General principles for a successful master plan are:
(｡)a master plan that has enough flexibility to respond to a changing economic circumstance;
(｢)a master plan that allows the public sector to adapt to changes in the public and private financing environment and can take advantage of ftiture opportunities that may arise in projects that are underway or that have already been completed;
(｣)a master plan in which the basic and most important goals do not vary but allow for achievement through the broadest range of development prolects;
(､) a process that builds and maintains a general level of consensus among the population for achieving master plan goals and objectives; and
(･)a pro active marketing approach.
For large scale planned waterfront developrnents, the~ jq a need for a mix of commercial and recreational uses:
(｡) a varied range of usages makes the development, as a whole, more attractive, encourages repeat visitation and longer stays. A critical mass of attraction builds up, creating a synergy where each attraction benefits from the other;
(｢)there is a need to provide income to the developer or development authority through a range of uses and to provide income to offset non-income but people attracting uses;
(｣)visitations each use has different levels and types of visitation; there is a need to provide a range of uses to keep the development active at various times of the day, week and year.
At the end day the appropriate mix of land uses for any given waterfront development in Australia or Japan will require a delicate balance between public policy, community advocacy and market demand.
