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The Rise in Vacant Housing in Post-growth Japan : Housing Market, Urban Policy, and Revitalizing Aging Cities / edited by Tomoko Kubo, Yoshimichi Yui.
Springer Nature - Springer Earth and Environmental Science eBooks 2020 English International Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Earth and Environmental Science (Springer-11646)
- Advances in geographical and environmental sciences 2198-3542
- Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, 2198-3542
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban geography.
- Human geography.
- Urban economics.
- Economic geography.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
- Human Geography.
- Urban Economics.
- Economic Geography.
- Urban Studies/Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
- Human Geography.
- Urban Economics.
- Economic Geography.
- Urban Studies/Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVI, 175 pages) : 53 illustrations, 24 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- First edition 2020.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning policies, urbanization processes, and maps with GIS analysis. It also discusses how housing vacancies have increased in shrinking Japanese cities, with case studies in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Utsunomiya, and examines public-private partnerships and civil engagement to revitalize cities. Providing examples of how Japanese cities have addressed the issues of aging populations and urban shrinkage, it contributes to better decision-making by politicians, planners, local authorities, NPOs, and local communities in many rapidly urbanizing and potentially aging regions such as Asia. In the era of urban shrinkage, Japanese cities have struggled with aging populations, low fertility, population loss, and a decline in the economic base over decades. In particular, shrinkage in metropolitan suburbs and large cities (e.g., sites of prefectural government with 300 000-400 000 inhabitants) has caused serious social problems owing to the huge aging population and large areas covered. One typical problem that has emerged is an increase in vacancies in now empty and abandoned housing.
- Contents:
- Why the rise in urban housing vacancies oc-curred and matters in Japan
- Mapping the problems of housing vacancies in Japan
- Changes in essential facilities of housing estates in an aging society: the failure of city planning in Japan
- Geodemographic characteristics of vacant houses in the resale condominium market in the Kansai metropolitan area
- The decline in price of suburban secondhand hosuing in Hiroshima city
- Distribution of vacant homes in Tama city in the Tokyo metropolitan area: estimation using GIS and small area statistics
- Urban abandonment and housing vacancies in Japanese local cities: a case of Kyo-machiya, traditional wooden town houses
- A problem of vacant housing in local cities: Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture case study
- Revitalizing old houses "Kominka" by private real estate agencies
- Local responses to a rise in housing vacancies in the Nagoya suburbs. .
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-981-13-7920-8
- 9789811379208
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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