The Impact Generated by Consolidation of Municipalities on Land Use, and Policies to Countermeasure Such an Impact

With Emphasis on Development Ordinances Related to City Planning System, City Planning Tax, and Land Use

Abstract

Backed by decentralization, municipalities in recent years are steadily consolidated, significantly changing the administrative districts of the municipalities. Such reality has exposed issues (inconsistencies) that exist in the relationship between the land use recommended by the city planning law, and the administrative district of the municipality, which directly reflects the district's intentions. This study clarifies the impact caused by consolidations of municipalities, and policies to countermeasure such an impact, on the 1) land use regulations by the city planning system; 2) city planning tax; and 3) development ordinances related to land use, by conducting a survey using questionnaire among municipalities across the country, thus addresses the above issues (inconsistencies) regarding land use, and indicates measures against them.