Evaluation of Plan Conformance under Agricultural Scenic Area Development System in Tokyo

： There are increasing attentions to multifunctional roles played by urban farmland and forests in densely populated areas ， which becomes a new area of urban green space policy. This study tried to examine the plan conformance of three district-level plans formulated under the Agricultural Scenic Area Development System of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). The evaluation of plan conformance was conducted from two perspectives, namely 1 ) whether the plan was formulated in line with the purpose of the System, and 2 ) which factors affected the plan conformance. We conducted semi-structured interviews with officials of TMG and three municipalities in charge of the System and questionnaire survey to residents of three districts where district-level plans have been in place. Most of the items of all the three district-plan has been implemented, showing high plan conformance. Our analysis suggested that high conformance was achieved by avoiding the use of legally-binding city planning schemes that often requires negotiations with residents and land-owners, minimizing plan-items targeted at the district requiring special budgeting, and using plan-items that can be implemented by municipal government without a special coordination with local stakeholders.