Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Table of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors 1. Introduction: Decentralization and the Tension Between Global and Local Urban Japan
Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier 2. Local Initiatives and the Decentralization of Planning Power in Japan
Ishida Yorifusa 3. Concentration and Deconcentration: In the Context of the Tokyo Capital Region Plan and Recent Cross-Border Networking Concepts
Nakabayashi Itsuki 4. Financial Problems in the Japanese Local Public Sector in the 1990's: Situation, Structural Reasons, Solutions
Alain Schebath 5. Centralization, Urban Planning, Governance, and Citizen Participation in Japan
Andrè Sorensen 6. Machizukuri in Japan: A Historical Perspective on Participatory Community-Building Initiatives
Watanabe Shun'ichi J 7. Whose Kyoto? Competing Models of Local Autonomy and Townscape in the Old Imperial Capital
Christoph Brumann 8. Conclusion: Decentralization Policies: Questionning the Japanese Model
Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier Index