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Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
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A video explaining why Japanese cities look the way they do, through Japan's national tiered zoning system that permits mixed use and flexible development. It compares this approach with more restrictive zoning elsewhere.
HN commenters recommend it as the go-to explanation of Japanese zoning in housing and urbanism debates.
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