Table of Contents
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