TOKONAME CITY ADOPTS A SPECIFIC LAND-USE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WHICH REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT APPROACH IN LAND-USE PLANNING IN SUBURBAN AREAS. BY PROVIDING A PURPOSE TO IMPROVE BOTH THE FARMING ENVIRONMENT IN SUBURBAN AREAS AND THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT IN URBAN AREAS, THIS PROGRAM IS MANDATED TO MANAGE COMPREHENSIVELY URBAN-LAND USE AND FARMLAND USE. THIS PAPER REPORTS THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AS THE LAND-USE CONVERSIONS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPREHENSIVE LAND-USE PLANNING.
