| Reference Number | Y130601 |
|---|---|
| Title | Development of Land Suitability Assessment Technology for City Planning. |
| Start-End Date | 2011.4-2014.3 |
| Division | City Planning Research Division, Urban Planning Department |
| Author | Head, Tatsuo AKASHI Senior Researcher, Masamiki OHASHI |
| Summary | Compact city policy is an important national policy for urban planning in Japan. The aim of this policy is reform urban areas that were expanded during growing era in the past into compact and efficient form according to decreasing population. In this case, it is inevitable that for local planning authorities to designate specific urban districts as the inefficient areas to maintain public services and should be shrunk, but it would be rather tough job for local authorities to decide and to make the communities to accept. In this context, NILIM has developed the Land Suitability Assessment Method as a technical support system for local authorities to provide objective evidence of the decision. |