SPACE, PLANNING, AND RURALITY: Uneven Rural Development in Japan - Softcover

Kitano, Shu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426909535 ISBN 13: 9781426909535

Publisher: Trafford, 2009

Synopsis

What is sustainable rural development in the age of the global economy? Today, in most advanced industrial societies, rural communities are in crisis. Based on in-depth field interviews with villagers in six rural localities on the fringe of Tokyo, the global city, this study reveals the limitations of government-led green tourism and other mura-okoshi (rural and community development) initiatives often called post modern/alternative and what it means to conventional economic policy. The general finding is that only exceptional localities with privileged conditions of location and resources can survive successfully, and thus their policy cannot be not readily generalized.

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About the Author

Shu Kitano is Professor in the Department of Tourism and Transnational Studies at Dokkyo University in Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from Cornell University. His most recent books in Japanese are: The Post-Development Movement and Local NGOs in Southern Mexico (2008) and Community Development in the Kyosei Age (2008). He is a winner of academic awards from the Japanese Society of Agricultural and Regional Development (JASRAD) and Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)

Edition details

• Publisher: Trafford
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426909535
• ISBN 13: 9781426909535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200