Historical Position of the Recent Japanese Urban Planning Theories from the Viewpoint of Community Service Functions

Abstract

Japanese government recently presented several urban planning theories to respond to the hyper-aged and depopulating society. In this paper, the position of these theories are discussed from the viewpoint of community service functions under the historical context of urban planning theories. Through the review of historical urban planning theories and recent theories in Japan, the followings were identified; 1) these recent theories inherit some basic points from the historical urban planning theories, 2) these recent theories share modern characteristics that are related to the fact that modern theories are applied to existing urban areas, 3) these recent theories try to respond to the hyper-aged and depopulating society, and 4) these recent theories don't have citywide comprehensive planning theory.