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Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning [14:34 | OCT 10 2021 | Life Where I'm From] (youtu.be)
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is a really well crafted, and fun video, thank you for sharing it

"You can't say, not in my neighbor's backyard" - very cute