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Planning to sustain depopulating communities: Japan and the USA
Japan today seeks to maintain sufficiency in food production even when food products may be bought more cheaply on the world market. Emphasis on agriculture maintains rural populations to a greater extent than in other advanced economies. Also supporting rural communities is a strong cultural identity with the village-centred lifestyles of previous generations. While national industrial development policy is largely responsible for the Japanese economic 'miracle', this policy has emphasized concentration of research, production and people in urban areas. Those communities which cannot develop further in primary or secondary sectors may turn to tertiary services like tourism for sustaining traditional ways of life. This paper discusses these efforts, contrasts international and local traditions of planning service provision, and makes comparisons with experiences in the USA.
Planning to sustain depopulating communities: Japan and the USA
Japan today seeks to maintain sufficiency in food production even when food products may be bought more cheaply on the world market. Emphasis on agriculture maintains rural populations to a greater extent than in other advanced economies. Also supporting rural communities is a strong cultural identity with the village-centred lifestyles of previous generations. While national industrial development policy is largely responsible for the Japanese economic 'miracle', this policy has emphasized concentration of research, production and people in urban areas. Those communities which cannot develop further in primary or secondary sectors may turn to tertiary services like tourism for sustaining traditional ways of life. This paper discusses these efforts, contrasts international and local traditions of planning service provision, and makes comparisons with experiences in the USA.
Planning to sustain depopulating communities: Japan and the USA
Sullivan, Arthur (author)
International Planning Studies ; 2 ; 391-402
1997-10-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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