This volume examines the growth and nature of such civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance, raising important questions about the changing roles of and relations between central and local government, and between citizens and the state, in managing shared spaces. The machizukuri processes studied here can be seen as the focus of an important emerging trend toward increased civic participation in managing processes of urban change in Japan. The contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the machizukuri phenomenon through examination not only of theory and history, butalso of case studies illustrating real changes in the institutions of place making and neighbourhood governance.
Living Cities in Japan will be of particular value to readers interested in social, urban, geographical and environmental studies.
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This volume examines the growth and nature of such civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance, raising important questions about the changing roles of and relations between central and local government, and between citizens and the state, in managing shared spaces. The machizukuri processes studied here can be seen as the focus of an important emerging trend toward increased civic participation in managing processes of urban change in Japan. The contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the machizukuri phenomenon through examination not only of theory and history, butalso of case studies illustrating real changes in the institutions of place making and neighbourhood governance.
Living Cities in Japan will be of particular value to readers interested in social, urban, geographical and environmental studies.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies |
Release date | July 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2006 |
Editors | Andre Sorensen, Carolin Funck |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 304 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-40237-8 |
Barcode | 9780415402378 |
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LSN | 0-415-40237-9 |