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Planning and Practice of Urban Green Belts: Cases of London, Tokyo and Seoul

Wen Ping, Lv Bin,Zhao Pengjun

Keywords: Urban Green Belt; Planning; Practice

Abstract:

Over the past century, green belts around urban areas have been adopted by many cities to control urban sprawl and provide green space. This paper reviews the planning, practice and outcomes of urban green belts in London, Tokyo and Seoul, and analyzes investigates the reason of the differences from aspects like designing, polices and supporting planning tools. According to specific background, a city should carefully design the green belt and carry out policies appropriate to local situation, making green belt an effective tool to control the urban spatial structure.


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