Nerima Ward Agricultural Landscape Conservation Districts (Takamatsu / Minami-Oizumi)
Nerima, Tokyo, Japan · Operator: 東京都都市整備局 / 練馬区（農地保全事業）
Overview
Using Tokyo's Agricultural Landscape Conservation District system, Nerima designated the Takamatsu (2015) and Minami-Oizumi (2019) districts. It carries dwindling urban farmland forward as open space and protects the agricultural landscape community-wide — a leading case of urban farmland conservation.
Citizen participation
Residents enjoy the landscape of farmland and homestead woodlands preserved within the designated districts, and can experience surviving agricultural scenery through the ward's farmland-conservation works and farm-contact events. Scattered farmland is conserved collectively as urban planning green space.
Operating model
A public farmland-conservation programme under Tokyo's 'Agricultural Landscape Conservation District' system created in 2011. Nerima designates districts and conserves farmland and homestead groves collectively as urban planning parks/green space.
Impact
Implements an urban-planning approach that conserves farmland and groves as a unit, passing biodiversity, disaster resilience, landscape and farm-contact spaces to future generations.
Crops
- 都市農地（野菜・果樹）
- 屋敷林
Scale
高松地区を2015年6月、南大泉地区を2019年12月に指定。農地・屋敷林がまとまって残る地区を一体的に保全
Sources（2）
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