Title Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan / edited by Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7 Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 7. 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 Summary This book offers a cogent collection of case studies focusing on the history, present and future of decentralization in Japan Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Decentralization in government -- Japan Central-local government relations -- Japan City planning -- Japan POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Local. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- State & Provincial. Central-local government relations City planning Decentralization in government Japan Form Electronic book Author Hein, Carola Pelletier, Philippe, 1956- ISBN 020335849X 9780203358498 1134341490 9781134341498 9781134341504 1134341504 9781134341450 1134341458 9780415546966 0415546966

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