Characteristics of policies based on Basic Law for Urban Agricultural Promotion formulated by local governments located in urbanization promotion area of Tokyo

Abstract

This study aims to show the characteristics of the local plan’s policies based on Basic Law for Urban Agricultural Promotion formulated by local governments. The survey area is 310 local governments in 11 prefectures in three major Metropolitan areas. First, we investigated local governments that formulate the local plan and examined the reasons. Next, we analyzed the purpose of the formulated policies of 18 local governments in Tokyo. The main findings were as follows: Among 11 prefectures, Tokyo had a large number of local governments formulating the local plan. These local governments implemented various policies. In particular, the adopted policies were different between the cities and wards. One of the policies independently formulated by the local government was “Branding of agricultural products.” On the other hand, no local government adopted “Promotion of agricultural cooperation between rural and urban areas.”