LEADER 03761nam 22007333 450 001 9910765818303321 005 20241107094518.0 010 $a1-134-34149-0 010 $a1-134-34150-4 010 $a1-280-55290-5 010 $a9786610552900 010 $a0-203-35849-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203358498 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360061 035 $a(EBL)180963 035 $a(OCoLC)252849101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122497 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134703 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122497 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10123899 035 $a(PQKB)11200887 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180963 035 $a(OCoLC)74739592 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32936 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7244919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7244919 035 $a(OCoLC)814462284 035 $a(ODN)ODN0004059391 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360061 100 $a20231110h20172006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan /$fedited by Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v7. 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $a"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." 311 0 $a0-415-54696-6 311 0 $a0-415-32603-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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, solutions 327 $a5 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; Index 330 $aAdding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an urban studies and planning approach. The essays in the collection present a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present and future of decentralization in Japan. These include small scale development in the fields such as citizen participation (machizukuri), urban form and architecture, disaster prevention and conservation of monuments.The contributors suggest that new trends are emerging 410 0$aRoutledge contemporary Japan series ;$v7. 606 $aSociology, Urban$zJapan 606 $aDecentralization in government$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1989- 615 0$aSociology, Urban 615 0$aDecentralization in government 676 $a307.760952 702 $aHein$b Carola 702 $aPelletier$b Philippe$f1956- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765818303321 996 $aCities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan$94132165 997 $aUNINA