Transition of opinions about rivision after dicision of height restriction

Case study on the coastal area of Shinano River, Niigata City

Abstract

After the decision of height restriction, there are opinions that the restriction should be maintained or tightened for landscape conservation. On the other hand, there are opinions that the restriction should be relaxed because of prioritizing the economy. This study aims to clarify the process and contents of opinions about revision of the restriction. The results are as follows: (1) Discussion about height of buildings by civil organizations was stopped after decision of the restriction. (2) There are six issues in this discussion. Especially, only issues to relax the restriction are updating. (3) Difference of opinions between civil organization and local government has expanded because the discussion by civil organization had stopped. (4) Even after decision of the restriction, discussion about townscape should be continued.