Key difference between Japanese and American zoning is that the former uses "maximum use" as its principle, vs the latter's "exclusive use"
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Replying to @380kmh
The different principles are shown in these charts from http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/ Japanese on left, American on rightpic.twitter.com/kC7GpFpBVU
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Replying to @380kmh
In America to create a "mixed use" development we literally need to invent a new zone for it; in Japan it's a matter of course
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Replying to @380kmh
Other differences are more trivial than intrinsic, but worth mentioning...
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Replying to @380kmh
...for instance: Japanese zoning is a national law, whereas in the USA every municipality develops its own zoning code
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Replying to @380kmh
Moreover, Japanese zoning has just 12 zones, while in the USA you often need more, to account for all possible usespic.twitter.com/yfGjtUPCSZ
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Replying to @380kmh
Are the average sizes of various zones smaller in Japan? Walking around Okayama I feel like each neighborhood is a few square blocks
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Replying to @SullivanReilly
don't believe so but I might be wrong--some more detail on that in the PDF at end of thread
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Replying to @380kmh
each area has a very different feel from the last, but it's a total of 4 blocks walk from my hotel to res/store area
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Replying to @SullivanReilly
I *do* know what you mean about each block having its own feel...but I think that's not a zoning thing...
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I know that the address system in Japan goes by block instead of by street, so I assume that has something to do with it
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Replying to @380kmh
yeah that's true. Makes sense. Could also be that my hotel (on a major road), is right on the edge of a zone
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