| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7 |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 / André 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This book offers a cogent collection of case studies focusing on the history, present and future of decentralization in Japan. |
| Subject |
Decentralization in government -- Japan.
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Central-local government relations -- Japan.
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City planning -- Japan.
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Central-local government relations. (OCoLC)fst00850795
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City planning. (OCoLC)fst00862177
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Decentralization in government. (OCoLC)fst00888948
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hein, Carola.
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Pelletier, Philippe, 1956-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 0415326036 020335849X (DLC) 2005020303 (OCoLC)61115520 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780203358498 doi |
| ISBN |
020335849X (electronic bk.) |
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9780203358498 (electronic bk.) |
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1134341490 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134341498 (electronic bk.) |
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9780415326032 (hbk.) |
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0415326036 (hbk.) |
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