Paradigm Change in the Japanese Urban Planning Profession (1)

the formation of the Japanese housing policy and its implication to the planning

Abstract

This is a historical analysis of the institutionalizing process of Japanese housing policy and the inter-relationship between the housing policy and the planning policy. The paper traces the initial stage of the policy making process in the Urban Planning Committee and the Social Works Committee which were both organized in 1918 and concludes the absence of the local detailed plan concept.