Author(s)

K. Yamagishi & H. Kobayashi

Abstract

In the Hokkaido Region, land use and the relationship between Urban and Rural area are still not clear; nevertheless, Local government has push forward with an original way of landscape planning in order to clarify this relationship. This paper presents how landscape planning can be used as a strategy to improve the Quality of Life's conditions of people. Keywords: Hokkaido ground planning 1 and 2, rural landscape framework, cooperative partnership, top down system, bottom up system, community activities, urban area, rural area and natural area, agro-tourism. 1 Controlling the regional landscape in Japan After the Second World War and during the Japanese economical growth period in the 80's, Japan experienced strong urban sprawl. Ci

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