2013 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 28-32
This report explains the Significance of Community Planning as a requisite for District Plans in Urbanization Control Areas, using the cases of hamlets in Hiroshima City. The report introduces a working process from a Community Plan to a draft District Plan, both in the semi-mountainous hamlet Ushiroyama, which is hoping to recover vitality, and the Seifu-shinto hamlet Ishiuchi, which, with a vision for the future, is seeking Urbanized Areas along main roads. By introducing both areas, the importance of resident-led Urban Planning is highlighted, by having the residents themselves decide on a Community Plan when settling on a District Plan as part of a greater master scheme.