From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan

Private real estate developers disproportionately focus on spatial planning and short-term returns, often forgetting the crucial role played by place management toward the achievement of sustainable communities. This research presents an alternative model of privately initiated urban development: Y...

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Autores principales:	Marco Capitanio, Sidh Sintusingha
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Publicado:	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2021
Materias:	sustainable development urban planning participative place management privately developed town sufficient profit model livability Architecture NA1-9428
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e67ef1f797e94b78a265f826b65611972021-12-03T16:03:53ZFrom paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan10.3846/jau.2021.147542029-79552029-7947https://doaj.org/article/e67ef1f797e94b78a265f826b65611972021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/14754https://doaj.org/toc/2029-7955https://doaj.org/toc/2029-7947 Private real estate developers disproportionately focus on spatial planning and short-term returns, often forgetting the crucial role played by place management toward the achievement of sustainable communities. This research presents an alternative model of privately initiated urban development: Yukarigaoka, a new town in the eastern outskirts of Tokyo founded in the late 1970s. The case study has been analyzed through field research, assessments of local media, interviews and literature review, focusing on urban planning strategies and place management practices. Yukarigaoka is a non-speculative model entailing the developer’s long-term commitment to the creation of a community sustained by unique planning features and innovative, award-winning place management practices. As a result, the development avoided the demographic imbalance of many Japanese public new towns of the same period. Population has been constantly growing and the town has been attracting families, strengthening local engagement and a defined identity. Despite a degree of paternalism in approach and the mediocre design quality of the built environment, Yukarigaoka confirms that livable communities result from the tight integration of planning and management. It provides an important planning and management precedent for new and existing communities in other Asia-Pacific cities toward establishing a synergistic relationship between built and natural components and in advocating for long-term profit different from a predominantly neoliberal developmental model that maximizes immediate returns. Marco CapitanioSidh SintusinghaVilnius Gediminas Technical Universityarticlesustainable developmenturban planningparticipative place managementprivately developed townsufficient profit modellivabilityArchitectureNA1-9428ENJournal of Architecture and Urbanism, Vol 45, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	sustainable development urban planning participative place management privately developed town sufficient profit model livability Architecture NA1-9428 Marco Capitanio Sidh Sintusingha From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan
description	Private real estate developers disproportionately focus on spatial planning and short-term returns, often forgetting the crucial role played by place management toward the achievement of sustainable communities. This research presents an alternative model of privately initiated urban development: Yukarigaoka, a new town in the eastern outskirts of Tokyo founded in the late 1970s. The case study has been analyzed through field research, assessments of local media, interviews and literature review, focusing on urban planning strategies and place management practices. Yukarigaoka is a non-speculative model entailing the developer’s long-term commitment to the creation of a community sustained by unique planning features and innovative, award-winning place management practices. As a result, the development avoided the demographic imbalance of many Japanese public new towns of the same period. Population has been constantly growing and the town has been attracting families, strengthening local engagement and a defined identity. Despite a degree of paternalism in approach and the mediocre design quality of the built environment, Yukarigaoka confirms that livable communities result from the tight integration of planning and management. It provides an important planning and management precedent for new and existing communities in other Asia-Pacific cities toward establishing a synergistic relationship between built and natural components and in advocating for long-term profit different from a predominantly neoliberal developmental model that maximizes immediate returns.
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title	From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan
title_short	From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan
title_full	From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan
title_fullStr	From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan
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From paddy fields to sustainable town in four decades: tight integration of urban planning and place management in Yukarigaoka, Japan

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