Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for controlling land use on the Agriculture Promotion Areas Act. Our proposals are as follows.
1. It is important to manage rezoning from Agricultural Land Zone to “The Other Zone” in Agriculture Promotion Area. The rezoning system, however, is not established in Japan. So, local governments have to make rezoning ordinances for themselves.
2. Rezoning ordinances should contain regulations controlling the size and location of new development.
3. Rezoning ordinances will be more effective in controlling land use on the fringe of urban areas, if they are accompanied with the plan of new development and the exchange of lands.
