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Smart Shrinking Sado: Development Strategies in Shrinking Cities

Year: 2009

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Rapid urbanisation has resulted in shrinking cities around the world, and Japan is no exception. This thesis endeavours to understand the causes and consequences of, and prospects for, shrinking cities in Japan through a case study: the city of Sado. Sado faces the shrinking city phenomenon following deindustrialisation, deagriculturalisation and Japan‘s structure of high concentration. Within Sado, suburbanisation and peripherization is observed, draining the younger generation from the central areas they were traditionally found. For the revitalisation of Sado, this thesis proposes combined strategies of smart growth within the context of a shrinking city—potentially called ‗smart shrinkage‘—and a city branding campaign.

Source: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Author: Ryo Taniguchi

Language: English

Topic: Urbanization and City Planning

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2135883981

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