{"product_id":"living-cities-in-japan-citizens-movements-machizukuri-and-local-environments-9780415547079","title":"Living Cities in Japan: Citizens' Movements, Machizukuri and Local Environments","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management processes, such activities are widely referred to as \u003cem\u003emachizukuri\u003c\/em\u003e, and represent an important development in local politics and urban management in Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume examines the growth and nature of such civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance, raising important questions about the changing roles of and relations between central and local government, and between citizens and the state, in managing shared spaces. The\u003cem\u003e machizukuri\u003c\/em\u003e processes studied here can be seen as the focus of an important emerging trend toward increased civic participation in managing processes of urban change in Japan. The contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the \u003cem\u003emachizukuri \u003c\/em\u003ephenomenon through examination not only of theory and history, but also of case studies illustrating real changes in the institutions of place making and neighbourhood governance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Cities in Japan\u003c\/em\u003e will be of particular value to readers interested in social, urban, geographical and environmental studies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Sorensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415547079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. André Sorensen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Programme in Planning at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Carolin Funck is Associate Professor at Hiroshima University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984326295667,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":109.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_613a48ea-89b7-4573-bf01-db032c0e5e79.jpg?v=1760708070","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/living-cities-in-japan-citizens-movements-machizukuri-and-local-environments-9780415547079","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}