Living Cities in Japan (eBook, PDF)

Citizens' Movements, Machizukuri and Local Environments
Redaktion: Sorensen, André; Funck, Carolin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. This volume examines the growth and nature of civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134143191
• Artikelnr.: 42982370

Autorenporträt

Dr. André Sorensen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of Toronto. Dr. Carolin Funck is Associate Professor at Hiroshima University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Making Livable Places André Sorensen and Carolin Funck Part 1: The
Context of Managing Shared Spaces in Japan 2. Toshi Keikaku versus
Machizukuri: Emerging Paradigm of Civil Society in Japan, 1950-1980
Shun-ichi J. Watanabe 3. Changing Governance of Shared Spaces: Machizukuri
as Institutional Innovation André Sorensen 4. Japan's Construction Lobby
and the Privatization of Highway-Related Public Corporations Thomas
Feldhoff Part 2: The Practice of Machizukuri 'Community Making' 5. The
Concept of Machi-Sodate and Urban Planning: The Case of Tokyû Tama Den'en
Toshi Yorifusa Ishida 6. Machizukuri, Civil Society, and the Transformation
of Japanese City Planning: Cases from Kobe Carolin Funck 7. Earthquake
Reconstruction Machizukuri and Citizen Participation Atsuko Ito 8.
Machizukuri and Historical Awareness in the Old Town of Kobe Hiroshi
Nunokawa Part 3: Conflicts Over Changing Places and Governance 9. Citizens'
Movements to Protect the Water Environment: Changes and Problems Toshihisa
Asano 10. Civic Movement for Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Downtown
Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture Akito Murayama 11. Neighborhood
Associations and Machizukuri Processes: Strengths and Weaknesses Shizuka
Hashimoto 12. Inner-City Redevelopment in Tokyo: Conflicts over Urban
Place, Planning Governance, and Neighborhoods Sayaka Fujii, Junichiro Okata
and André Sorensen Part 4: Conclusions: Making Livable Places 13. A
Diversity of Machizukuri Processes André Sorensen and Carolin Funck