Comparative Study on Appropriate Forms of Regional Planning in the view of Sustainable Regions

在国外（北美和欧洲国家）对区域规划的各种实地工作的基础上，对区域规划的适当形式、形态和结构进行了比较研究。收集整理了大量与区域规划相关的规划资料和数据，建立了区域规划数据库。该数据库包括如下所示的内容。关于规划机构：区域规划的制度背景、上下级规划的关系关于规划内容：保护全球和本地环境的具体政策和策略、自然资源管理、能源供应管理、公共交通管理、土地利用管理、基础设施发展。关于社区参与：社区参与的制度结构、方法和成果、透明度。根据实地工作完成数据库之后，研究人员进行了比较分析和多次讨论。最后，对日本区域和城市规划方法的改进提出了一些建议。现在我们正在总结出版一本学术书籍的主要内容。

Based on varied field works about regional plans in several foreign countries (north American and European countries), comparative studies of appropriate forms, shapes and structures of regional planning have been conducted during the three-year term of the research. Huge planning materials and data related to regional planning have been collected and sorted in order to make the regional planning database. The date base includes the contents shown below.1.Regarding planning institution : Institutional background of regional planning, relationship between upper and lower plans2.Regarding planning contents : Specific policies and strategies for preservation of global and local environment, Natural resource management, energy supply management, public transportation management, land use management, infrastructure development3.Regarding community participation : Institutional structure, methods and achievement of community participation, transparency.The -completion of the database according to the fieldworks is followed by comparative analyses and many times of discussions among research staff. Finally we find some clues for the improvement of regional and urban planning methods in Japan. Now we are summarizing main contents for publishing a academic book.