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The post-urbanization of Tokyo : its spatio temporal geography and governance
The urbanization of the global population could lead human societies to both declining and aging populations. This is because mature urban societies tend to provide urban dwellers, especially females, with better educational and work opportunities, reproductive health services, and freedom of life planning, which could result in a considerable decrease in national fertility rates. Under such societal improvements, 26–33 out of 48 global megacities, large urban regions with populations of over 10 million, will be situated in countries whose national population is projected to decrease by 20–50% by 2100. Amid such a substantial and sustained national population shrinkage, even megacities will not be free from urban shrinkage. In other words, mature urban societies will shift to the phase of ‘after’ urbanization—post-urbanization. Considering the rather realistic scenarios of post-urbanization, it will increasingly become a significant task for urban scholars and urban policymakers to explore and understand how the decline of highly urbanized societies will potentially change mature urban societies and how they are governed. Yet, the field of urban studies remains underdeveloped in terms of both academic and policy attention and foundational empirical research on post-urbanization. This thesis seeks to address this gap. Specifically, its overarching aim is to envisage what post- urbanization could bring to urban societies in the 21st century and propose policy propositions for future scholars and policymakers. To achieve the given aim, this thesis, as one of the initial scientific research efforts, explored the post-urbanization of the Tokyo Capital Region, the world’s largest megacity projected to become the first declining megacity by 2030, both in theoretical and empirical terms. In the theoretical exploration, relying on and revising existing relevant theories, this thesis discusses how demographic factors will increasingly play a constitutive role in urbanization and urban governance during a phase of constant ...
The post-urbanization of Tokyo : its spatio temporal geography and governance
The urbanization of the global population could lead human societies to both declining and aging populations. This is because mature urban societies tend to provide urban dwellers, especially females, with better educational and work opportunities, reproductive health services, and freedom of life planning, which could result in a considerable decrease in national fertility rates. Under such societal improvements, 26–33 out of 48 global megacities, large urban regions with populations of over 10 million, will be situated in countries whose national population is projected to decrease by 20–50% by 2100. Amid such a substantial and sustained national population shrinkage, even megacities will not be free from urban shrinkage. In other words, mature urban societies will shift to the phase of ‘after’ urbanization—post-urbanization. Considering the rather realistic scenarios of post-urbanization, it will increasingly become a significant task for urban scholars and urban policymakers to explore and understand how the decline of highly urbanized societies will potentially change mature urban societies and how they are governed. Yet, the field of urban studies remains underdeveloped in terms of both academic and policy attention and foundational empirical research on post-urbanization. This thesis seeks to address this gap. Specifically, its overarching aim is to envisage what post- urbanization could bring to urban societies in the 21st century and propose policy propositions for future scholars and policymakers. To achieve the given aim, this thesis, as one of the initial scientific research efforts, explored the post-urbanization of the Tokyo Capital Region, the world’s largest megacity projected to become the first declining megacity by 2030, both in theoretical and empirical terms. In the theoretical exploration, relying on and revising existing relevant theories, this thesis discusses how demographic factors will increasingly play a constitutive role in urbanization and urban governance during a phase of constant ...
The post-urbanization of Tokyo : its spatio temporal geography and governance
Tateishi, Eigo (Autor:in)
01.01.2025
doi:10.24834/isbn.9789178775453
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
710
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