Abstract
Abstract The severe urban development pressures on Japanese coastal zones are epitomized in Sagami Bay, one of Tokyo's key recreational destinations. Besides facing grave uncertainties of global warming and tectonic dynamics, this 30‐km coastal zone is a stage of many conflicts: between residential growth and recreational facilities, between dwindling natural beach sites and highway construction, and between watersports and fishery. Outlined here is a radical approach in eight steps, to be implemented over the next three generations. It calls for the abolishment of conventional development ideas in favor of the concept of “envelopment”; instead. This article is derived from the top prize‐winning entry to an international idea contest that generated 293 proposals from 27 countries, as well as thousands of children's drawings. It was sponsored by the Sagamiwan Urban Resort Festival in 1990 Association, the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, as well as by the city authorities and municipal governments of Yokos...
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