Study on decision support system for district planning in public participation

A design tool for deliberation regarding townscape rules

Abstract

In this paper a design tool is proposed for promoting consensus between stakeholders within a decision support planning system at a district level in Japan. While opening necessary planning information to the public using WEGIS, VRML and other medias, the design tool is employed to exchange design elements in VRML world. These design elements are likely to be adopted by a local planning committee on making a decision of a district plan according to the Japanese legal system.