A Study about Planning Systems in the Area of Urban Green Policy

Abstract

Planning system, which is the tool to decide the policy and process of implementation and to adjust the difference of interest, becomes more and more important, because citizen commitment to policy-making and plan-making becomes popular. In the area of legal urban greening policy, under the basic plan on greening, there are many methods of planning system based by law. But each planning system has different aims, different area, and different concept; it is difficult to grasp easily. To grasp these systems two viewpoints are effective. First viewpoint is the effect of each planning systems on citizen, because the main aim of these plans of this area is to restrict the right of citizen for land use control. Second viewpoint is the commitment methods of each planning systems, because it is very important to consider the opinions of experts and citizens to refine the plans. Therefore, this paper tries to classify the planning system by these two viewpoints and tries to make clear the whole planning system in the area of legal greening policy.