03878nam 22007693 450 991076581830332120241107094518.01-134-34149-01-134-34150-41-280-55290-597866105529000-203-35849-X10.4324/9780203358498(CKB)1000000000360061(EBL)180963(OCoLC)252849101(SSID)ssj0000122497(PQKBManifestationID)11134703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122497(PQKBWorkID)10123899(PQKB)11200887(MiAaPQ)EBC180963(OCoLC)74739592(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32936(MiAaPQ)EBC7244919(Au-PeEL)EBL7244919(OCoLC)814462284(ODN)ODN0004059391(EXLCZ)99100000000036006120231110h20172006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan /edited by Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier2006Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2017.©20061 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) illustrationsRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;7.Includes index."Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."0-415-54696-6 0-415-32603-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Decentralization and the tension between global and local urban Japan; 2 Local initiatives and the decentralization of planning power in Japan; 3 Concentration and deconcentration in the context of the Tokyo Capital Region Plan and recent cross-border networking concepts; 4 Financial stress in the Japanese local public sector in the 1990s: Situation, structural reasons, solutions5 Centralization, urban planning governance, and citizen participation in Japan; 6 Machizukuri in Japan: A historical perspective on participatory community-building initiatives; 7 Whose Kyoto?: Competing models of local autonomy and the townscape in the old imperial capital; 8 Conclusion: Decentralization policies - questioning the Japanese model; Select glossary of terms; IndexAdding 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 emergingRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;7.Sociology, UrbanJapanDecentralization in governmentJapanJapanEconomic conditions1989-Sociology, UrbanDecentralization in government307.760952HIS021000SOC000000SOC053000bisacshHein Carola1261929Hein CarolaPelletier Philippe1956-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910765818303321Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan4288696UNINA