Cities, autonomy, and decentralization in Japan /
Hein, Carola.
Pelletier, Philippe,1956-
London : Routledge,
2006.
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 / 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.
Decentralization in government
Central-local government relations
City planning