Mitigating urban decline through the compact city? Reflections on 15 years of urban recentralization policies in Japan

Sophie Buhnik — 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

To cope with a rapidly spreading and now pervasive phenomenon of urban decline, Japanese authorities have actively promoted “compact city” strategies. However, 15 years after the launch of the Urban Renaissance Special Measure Law, designed to rejuvenate the downtown areas of Japan's largest cities, the neoliberal-oriented rationale that underpinned many compact city projects is now met with mixed opinions in Japan, especially in light of its contrasting effects on seniors' access to urban

- From the Field / aging, periurban, downtown, city centre, Japan, shrinking cities, urban decline, urban shrinkage, degrowth, shrinkage, periphery, compact city

Aging in self-managed housing

Stéphanie Vermeersch & translated by Claudio Cambon — 2011-03-02T08:33:31Z

What happens to old people when they find themselves in a state of dependence? As an alternative to retirement homes, self-managed housing consists of organizations set up mostly by women who have created spaces where people can age well by taking care of themselves and others.
---- Series: Mutual Housing If the employment of seniors holds the attention of politicians and the media today, the issues surrounding aging will weigh on public authorities all the more so tomorrow. Housing for

- From the Field / care, aging, alternative housing

Metropolitics

Mitigating urban decline through the compact city? Reflections on 15 years of urban recentralization policies in Japan

Aging in self-managed housing