1999 年 5 巻 9 号 p. 223-226
By the amendment of the city planning law in 1992, local governments are mandated to adopt a master plan. The master plan has to be organized on both city-wide and neighborhood levels. Neighborhood planning programs are well established in the U.S.A. The purpose of this paper is clarify the outline of the recent situation of neighborhood plans, means of program sanction, and the purposes of neighborhood plans.