Planning Tokyo's Urban Development: Master Plan For City Planning

Planning Tokyos Urban Development
The Bureau of Urban Development has established as its main plans, the urban
development Vision for Tokyo, the Master Plan for City Planning, and the Master Plan
for Housing, to clarify its basic policies related to future urban planning in Tokyo.
The Urban Development Vision for Tokyo

The Basic Concept and Six Goals and Seven Basic Strategies
This urban development vision claries basic policies for the strategic implementation of
policy-driven urban planning for Tokyo to become the city it envisions.
The urban development Vision for Tokyo, formulated in 2001, was revised in July 2009 to reect
the current circumstances surrounding Tokyo. Under the basic concept ofevolving into an
environmentally-advanced city that oers appeals and vitality to emerge as the world s model,,
this vision aims to advance urban planning to not only bolster Tokyo s international
competitiveness and ensure safety and security, but to also place greater importance on the
perspectives of the environment, greenery, and cityscape.
Six goals have been established to achieve this basic concept, and the direction of policies that
Tokyo should take to achieve these goals is expressed in the form of seven basic strategies.
<Six Goals> <Seven Basic Strategies>

1. Maintenance and advancement of urban vitality with international 1. Reinforcing wide-area transport infrastructurs
competitiveness 2. Forming hubs for boosting economic vitality
2. Coexistence with the environment which is essential for sustainable
3. Converting Tokyo into low-carbon city
development
3. Regeneration of beautiful urban space surrounded by lush greenery 4. Creating water and greenery network
and waterfront landscape 5. Creating beautiful urban space
4. Creation, trancemission, and continuation of a unique urban culture 6. Creating a higher residential standard
5. Achievement of a safe, secure, and livable city
7. Creating a disaster-resistant city
6. Participation and partnership among Tokyo citizens, municipal
governments, private enterprises, NPOs and a multitude of
entities
Urban Vision
As a regional urban structure, while continuing to draw on the diversity of functions
concentrated in the city, the region will come together socially and economically to pursue
construction of thecircular megalopolis structure,which will allow the entire region to fully
demonstrate its functionality. On the local level, we will move forward with plans to create more
compact city hubs,through higher concentration of urban functions around train stations and
other central locations.
The vision divides Tokyo into ve Urban environment Central core
zones and sets out the role each zone will revitalization zone revitalization zone
hold in the Greater Tokyo Area as well
as the urban image that will be pursued,
detailing an image for each area based on
a wide perspective.
Measures and Mechanisms Natural environment
preservation and
In order to actively pursue policy-led utilization zone
development to realize these visions, the Core cities regional

collaboration zone
Bureau has indicated measures that must Island areas
be implemented by categorizing them Tokyo Bay waterfront
vitalization zone
along the lines of ve themes such as the
Oshima Toshima Niijima Kozushima Miyake Mikurajima Hachijo Aogashima Ogasawara
Town Village Village Village Village Village Town Village Village
maintenance and development of urban

Zones
vitality and the realization of a city that
successfully coexists with the environment. The Bureau has also announced urban planning
mechanisms and plans that will be formulated based on the City Planning Vision for Tokyo. For
example, in addition to the completion of the 3 loop roads and enhanced functionality and regular
international ights in and out of Haneda Airport, initiatives aimed at creating an environmentally
advanced city, including the creation of substantial, wide spaces of greenery around arterial roads
and development of an elegant cityscape around the Imperial Palace, will be promoted.
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Master Plan for City Planning (3) Policy for Development and Improvement
In FY2014, the metropolitan government of Residential Districts
made revisions to its city plans in which the This is a long-term, comprehensive master plan
following four policies are stipulated. Individual for the development of quality residential districts
city plans stipulated for city planning areas formulated in accordance with the Act for Special
must adhere to these policies, which are Measures to Promote the Supply of Housing and
outlined below. Housing Lands in Urban Districts.
(1) Master Plan for City Planning Areas (4) Policy for the Development of Disaster
This plan denes th e future vision of the Resistant Blocks
city from a long-term perspective and the path This policy was formulated in accordance with
to follow to make that vision a reality. The the Act for Promoting the Development of
direction urban development must take in Disaster Resistant Blocks in Concentrated Urban
order to realize the future vision claried in Areas and stipulates matters such as in which
the City Planning Vision for Tokyo is specic areas integrated and comprehensive
positioned within the city planning scheme, redevelopment should be advanced from a
and serves as the foundation for drafting disaster resistance standpoint.
individual city plans.
Conceptual Chart of the Master Plan for City Planning
(2) Policy for Urban Redevelopment (Formulated for each city planning area) (Formulated when necessary)
This was formulated in accordance with the (Obligatory) Policy for urban redevelopment
Urban Renewal Act and stipulates matters Master plan for city
Policy for development and im-
such as the areas where urban redevelopment

provement of residential districts
planning areas Policy for the development of
projects will be promoted. disaster resistant blocks
Individual city plans include:

Zoning , Urban facilities , Urban development projects , District plans, etc.
Master Plan for Housing

Since the Master Plan for Housing was formulated in 1991, it has been revised every ve years to
develop housing policies current with the times, with the aim to achieve stability with respect to
housing and an improved residential environment for all Tokyo residents.
Today, as the graying of the population continues to progress, housing needs are both diversifying
and becoming increasingly sophisticated due to major changes in the household composition of
Tokyo residents, their lifestyles and the employment environment. In addition, the Great East Japan
Earthquake served to remind us of the vulnerability of cities to earthquakes. Tokyo, as well, has a
number of unique issues, including the wide-spread existence of districts with close-set wooden
houses and large numbers of apartment buildings that are dicult to retrot or rebuild.
To ensure that Tokyo continues to be a city full of dynamism and appeal that attracts people from
all over the globe, it is now critical that the city creates housing that is safe and oers peace of mind,
betting of the capital.
In order to achieve this, the new Master Plan for Housing was formulated in March 2012 (plan
period: FY2011 through FY2020) as a plan to specically and systematically indicate future housing
policy goals and policy development, and to outline a path to implementing these policies.
For Realization of Advanced Disaster-Resistant Housing Befitting the Capital

1) Create housing and residential districts that 6) Promote the use of existing housing
oer residents safety and peace of mind
7) Create housing market rules
Disaster-resistant housing and residential districts
Create rules on housing transactions
Energy-independent, low-carbon housing and residential districts
Enhance the appeal of rental housing
Community development focusing on the living environment
8) Develop markets that provide quality housing
2) Work together with services that support the
Provide guidance to the housing market
lifestyles of area residents
Create uidity in the market for vacant housing
Secure peace of mind for the elderly with respect to housing
Housing support for households raising children 9) Ensure housing stability for households requiring
assistance
3) Encourage proper management and renewal of
Bolster the functionality of public housing as part of the social safety net
apartment complexes
Create a stronger safety net by coordinating with a variety of entities
4) Use public housing stock eectively and sectors
5) Revitalize suburban residential districts 10) Plan for recovery after earthquakes

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Planning Tokyos Urban Development

The Urban Development Vision for Tokyo

<Six Goals> <Seven Basic Strategies>

development to realize these visions, the Core cities regional

maintenance and development of urban

such as the areas where urban redevelopment

Individual city plans include:

Master Plan for Housing

For Realization of Advanced Disaster-Resistant Housing Befitting the Capital

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