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JOURNAL OF RURAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION
A Study on the Development and the Problems on Farmland in the Urbanization Promotion Area after the Amendment of the Agricultural Land Act: Case study of Nerima-ward, Tokyo.
Takashi Watanabe

Paper Summary

The article examines how farmland in urban areas is being converted into residential use after changes to the Agricultural Land Act in 1992. The researchers studied the situation in Nerima-ward, Tokyo, to see if farmland designated for agriculture or residential development could be re-designated under the Act.

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