2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A research on the new direction of the zoning board of appeal in Japan for coping with a future building-land use permit system

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22656127
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Town planning/Architectural planning
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	ARITA Tomokazu 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (90344861)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	都市計画 / 土地利用 / 建築規制 / 建築審査会
Research Abstract	This research aims at investigating the new direction of the zoning board of appeal in Japan for coping with a possible future building-land use permit system. This study analyzed the nation-wide database concerning the actual operation of the zoning board of appeal in Japan about special permission and reviews of appeals. In addition, this study conducted US-Japan comparative studies. We concluded that it is important for the future system to incorporate both the sound discretionary reviews based on expert judgments and also the democratic governance.

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