Planning within Japan
seems to be very much about building bigger and newer, and about the height and
size of their buildings. While I was within Japan I observed the buildings of
the three cities of Japan of Sendai, Tokyo and Osaka. Within these three
cities, I observed that the buildings were very tall and big with size, and
also relatively new. It seems to be that Japan’s approach to building and
planning is very much about their economy, and showing off their money, as well
as accommodating for their large population, as seen with the public transport
system in Tokyo, with trains on the same line departing a single station every three
minutes. Japan also didn't seem to have much of a focus on Heritage conservation
of buildings, with a lot of the buildings being new, and a lot of the older
ones being rebuilt and renewed. I even observed building works being carried
out inside an ancient temple, in Kyoto.
In comparison to
Australia, Japan seems to be very much contributing a lot of money to their buildings
and works of public place, where as Australia has a lot of conserving their
heritage and culture.
Another aspect of
planning in Japan that I observed which can be comparable to Australia is the planning
of areas impacted by a natural disaster. In the Natori area just outside of
Japan, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated the area. In this
area, the response was to build and minimise the impact if it is happen in the
future, by building walls along the beach, and evacuation points for people to
run to to escape any future tsunami’s, whereas Australia doesn't seem to have
anything to that extent to manage against common natural disasters seen there
such as flooding or bushfires.
Stuart Taylor
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