Case Study on Territorial Development in Japan

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Case Study on Territorial Development in Japan

dc.contributor.author	Jain, Vibhu
dc.contributor.author	Okazawa, Yuko
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-24T21:19:05Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-24T21:19:05Z
dc.date.issued	2019-06
dc.description.abstract	Word War second left Japan crippled, affecting its economy, governance, demography, settlements, social well-being, and others. However, Japan used this as an opportunity to restructure itself to become a progressive, balanced, and well-rounded country. Spatial or territorial development is critical to national economic transformation. It is supported by and simultaneously impacts economic, social, demographic, institutional, and administrative reforms. Based on lessons from a wide range of international experiences, three key agendas arise as key to effective territorial development: (a) concentration: create generic capital for an uncertain future economy, (b) connectivity: connect markets nationally and internationally, and (c) convergence: ensure decent living standards everywhere. Japan has followed a virtuous path of quite intense concentration, with early investment in strong connectivity between places, and in high living standards and human capital investments everywhere. At present, Japan is entering an era of substantial decline and aging of the population, which requires reexamining of all the plans and policies for reconstructing the society. Looking forward, Japan’s declining, and aging population, in fact raises the importance of allowing concentration in a few dynamic, high-amenity, places that can be serviced efficiently, rather than trying to spread a dwindling population across the country.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/434651560830510154/Case-Study-on-Territorial-Development-in-Japan
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/31940
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31940
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Tokyo Development Learning Center Policy Paper Series,no. 2;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	SPATIAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
dc.subject	REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN PLANNING
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	TERRITORIAL PLANNING
dc.title	Case Study on Territorial Development in Japan	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
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okr.date.disclosure	2019-06-18
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okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	Japan
okr.topic	Urban Development::National Urban Development Policies & Strategies
okr.topic	Urban Development::Regional Urban Development
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Economic Development
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