NIRA-conducted research: July 1999 - December 2000
This research considered how respect for and diversification of values would change people, society and the utilization of land, as well as how such changes in the social situation would influence trends toward decentralization.
In addition, this research considered the types of institutional reforms that would be necessary for citizens to become major players in creating a country that is comfortable to live in. This research explored problems related to current land use plans and regulatory systems. It also considered a system where citizens could take the initiative in making plans and regulations as well as a mechanism by which citizens would actively participate in city planning and take initiatives in making plans and regulatory rules in cooperation with government. The importance of incorporating new rules for living symbiotically with the natural environment into the planning systems was also examined.
This project proposed the concept of "shichi koukei (private land, public landscape)" to replace the concept of "commonality of land," and considered the importance of citizens actively communicating with each other, that independent citizens who voluntarily throw themselves into the space of politics take charge of commonality and become initiators in creating an attractive living space that is comfortable to live in.
The project report specifically proposes the necessity of comprehensive land use plans and citizens' participation in seeing into the twenty-first century' society. It is expected that this report will be read by a lot of citizens.
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