Studies on Japanese cities and their urban policies as Global City-Regions

• Project/Area Number: 22530555
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: TAMANO Kazushi 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 教授 (00197568)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 社会学 / 都市政策 / 資本主義世界経済 / グローバル・シティ・リージョンズ / 都市 / 国家のリスケーリング / グローバリゼーション / グローバル・シティ・リージョン

Research Abstract

After the transition from Fordist to Post-fordist production system of Capitalist World Economy cities are expected to be regional motors of economic growth and urban policies have to promote it as a debate on a concept of Global City-Regions shows. Our purpose of this study is to find such tendency in Japanese cities and urban policies. As a result such role of cities and urban policies has been expected since the second half of the 1990s in Japan whole the Europe and North America have faced similar difficulty since the 1970s. It became clear that the significance of such urban policies was not yet fully recognized in Japan. It is very important point to think about Japanese economy and its stagnation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 資本主義世界経済の転換と地域政策の課題 (2013)
  • Author(s): 玉野和志
  • Journal Title: 大原社会問題研究所雑誌 Volume: (掲載予定) Pages: 656-656
  • NAID: 120005354040
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 都市研究の転換と家族・コミュニティ論の課題 (2012)
  • Author(s): 玉野和志
  • Journal Title: 社会学評論 Volume: 62(4) Pages: 442-58
  • NAID: 130004830077
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 日本におけるリスケーリング研究の可能性をめぐって (2012)
  • Author(s): 玉野和志
  • Journal Title: 地域社会学会年報 Volume: 第24集 Pages: 5-19
  • NAID: 130007646012
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Reconsidering Tokyo as a Global City (2011)
  • Author(s): Kazushi Tamano
  • Journal Title: 人文学報 Volume: No.437 Pages: 9-23
  • NAID: 110008659180
• [Journal Article] Reconsidering Tokyo as a Global City (2011)
  • Author(s): Kazushi TAMANO
  • Journal Title: 人文学報 Volume: 437 Pages: 9-23
  • NAID: 110008659180
• [Book] 2010年度～2012年度科学研究費補助金(基盤研究C)研究成果報告書,グローバル・シティ・リージョンズとしての日本都市の現状と可能性に関する研究 (2013)
  • Author(s): 玉野和志
  • Total Pages: 92
• [Book] グローバル・シティ・リージョンズとしての日本都市の現状と可能性に関する研究 (2013)
  • Author(s): 玉野和志
  • Total Pages: 92
  • Publisher: 研究成果報告書