Cities, autonomy and decentralization in Japan / / editors, Carola Hein, Philippe Pelletier.

• Superior document: Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Hein, Carola.; Pelletier, Philippe, 1956-
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : Routledge,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Includes index.; "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

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

Table of Contents

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, solutions

5 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