Administrative litigations over urban infrastructure developments have succeeded even though legitimate procedures are taken. This study first overviews critical issues in recent conflicts and conducts a close examination n the case of Odakyu railway elevation project. It is shown that additional procedures are necessary to secure independence among actors in EIA procedures and to establish horizontal network for assessing multidimensional outcomes of the project. It is concluded that evidence-based assessment procedures are necessary in urban infrastructure developments with long-term planning process and the consequently diversified risks. These procedures contribute to the formation of social capital which enhances quality in planning and citizens' QoL.

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There are many traditional wooden houses in Kyoto city, called Kyo-machiya. This study has the following purposes. The first is to measure the value of the neighborhood externalities of Kyo-machiya using Hedonic Price Method with both of Geographically Weighted Regression and Ordinary Least Squares Regression. The second is to clarify the spatial characteristics of this value and the distance which is influenced by the neighborhood externalities using Geographic Information System. As a result, the total value is about 65.5 billion yen in central area of Kyoto city. And there are spatial characteristics which two or more town blocks of high value are formed by a line according to street or by an area. Finally, the distance which is influenced by the neighborhood externalities of Kyo-machiya is about 144 meters, the influence reaches not only the adjoining town blocks but also the town blocks in the vicinity.

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In this paper, it was theoretically investigated how to improve public acceptance toward road pricing by public campaign based on psychological theory with respect to framing effect. It was hypothesized that framing road pricing as a system to decrease traffic demand would increase fairness perception and acceptance of residents inside pricing area, but framing road pricing as a system to toll for the purpose of making a budged for public works to improve traffic congestion would increase fairness perception and acceptance of residents outside pricing area. In order to test this hypothesis, I conducted an experiment and found that the data confirmed empirically the hypothesis.

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City compaction policies require three elements, spatial vision, institutional system, and evaluation framework. TOD is an integrated policy of land-use and transportation which emphasizes residents' accessibility. This study focuses on the institutional system and evaluation framework of TOD. It is clarified that location efficiency is becoming a key concept in TOD implementation. This concept evaluates a freedom of individuals' multi-dimensional choices and promotes market interaction and networking in transit-areas and comprehensive improvement of service/housing/investment opportunities. Through a modelling of households' multi-dimensional residential choice, it is shown that location efficiency can be formulated as an indicator directly linked to QoL maximization.

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