The city established a large-scale land readjustment program under the reconstruction plan. The city designated almost all replotting area by the end of 1949. The readjustment contributed re-definition of the border of land plots that became blur in the war-devastated areas and supported quick reconstruction of the city. As the result of readjustment, the ratio of the city’s public assets were significantly increased: road areas by 2.12 times (2.36 times in the urban center); public parks by 3.07 times; total areas for cemeteries by 1.30 times; and station squares by 5.25 times. The readjustment project continued until 1998 and during the rapid industrialization around 1960, land adjustment became an effective way to prevent uncontrolled sprawl into the suburbs. The city extended its urban boundaries by merging the surrounding towns and villages and conducted replotting to accommodate the increasing population.
- Localized rules for implementing the land readjustment scheme, widely used for post-war regeneration activities
- Growth boundaries which separated the city into Urbanization Promotion Areas (UPA) and Urbanization Control Areas (UCA)
An ideal and future-looking vision for the city was drawn up in the reconstruction plan and this helps to readjust land use and create a certain amount of public spaces for future economic development and environmental sustainability. However, at the same time, it could be a risk for cities to arbitrarily extend the urban boundary during the restoration period as land readjustments become time-consuming and costly. Thus, to guide rapid urbanization properly, it is essential to proactively regulate new property developments especially in the expanding suburban areas and expedite consensus-building among a range of stakeholders with strong economic incentives and/or social interactions.