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Author:   Kenji Tsutsumi
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9789811590443

ISBN 10:   9811590443
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   24 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: The Trajectory of the Mountainous Area Research and the Book’s Perspective Part I: The Overview of the Depopulation Problem and the Reality of Population Outflow Chapter 2. Depopulation as a Regional Problem and Reality of Depopulation Chapter 3. Analysis of Population Migration from the Depopulated　Mountain Village: A Case of Kamitsue Village in Oita Prefecture Part II: The Reality of the Living Environment in Depopulated Mountainous Areas and IT Support for Regional Living Functions Chapter 4. Regional Living Functions in Depopulated Settlements in Shimane Prefecture Chapter 5. Regional Living Functions and IT Support Part III: Social Capital, Living Environment and Regional Living Functions of Communities Chapter 6. Social Capital and Living Environment of Rural Villages Chapter 7. Reformation of a Settlement Forced to Move for the Construction of Dam: The Case of Tsukinoya, a Settlement in Kisuki Town, Un’nan City, Shimane Prefecture Chapter 8. Formation of a Community by Hometown Organizations that Promote Interactions among Residents in Urban and Rural Areas: Activities by Furusato Chikara, an NPO Created by Residents in the Kinki Region and the Case of the Miyoshi Region in Tokushima Prefecture Chapter 9. Social Movements and Social Capital in Senri New Town Chapter 10. Peripheral Regions in the Era of Regional Crisis, Society 5.0, the Post-Pandemic, and the Post-Urban: A Concluding and Additional Chapter for the English Edition PostfaceIndices

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Kenji Tsutsumi, Dr. Lit., is a Professor in the Section of Human Geography, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University. He is a socioeconomic geographer, and his main research fields are depopulation, regional change, regional planning, regional social capital, and theory of spatial peripheralization. He often visits mountainous villages, islands, former coal mining regions, and even locally decaying sites in large cities. He holds two posts as Professor at his school and was one of the first teachers in the Erasmus Mundus Program there. He is now also a Professor for the Programs for the Leading Graduate Schools, established and sponsored by the National Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—the “Cross Boundary Innovation Program” at Osaka University. In 2008, he was chosen as a contributor to the work of “The Shrinking Cities Project” by Philipp Oswalt and in 2014 as a contributor to The International Encyclopedia of Geography, edited by the American Association of Geographers. In addition, he is a representative of a junior sports club and is an instructor of one of the Japanese martial arts, Giwakempo (having a 6th-grade black belt), as a local leader for child education.

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