Cities, autonomy and decentralization in Japan [1 ed.] 0415326036, 9780415326032, 9780203358498

Japan is known as a country in which a potent central power reigns over a compliant hierarchy and for planning this has

214 104 2MB

English Pages 218 Year 2006

Table of contents :
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
Preface and acknowledgments......Page 16
1 Introduction: Decentralization and the tension between global and local urban Japan......Page 18
2 Local initiatives and the decentralization of planning power in Japan......Page 42
3 Concentration and deconcentration in the context of the Tokyo Capital Region Plan and recent cross-border networking concepts......Page 72
4 Financial stress in the Japanese local public sector in the 1990s: Situation, structural reasons, solutions......Page 98
5 Centralization, urban planning governance, and citizen participation in Japan......Page 118
6 Machizukuri in Japan: A historical perspective on participatory community-building initiatives......Page 145
7 Whose Kyoto?: Competing models of local autonomy and the townscape in the old imperial capital......Page 156
8 Conclusion: Decentralization policies - questioning the Japanese model......Page 181
Select glossary of terms......Page 199
Index......Page 207

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Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan

Japan is known as a country in which a potent central power reigns over a compliant hierarchy and, for planning, this has meant strong centralized government control. Nevertheless, examples of autonomy have always existed in the politics, society, and economy of Japan and thrive today in various forms, particularly within urban areas. Following the growth and subsequent collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s, and in response to globalization, new trends toward local autonomy and political and economic decentralization are emerging that must be evaluated in the context of Japan’s larger political and socioeconomic setting as it becomes increasingly integrated into the global system. Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan addresses these new initiatives, providing a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present, and future of decentralization in Japan. These include small-scale developments LQÀHOGVVXFKDVFLWL]HQSDUWLFLSDWLRQmachizukuri), urban form and architecture, disaster prevention, and conservation of monuments. 7KHERRNRIIHUVWKHÀUVWLQGHSWKDQDO\VLVRIWKLVGHYHORSPHQWRXWVLGH-DSDQ approaching the subject from a unique urban studies/planning perspective as opposed to the more common political science method. With contributions from a leading group of international scholars on Japanese urban planning, Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan provides a valuable new addition to the current English-language literature. Carola Hein is Associate Professor in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program at Bryn Mawr College, USA. Philippe Pelletier is Professor of Geography at Lumière-Lyon 2 University, France.

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