Urban Planning is meant to improve substantial urban constructions, to increase urban residents¡¦ social public interests, and to outline the blueprint of future urban development. Drawing up Urban Planning is based on topographic maps, and piling Urban Planning Stakes is the basis for implementing Urban Planning. From 1988 to
2010, the Bureau conducted and finished topographic maps for 84 districts, with square measure of 16,342.14 ha. Since 1974, piling stakes had been conducted and finished for
1,587 districts as of
2010; the number of stakes amounted to 513,914.
