Depopulation, aging, and living environments : learning from social capital and mountainous areas in Japan
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Bibliographic Information
Depopulation, aging, and living environments : learning from social capital and mountainous areas in Japan
(Advances in geographical and environmental sciences / series editor, R.B. Singh)
Springer, c2021
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人口減少・高齢化と生活環境 : 山間地域とソーシャル・キャピタルの事例に学ぶ
Jinkogensho, Koreika to Seikatsukankyo : Sankanchiiki to Social Capital no Jirei ni Manabu
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Based on a translation from the Japanese language edition: Jinkogensho, Koreika to Seikatsukankyo -- Sankanchiiki to Social Capital no Jirei ni Manabu by Kenji Tsutsumi Copyright c Kyushu University Press 2015"--T.p. verso
"IGU, UGI"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides perspectives on depopulated areas and regional social capital from positivistic field surveys. Among the developed countries of the world, Japan has a very small amount of national land, with almost 70% of it being in mountainous locations. Concentration of populations and economic capital into large metropolitan areas along with many depopulated and population-aged regions in the mountainous parts can be seen in the country. A very clear regional disparity has arisen in Japan, especially since the era of its high economic growth.
This book also offers critical suggestions for the shrinking societies of the developed world in the era of Society 5.0, the fifth stage of society where economic development is achieved and social issues are resolved by the fusion of cyber and physical space. To begin, the book refers to an outline of depopulation and depopulated areas in Japan. Then, it deals with issues of depopulation, out-migration from a mountainous village, revitalization of local industries, and maintenance of daily living functions in these areas.
This book is suitable for students and scholars of the social sciences, regional planners, staffs of government offices, members of NPOs, general citizens, and the many other people who are interested in sustainability of a region and a community in a shrinking social environment.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Trajectory of the Mountainous Area Research and the Book's Perspective
Part I: The Overview of the Depopulation Problem and the Reality of Population Outflow
Chapter 2. Depopulation as a Regional Problem and Reality of Depopulation
Chapter 3. Analysis of Population Migration from the Depopulated Mountain Village: A Case of Kamitsue Village in Oita Prefecture
Part II: The Reality of the Living Environment in Depopulated Mountainous Areas and IT Support for Regional Living Functions
Chapter 4. Regional Living Functions in Depopulated Settlements in Shimane Prefecture
Chapter 5. Regional Living Functions and IT Support
Part III: Social Capital, Living Environment and Regional Living Functions of Communities
Chapter 6. Social Capital and Living Environment of Rural Villages
Chapter 7. Reformation of a Settlement Forced to Move for the Construction of Dam: The Case of Tsukinoya, a Settlement in Kisuki Town, Un'nan City, Shimane Prefecture
Chapter 8. Formation of a Community by Hometown Organizations that Promote Interactions among Residents in Urban and Rural Areas: Activities by Furusato Chikara, an NPO Created by Residents in the Kinki Region and the Case of the Miyoshi Region in Tokushima Prefecture
Chapter 9. Social Movements and Social Capital in Senri New Town
Chapter 10. Peripheral Regions in the Era of Regional Crisis, Society 5.0, the Post-Pandemic, and the Post-Urban: A Concluding and Additional Chapter for the English Edition
PostfaceIndices
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