, the relationship of concentrated foreign residents and their housing, the measure of local government in a concentrated area, and the housing and living condition of foreign residents in Kitaku, Tokyo. The Bangladesh nationality foreign residents have concentrated on public housing like UR rental housing in Kita-ku. At the same time, the expansion of living facilities based on food, clothing and religion culture of Bangladesh has taken place in the surrounding area. Since foreign residents’ concentrated area may progress further from now on, the understanding and preemptive move to the foreign residents of local government and housing manager are needed in order to prevent the chain of the spatial and social segregation, which has happened at other receiving countries.