Analysis of japanese shrinking cities and policies to tackle this problem (the case of sammu city and its economic gardening project)
Analysis of japanese shrinking cities and policies to tackle this problem (the case of sammu city and its economic gardening project)
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10.15826/recon.2019.5.3.013
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2019-10
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T. Yamamoto;Т. Ямамото
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作者：
T. Yamamoto;Т. Ямамото
本文研究了城市萎缩的问题，并评价了为减轻萎缩影响而采取的政策。本文的分析部分讨论了收缩型城市的定义、日本未来几十年在国家和市町村层面上的人口减少以及日本收缩型城市人口减少与经济结构变化的恶性循环。本文件第二部分探讨了缩小城市的预期政策目标，沿着实现这些目标的战略和方法。这表明，日本政府自2014年以来实施的战略是不充分和无效的。一个替代性的倡议（例如，经济园艺模式）是必要的，以补充政府的计划，以赋予中小企业在城市，创造更多的就业机会，提高企业和城市居民的收入。本文的案例研究部分分析了三武的案例-一个萎缩的日本城市，一直在从事经济园艺项目。尽管该项目的成果尚未得到正式确认，但现有数据显示，参与该方案的当地公司的销售和就业有所改善，或至少保持在同一水平。未来研究的潜在领域可能是分析俄罗斯和澳大利亚等资源依赖地区萎缩城市的振兴计划。这些研究可以为适当的政策制定和执行提供有见地的建议。
This paper examined the problem of shrinking cities and evaluated the policies used to mitigate the impact of shrinkage. The analytical section of this paper discusses the definition of a shrinking city, Japan’s depopulation in the coming decades on the national and municipality level, and the vicious circle of the population loss and the change of economic structure in shrinking Japanese cities. The second section of the paper examines the desired policy goals for shrinking cities, along with strategies and approaches to achieve them. It is shown that the strategies that the Japanese national government has realized since 2014 were inadequate and ineffective. An alternative initiative (for example, the economic gardening model) is necessary to complement governmental programs to empower SMEs in cities, create more jobs and boost the incomes of businesses and city residents. The case study section of this paper analyzed the case of Sammu – a shrinking Japanese city, which has been engaged in an economic gardening project. Even though the outcomes of this project have not been officially confirmed, the available data show that the sales and employment of the local firms that participated in the program either improved or at least remained at the same level. The potential area for future research might be analysis of programs for revitalizing shrinking cities in resource-dependent regions, for instance, of Russia and Australia. Such studies could provide insightful suggestions for adequate policy formulation and implementation.