Living cities in Japan
Subtitle: citizens' movements, machizukuri, and local environments
By: [edited by] André Sorensen and Carolin Funck.
Contributors: Sorensen, André, 1960-; Funck, Carolin.
Series: The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780415402378
Subjects: City planning -- Japan -- Citizen participation; Urban policy -- Japan -- Citizen participation; Environmental policy -- Japan -- Citizen participation; Urban renewal -- Japan -- Citizen participation; Citizens' associations -- Japan; Urban ecology -- Japan; Community development, Urban -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making livable places / by André Sorensen and Carolin Funck; title: Toshi keikaku versus machizukuri : emerging paradigm of civil society in Japan, 1950-1980 / by Shun-ichi J. Watanabe; title: Changing governance of shared spaces : machizukuri as institutional innovation / by André Sorensen; title: Japan's construction lobby and the privatization of highway-related public corporations / by Thomas Feldhoff; title: The concept of machi-sodate and urban planning : the case of Tokyo Tama Denien Toshi / by Yorifusa Ishida; title: Machizukuri, civil society, and the transformation of Japanese city planning : cases from Kobe / by Carolin Funck; title: Earthquake reconstruction machizukuri and citizen participation / by Atsuko Ito; title: Machizukuri and historical awareness in the old town of Kobe / by Hiroshi Nunokawa; title: Citizens' movements to protect the water environment : changes and   problems / by Toshihisa Asano; title: Civic movement for sustainable urban regeneration : downtown Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture / by Akito Murayama; title: Neighborhood associations and machizukuri processes : strengths and weaknesses / by Shizuka Hashimoto; title: Inner-city redevelopment in Tokyo : conflicts over urban place, planning governance, and neighborhoods / by Sayaka Fujii, Junichiro Okata, and André Sorensen; title: A diversity of machizukuri processes / by André Sorensen and Carolin Funck.