Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan /
Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan /
edited by Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier.
- xvi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : decentralization and the tension between global and local urban Japan / Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier -- Local initiatives and the decentralization of planning power in Japan / Ishida Yorifusa -- Concentration and deconcentration in the context of the Tokyo capital region plan and recent cross-border networking concepts / Nakabayashi Itsuki -- Financial stress in the Japanese local public sector in the 1990s : situation, structural reasons, solutions / Alain Schebath -- Centralization, urban planning governance, and citizen participation in Japan / Andrâe Sorensen -- Machizukuri in Japan : a historical perspective on participatory community-building initiatives / Watanabe Shun-Ichi J. -- Whose Kyoto? : competing models of local autonomy and townscape in the old imperial capital / Christoph Brumann -- Conclusion : decentralization policies : questioning the Japanese model / Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier.
Electronic reproduction.
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NetLibrary,
2006.
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This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2006.
020335849X (electronic bk.)
Decentralization in government--Japan.
Central-local government relations--Japan.
City planning--Japan.
Electronic books.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : decentralization and the tension between global and local urban Japan / Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier -- Local initiatives and the decentralization of planning power in Japan / Ishida Yorifusa -- Concentration and deconcentration in the context of the Tokyo capital region plan and recent cross-border networking concepts / Nakabayashi Itsuki -- Financial stress in the Japanese local public sector in the 1990s : situation, structural reasons, solutions / Alain Schebath -- Centralization, urban planning governance, and citizen participation in Japan / Andrâe Sorensen -- Machizukuri in Japan : a historical perspective on participatory community-building initiatives / Watanabe Shun-Ichi J. -- Whose Kyoto? : competing models of local autonomy and townscape in the old imperial capital / Christoph Brumann -- Conclusion : decentralization policies : questioning the Japanese model / Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2006.
020335849X (electronic bk.)
Decentralization in government--Japan.
Central-local government relations--Japan.
City planning--Japan.
Electronic books.
320.8/50952