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Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Hokurikudo and the Tosando I / by Fumie Kumagai
(Population Studies of Japan. ISSN:21982732)

Publisher	(Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer)
Year	2021
Edition	1st ed. 2021.
Authors	*Kumagai, Fumie author SpringerLink (Online service)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00187579		Springer Social Sciences eBooks (電子ブック)	9789811661525

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	XVIII, 94 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color : online resource
Notes	Chapter 1: Introduction: Issues, Theoretical Framework, and Methodolog -- Chapter 2: Niigata Prefecture in Hokurikudo of Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations -- Chapter 3: Ishikawa Prefecture in Hokurikudo of Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations This book provides an insightful sociological study of the shrinking Japanese population through a regional variation perspective as it varies significantly by municipality, even within the same prefecture. Using demographic data on municipal levels, the book identifies the power unique to each municipality, which can mobilize a shrinking but sustainable Japan. The study identifies the principal explanatory factors based on the small area data of e-Stat through GPS statistical software tools such as G-census and EvaCva within a historical perspective. The theoretical framework of this study, i.e., the reason for regional variations in Japan, is the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan). This historical knowledge helps in understanding the significance of the regional cultural heritage that remains in each municipality today. The book pays special attention to municipal variations within the same prefecture, utilizing a completely unique approach, unlike those that have been pursued by other researchers. This volume studies two present-day prefectures for detailed analyses based on the Goki-Shichido framework for impacts of regional variations of population decline in Japan. They are Niigata Prefecture, made up of the formerly named Echigo and Sado provinces; Ishikawa Prefecture, formed by the ancient Kaga and Noto provinces; Fukui Prefecture, based on the earlier Wakasa and Echizen provinces of the Hokurikudo; Nagano Prefecture, still called Shinano Province today and commonly divided into four areas and ten regions; and Gifu Prefecture, composed of the ancient Mino and Hida provinces of the Tosando as examples of the impact of municipal power on regional variations of shrinking Japan. However, due to the limitation of the number of pages set forth for Springer Briefs in Population Studies: Population Studies of Japan, for which the current publication is a part, it has become necessary to divide the book into two volumes, namely Volume I and Volume II. Because of this limitation the current volume I is consisted of three chapters, namely, Chapter 1: Issues, theoretical framework, and methodology; Chapter 2: Niigata Prefecture in the Hokurikudo; and Chapter 3: Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokurikudo. The remaining three prefectures, i.e., Fukui in the Hokurikudo area, Nagano and Gifu both in the Tosando area will be discussed in the Volume II of this book. By presenting unique analyses of regional variations on small municipal levels, with demographic variables, social indicators, and historical identities, this book offers suggestions for effective regional policies to revitalize a shrinking Japan to a sustainable one. The Volume I, therefore, analyzes and discusses in detail both Niigata and Ishikawa prefectures of the Hokurikudo HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6152-5
Subjects	LCSH:Demography LCSH:Population LCSH:Human geography LCSH:Comparative government FREE:Population and Demography FREE:Human Geography FREE:Comparative Public Policy FREE:Human Geography
Classification	LCC:HB848-3697 DC23:304.6
ID	8000077720
ISBN	9789811661525