Depopulation, Deindustrialisation and Disasters: Building Sustainable Communities in Japan

PART I Japan as the epitome of the triple Ds in the world Chapter 1 Global Trends in Facing the Triple Ds: Dynamics, Challenges, and Opportunities; Thorsten Wiechmann Chapter 2 Japanese Democracy in the Era of the Triple Ds; Kazuaki Nagatomi Chapter 3 Decentralisation and the Triple Ds in Japanese Municipalities; Kimie Tsuchiyama Chapter 4 Japanese Governance and Meta-governance; Tatsuro Niikawa Chapter 5 Kyoto Alliance for Local Public Human Resource Development; Tomomi Kubo & Kazuyo Murata PART II Depopulation Chapter 6 A New, Sustainable Form for Farming Villages and the Role of Migrants from the City; Naoko Oishi Chapter 7 Prospects and Challenges of the Social Security System and in Realising "Regional Cohesive Societies"; Kanako Imasato Chapter 8 Sustainable Medical Care Systems in Areas with a Declining and Aging Population: A Consideration of the Northern Part of Kyoto Prefecture as a Case Study; Nao Toyoda & Hiroshi Yahagi Chapter 9 The Emerging Food Desert in Kyoto: A New Challenge for Planners for a Sustainable and Health Living in the Built Environment; Daisuke Abe PART III Deindustrialisation Chapter 10 Impact of Industrialisation on Cities in Japan: The Past and Future of Osaka; Mayuko Shimizu Chapter 11 Issues with Japan's Agricultural Subsidies, which are Resistant to New Situations: Focusing on the Case Study of Morimoto District, Kyotango City, in the Northern Area of Kyoto Prefecture; Hong Shi Jin Chapter 12 Energy Governance: Mainstreaming Energy Policy for Local Sustainability; Nobutaka Matoba PART IV Disasters Chapter 13 Formation and Development of "Disaster Resilience Theory" in Japan; Ryoga Ishihara Chapter 14 Tohoku Food Communication as a Case Study of the New Economy in Post Disaster-Affected Tohoku, Japan; Fumihiko Saito.- Chapter 15 The Development of Disaster Management Laws and Systems after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Local Resilience; Naofumi Ota Chapter 16 Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Nuclear Policies; Kenichi Oshima Chapter 17 Community Foundations and Social Investments in Japan; Masataka Fukao 18. Conclusion; Katsutaka Shiraishi