A study on the regional landscape planning framework on the relationships between urban and rural areas: case study of Tokachi region, Hokkaido, Japan

摘要

In the Hokkaido Region, land use and the relationship between Urban and Rural area are still not clear; nevertheless, Local government has push forward with an original way of landscape planning in order to clarify this relationship. This paper presents how landscape planning can be used as a strategy to improve the Quality of Life's conditions of people.