A review on Japanese local advisory councils for Urban Reconstruction under special legislation from the perspectives of Justifiable Citizen Participation and Public-Private Co-Production in Town Centre Regeneration

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate the organizational changes in local advisory councils for urban reconstruction and the impact on citizen participation and co-production.
• Comparative analysis of advisory councils before and after legislative changes
• Assessment of planning processes and citizen participation
• Focus on procedural and substantive legitimacy of participation
• Identified gaps between government proposals and community/business feedback.
• Highlighted issues include limited organizational authority and lack of clear qualifications for participation.
• Recommended expanding citizen proposal rights and mandatory administrative responses to enhance planning legitimacy.