【Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture】Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035 Formulated ~A New Comprehensive Plan Starts Towards Realizing a Future Envisioned Through Dialogue with Citizens~
Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, has formulated the "Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035," a compass for the city's urban development over the next 10 years. This plan aims to create a city where every citizen can experience "happiness," even in an era where future predictions are difficult due to changes in population structure, intensifying disasters, international instability, and rapid advancements in digital technology. The plan, which reflects the voices of over 1,700 citizens through approximately 100 dialogues conducted from fiscal year 2024 to 2025, will kick off urban development towards 2035.
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Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, has formulated the "Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035," which will serve as a compass for the city's urban development over the next 10 years. This plan aims to promote urban development where each citizen can experience "happiness," even in an era where future predictions are difficult due to changes in population structure, intensifying disasters, international instability, and rapid advancements in digital technology.
Urban development towards 2035 will commence with the new Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan, which carefully reflects the voices of citizens through approximately 100 dialogues with over 1,700 people conducted from fiscal year 2024 to 2025.
What is the "Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan"?
It is the city's highest-level plan for urban development, consisting of three layers: "Basic Concept," "Basic Plan," and "Implementation Plan," indicating the direction of urban development for the next 10 years.
Features of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035
Thorough reflection of citizens' voices through dialogue
Aiming to realize a society where everyone can live healthily and happily in their own way, the voices of many citizens have been reflected in the plan's biggest goal, "Future Vision of the City," and in the "Desired State of the City" for each sector.
Scene from the dialogue for the new comprehensive plan formulation (1st general meeting)
Policy formulation from a logic model
The plan was formulated by constructing a logic model that considers how the policies and projects listed in the plan connect to achieve the "Future Vision of the City" and the "Desired State of the City."
Basic strategy for urban development in anticipation of changes in population structure
To address issues such as population decline and aging, a "basic strategy for urban development" has been positioned as the foundation for promoting all policies.
Individual strategies
SDGs strategies and regional revitalization initiatives are integrated into the comprehensive plan to promote cross-sectoral administrative management.
Contents of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035 [Basic Concept / Basic Plan]
Future Vision of the City: "A city where smiles connect and happiness circulates"
We aim to realize a well-being city overflowing with diversity where everyone can be active and smile in their own way, and inclusivity where people accept each other with smiles. Through the connection of individual smiles, happiness will spread from person to person, and from people to the community, circulating throughout the entire city.
Basic strategies for urban development
Basic Strategy 1: Harnessing the power of people
To respond to rapid changes in population structure, further enhance and maximize "the power of people," which is the driving force of urban development.
Basic Strategy 2: Leveraging regional strengths
Even amidst concerns about declining regional vitality due to population decrease and uneven distribution, further leverage regional potential, such as local characteristics and latent resources.
Basic Strategy 3: Enhancing well-being
By emphasizing diversity, inclusivity, and sustainability, and enhancing people's well-being, we aim to realize a city where everyone can live vibrantly and authentically with a sense of purpose, and where each citizen can experience happiness.
Completion Unveiling Event
We invite citizens who participated in the dialogues and others who cooperated in the formulation of the Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035 to share Mayor Koide's thoughts and the vision for urban development towards 2035. There will also be a cross-talk with companies and organizations active in the city to discuss future urban development.
Date and Time
May 30 (Saturday), 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Location
Ichihara City Civic Hall, Small Hall (1-1-1 Soge, Ichihara City)
Contents
Mayor's Lecture (About Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035)
Activity case presentations by companies and organizations in the city
Cross-talk (Mayor and three presenters of activity cases)
"Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan in Manga"
A booklet summarizing key points has been created so that children and adults alike can easily read and understand the comprehensive plan.
*It will be distributed to visitors on the day of the completion unveiling event and will also be published on the city's website.
Details and efforts leading to the formulation of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035
https://www.city.ichihara.chiba.jp/article?articleId=668e7db5bd6dd825352a85a5
Urban development towards 2035 will commence with the new Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan, which carefully reflects the voices of citizens through approximately 100 dialogues with over 1,700 people conducted from fiscal year 2024 to 2025.
What is the "Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan"?
It is the city's highest-level plan for urban development, consisting of three layers: "Basic Concept," "Basic Plan," and "Implementation Plan," indicating the direction of urban development for the next 10 years.
Features of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035
Thorough reflection of citizens' voices through dialogue
Aiming to realize a society where everyone can live healthily and happily in their own way, the voices of many citizens have been reflected in the plan's biggest goal, "Future Vision of the City," and in the "Desired State of the City" for each sector.
Scene from the dialogue for the new comprehensive plan formulation (1st general meeting)
Policy formulation from a logic model
The plan was formulated by constructing a logic model that considers how the policies and projects listed in the plan connect to achieve the "Future Vision of the City" and the "Desired State of the City."
Basic strategy for urban development in anticipation of changes in population structure
To address issues such as population decline and aging, a "basic strategy for urban development" has been positioned as the foundation for promoting all policies.
Individual strategies
SDGs strategies and regional revitalization initiatives are integrated into the comprehensive plan to promote cross-sectoral administrative management.
Contents of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035 [Basic Concept / Basic Plan]
Future Vision of the City: "A city where smiles connect and happiness circulates"
We aim to realize a well-being city overflowing with diversity where everyone can be active and smile in their own way, and inclusivity where people accept each other with smiles. Through the connection of individual smiles, happiness will spread from person to person, and from people to the community, circulating throughout the entire city.
Basic strategies for urban development
Basic Strategy 1: Harnessing the power of people
To respond to rapid changes in population structure, further enhance and maximize "the power of people," which is the driving force of urban development.
Basic Strategy 2: Leveraging regional strengths
Even amidst concerns about declining regional vitality due to population decrease and uneven distribution, further leverage regional potential, such as local characteristics and latent resources.
Basic Strategy 3: Enhancing well-being
By emphasizing diversity, inclusivity, and sustainability, and enhancing people's well-being, we aim to realize a city where everyone can live vibrantly and authentically with a sense of purpose, and where each citizen can experience happiness.
Completion Unveiling Event
We invite citizens who participated in the dialogues and others who cooperated in the formulation of the Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035 to share Mayor Koide's thoughts and the vision for urban development towards 2035. There will also be a cross-talk with companies and organizations active in the city to discuss future urban development.
Date and Time
May 30 (Saturday), 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Location
Ichihara City Civic Hall, Small Hall (1-1-1 Soge, Ichihara City)
Contents
Mayor's Lecture (About Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035)
Activity case presentations by companies and organizations in the city
Cross-talk (Mayor and three presenters of activity cases)
"Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan in Manga"
A booklet summarizing key points has been created so that children and adults alike can easily read and understand the comprehensive plan.
*It will be distributed to visitors on the day of the completion unveiling event and will also be published on the city's website.
Details and efforts leading to the formulation of Ichihara City Comprehensive Plan 2035
https://www.city.ichihara.chiba.jp/article?articleId=668e7db5bd6dd825352a85a5