| 书目名称 | Spatial Economics for Building Back Better |
| 副标题 | The Japanese Experie |
| 编辑 | Masahisa Fujita,Nobuaki Hamaguchi,Yoshihiro Kameya |
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| 概述 | Applies spatial economics theory to the problem of natural disaster recovery.Gives due consideration to a declining and aging population in a mature economy.Argues that decentralization is necessary t |
| 丛书名称 | Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific |
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| 描述 | .The central theme of this book is national land and infrastructure design in the age of the declining population and the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake in the affected regions in Japan. Based on the theory of spatial economics and evidence from Japanese history, the authors show that the growing economy with a population increase develops into a multi-cored and complex structure. In the population decline phase, however, such construction will be destabilized because of agglomeration economies in the central core. Then, a catastrophic shock that strikes may provoke the decline of the lower-rank-size provincial cities and their eventual disappearance if they compete only in lower prices of staple products. Not only is the practice bad for the residents; it also leads to lower national welfare resulting from the loss of diversity and overcrowded big cities. The authors argue that small local towns can recover and will be sustained if they will endeavor in innovative production by making good use of local natural resources and social capital. Under the ongoing declining population in Japan, an undesirable concentration in Tokyo will proceed further with increasing soc |
| 出版日期 | Book 2021 |
| 关键词 | Spatial Economics; New Economic Geography; NEG; Disaster Recovery; Population Decline; Tsunami Impact |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4951-6 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-981-16-4953-0 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-981-16-4951-6Series ISSN 2199-8620 Series E-ISSN 2199-8639 |
| issn_series | 2199-8620 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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