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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Regional Structural Change and Economic Revitalization Strategies in International Perspective

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01045031
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionUniversity-to-University Cooperative Research
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

KAWAGUCHI Kiyofumi  Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 産業社会学部, 教授 (40102157)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) LINCICOM Mark  University Center for International Studies University of Pittsburgh, 国際研究センター, 研究員
BANGS Ralph L.  University Center for Social and Urban Research University of Pittsburgh, 都市研究所, 研究員
SINGH Vijai P.  Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, 社会学部, 教授
HOLZNER Burkart  Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, 社会学部, 教授
HAYASHI Kentaro  Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 産業社会学部, 教授 (40066741)
SAKANO Mitsutoshi  Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, 経済学部, 教授 (40066626)
KOGA Mitsuhide  Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, 経済学部, 教授 (80066711)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1991
Keywordscompetition among cities / comparative advantage / university / nonprofit organization / science intensive city / policy evaluation / community development / public-private-partnership
Research Abstract

This project is a part of an international project on "Regional Structural Change and Economic Revitalization in International Perspective" sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh. As well known, Pittsburgh is now transforming from heavy industrial city to science and knowledge intensive city. Not only Pittsburgh but also other industrial cities in the world are facing the problem of decline heavy industries and decline of the city itself. Internationally contextualization of the experiences of Pittsburgh must be useful for both regional policy making and policy science as a social science.
In this project, two Japanese old industrial cities, Kitakyushu and Amagasaki, were compared with Pittsburgh. The research methods were interviews, symposiums and statistical survey.
Our main conclusions are follows ;
The first issue is the content of the strategy for regional revitalization. Giving up the steel industry which had been the main, Pittsburgh is going towards so-called science intensive city. The key words of making strategy are competition among cities and comparative advantage.
The second issue is on agents or actor in the regional revitalization. Although Pittsburgh is well known by its public-private-patnership, it is far different from the Japanese privatization policies. The most important point is that nonprofit sector coordinate the other sectors, public and for-profit, in Pittsburgh. Adding to famous ACCD, which led the redevelopment of the downtown Pittsburgh, community development corporations become active. Two research universities, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University play the pivotal roll in making science intensive city.
The third issue is quantification of policy targets and their results. In Pittsburgh, policies are evaluated by change of jobs and population. On the contrast, Japan does not have such clear index.

  • Research Products

    (2 results)

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All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 川口 清史、バ-カ-ト・ホルツナ-編: "「産業構造変化と地域再生戦略」" 未定, (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Kawaguchi, K. and Holzner, B. ed: Regional Structural Change and Economic Revitalization : from the Pittsburgh Experiences, (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1993-03-16  

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