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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17568740

If you've seen my videos about Japan, you may have wondered why it looks the way it does. Today I'm going to explain it through zoning.

Special Thanks to Lisa for her guidance on the topic.

Sources:

  1. Urban Land Use Planning System in Japan (English): https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001050453.pdf
  2. Urban Land Use Planning System in Japan (日本語): https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000234476.pdf
  3. Urbanchoze Japanese Zoning: http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html
  4. Katsushika Shin-Koiwa Area Zoning Map: https://www.sonicweb-asp.jp/katsushika/map?theme=th_16#layers=dm%2Cth_17&pos=139.86549388299818%2C35.71741330582935
  5. Tokyo Zoning Map: https://cityzone.mapexpert.net/ZoneMap?L=13123&N=%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E5%B7%9D%E5%8C%BA
  6. Kyoto Bankruptcy: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/09/20/business/kyoto-bankruptcy-tourism/
  7. Kyoto Town Development: https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/tokei/cmsfiles/contents/0000281/281300/2shou.pdf
  8. Kyoto New Height Limits: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/02/national/kyoto-enforces-ad-ban-building-height-changes/
  9. Kyoto City Landscape Policy https://whc.unesco.org/document/116517
  10. Burnaby Zoning Map: https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/maps-and-open-data
  11. Simcity 1989: https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimCity_1989
  12. Government illustration: https://www.irasutoya.com/2021/10/blog-post_85.html
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17568421

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:56 What makes a Japanese Street?
  3. 2:15 Japanese Zoning
  4. 4:26 Local Planning - Machizukuri
  5. 5:11 Solving Traffic Congestion
  6. 7:08 Financially Sustainable Cities
  7. 7:57 Different Sizes of Streets
  8. 9:17 Traffic Calming & Slower Cars
  9. 10:26 Reducing Car Volumes
  10. 11:24 Road Design
  11. 11:52 Good Pedestrian Bridges?
  12. 13:41 No Street Parking
  13. 15:31 Off-Street Parking
  14. 17:06 Stopping & Unloading
  15. 17:38 Kei Cars & Key Trucks
  16. 19:36 Cycling without Bike Lanes
  17. 21:44 Bicycle Paring 24:49 Horrible Roads & Stroads
  18. 25:57 Car-Centric Japan
  19. 28:00 Oversized, Empty Roads
  20. 19:56 Destroying Great Neighbourhoods for Cars
  21. 31:30 The Reality of Japanese Cities
  22. 32:45 80,000 Hours