Although it is not inappropriate to blame him for the fact that there are incomparably less green in Tokyo than London, New York, or Paris, we can not overlook his error that the aspects to unify a local community, the core to solve urban problems, were destroyed by the person who was describing himself as professional of self-government, yet in reality simply followed the fashion of the day.
世界のロンドン、ニューヨーク、パリと比しても圧倒的に森が少ない点を後藤の責に帰する訳にはいかないが、自治のプロを任じながら時代の流れののままに、都市問題解決の中核となる地域コミュニティの結束点を破壊しているのは断じて見過ごせない点である。