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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 social cost and risk. The recent novel coronavirus pandemic has highlighted that concern.
Contents
Long-Term Transition of Population and National Land System.- Transformation Processes of National Land Systems and Reconstruction Policy from a Spatial Economics Perspective.- Process of Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake with Pictures and Data.- Population Decline and Creative Reconstruction in Disaster-Affected Areas.- Reconstruction Based on Natural Resources.- Supply Chain Resiliency.- Regeneration of Physical and Institutional Infrastructure for Local Community.- Local Community as a Device for Regional Innovation.- Building Back Better to Overcome the COVID- 19 Pandemic and the Great East Japan Earthquake.
