This book brings together a series of contributions which examine the processes of contemporary city development and urban planning in Japan. A central theme of

Annotation This book brings together a series of contributions which examine the processes of contemporary city development and urban planning in Japan. A centr

This is the first book to comprehensively examine the phenomenon of Japanese city planning. Japan is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with its own t

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an