Cities, autonomy and decentralization in Japan

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