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RESEARCH ON THE CONDITIONS OR SOCIAL CAPITALS OF URBAN PLANNING AND DEMOCRACY IN JAPAN

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12620082
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionEHIME UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

KITAHARA Tetsuya  EHIME UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW AND LETTERS, PROFESSOR, 法文学部, 教授 (10136301)

Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
KeywordsURBAN PLANNING / DEMOCRACY / SOCIAL CAPITAL / POLITICAL CULTURE / LAND-ADJUSTMENT PROJECT / R.PUTNAM
Research Abstract

This research investigated the conditions of Japanese democracy on the analysis of urban planning, especially land-adjustment projects. Below are the findings of the research.
1. The quantitative analysis of the land readjustments projects among prefectures in Japan presented that the determinant factors of numbers and performance of land-readjustment projects are the different localities (the east Japan- west Japan etc.) and different degrees of urbanization, not "social capital" such as civic associations. Comparative analysis of prefectures was too large to be analyzed in a meaningful way (R.Putnam's analysis of states in USA, but the analysis seem meaningless).
2. The case-studies of the cities such as Osaka, Nagoya, Matsuyama, and Tottori etc.showed below :
1) The found causality : number and performance of projects ← attitudes and behavior of participants (officials, residents and farmer's cooperatives) ←local history and experiences of projects, behavior and ideas of economic rationality, and residents' trust on the public administrations etc.
2) The conditions of good projects such as residents' trust on the public administrations, communal consciousness and economic and rational orientation are the conditions of democracy. The experiences of projects produced political feasibility of residents which is essential of democracy.
3) The limits of Japanese democracy are the low level of general trust which democracy is based on. The trust found in land-adjustments is on concrete and communal interests.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • 2000 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(1 results)

All Other

All Publications (1 results)

  • [Publications] 北原鉄也: "都市計画行政にとって都市とは何か"都市問題研究. 52巻9号. 50-65 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2000-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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