Recently, the Japanese government initiated an administrative process which has resulted in the merging of municipalities across the country. Since then, the quality of services provided to inhabitants by the local government has declined in depopulated areas. As a result, it has been suggested that there may be a role for self-organization in the revival of local governance. In many depopulated areas, the distance between local government and the local community has continued to grow, and this ...
Tópico(s): Rural development and sustainability
2010 - The Human Geographical Society of Japan | Japanese Journal of Human Geography
Daiki SHIROMOTO, Shota TAMURA, Takahiro Tanaka,
... we clarified the relationship between these factors for Akitakata City in Hiroshima Prefecture, located in the Chugoku ...
Tópico(s): Regional Development and Environment
2024 - Architectural Institute of Japan | Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)