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Abstract： |
Japan has introduced citizen participation into road planning processes in recent years. This paper firstly describes the Japanese institutional system of citizen participation in infrastructure planning processes; then it focuses on the institutionalization of participatory road planning procedure and road planning framework. Taking Yokohama North-West Corridor as an example, it explains the planning procedure and citizen participation techniques in detail and analyzes the special advanced characteristics of the procedure. Finally, it suggests that China could learn the following experiences from Japan: the institutionalization of participatory planning procedure, detailed division of road planning phases, setup of third-party organization and implementation of multiple involvement techniques. |
