HISTORICAL STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Online ISSN : 1884-8141
Print ISSN : 0916-7293
ISSN-L : 0916-7293
Historical Analysis of the transition of Tokyo Planned Road and Zoning System
Hirofumi Teranishi
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1994 Volume 14 Pages 15-30

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Planned Road and Zoning System the most important elements for the Urban Planning. This paper is the historical analysis of the transition of Planned Road and Zoning System in Tokyo wards which were authorized by the planning institutions.
In 1888 of the Meiji Period, Tokyo Municipal Ordinance was established, and the only original Planned Road was authorized according to this ordinance and the planned area was the inside of the old city of Tokyo.
In 1919 of the Taisho Period, National Urban Planning Law was established, and the Planned Road and the Zoning System in the whole area of Tokyo wards were established according to this. Law at the beginning of Showa Period before World War II.
The policy and the standard of the urban planning were changing at each times, but the Urban Planning of Tokyo was continuing basically until now after World War II. And we also have been able to find out that the Zoning System was strongly affected by the Planned Road.
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