Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan

• Main Authors: Hein, Carola, Pelletier, Philippe
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2006; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Asia; Asian Studies; Business Nodes; Central Government; Central Tokyo; Central-local government relations; Central-local government relations - Japan; city; City planning; City planning > Japan; City Planning Law; Civil Society; Decentralization in government; Decentralization in government > Japan; DQG WKH; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Existing Urbanized Area; Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan; Geography; History; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; IRU; Japan > Economic conditions > 1989; Japanese Studies; kanagawa; keikaku; land; Land Readjustment Project; law; LDP; Machizukuri Activities; Neighborhood Associations; planning; projects; readjustment; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Regional Studies; RI WKH; RWR; Social Science; Sociology, Urban > Japan; TMG; Tokyo Prefecture; toshi; Toshi Keikaku; UHD; Urban Geography; wkh; LQ; RI WKH; Neighborhood Associations; IRU; Central Government; WLD; UHD; City Planning Law; Civil Society; Tokyo Metropolis; Local Environmental Governance; LDP Politician; LDP; Machizukuri Activities; Land Readjustment Project; Toshi Keikaku; CSW; RWR; TMG; Tokyo Prefecture; Central Tokyo; Existing Urbanized Area; DQG WKH; Business Nodes; Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan
• ISBN: 9780415326032; 0415326036; 9780415546966; 0415546966; 9781134341504; 020335849X; 1134341504; 9781134341450; 1134341458; 9781134341498; 1134341490; 9780203358498
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203358498

Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an urban studies and planning approach. The essays in the collection present a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present and future of decentralization in Japan. These include small scale development in the fields such as citizen participation (machizukuri), urban form and architecture, disaster prevention and conservation of monuments. The contributors suggest that new trends are emerging after the bursting of Japan's economic bubble and assess them in the context of the country's larger socio-political system. This in-depth analysis of the development outside of Japan provides a valuable addition to students of Urban, Asian and Japanese Studies.