| Teachers | ARAI, Yoshio | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade, Semester | Year 3 1st semest [Department of Regional Economics, Faculty of Economics] | |
| Category | Special Subjects | |
| Elective, Credits | Elective 2credit | |
| Syllabus Number | 8F301 | |
The history of regional development policy in the postwar Japan is focused in this class. The concepts and policy processes from the 1st to 5th Comprehensive National Development Plans are mainly discussed.
The students will get an essential knowledge to understand the relation between regional development policy and regional economy through the history of regional development policy in the postwar Japan.
Term examination (60%), short tests, short reports, discussions in the class (40% in total).
| Kind | Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textbook | Handouts will be distributed. | ||
| References | The reference materials will be indicated in the class. |
To collect the reference materials as books, papers and reports about the histories and the situations of the regions focused in the class will help to understand the lectures.
Use of the Internet will be useful to collect information about various cases.
To read news papers carefully everyday will be helpful.
| 1 | Orientation |
| 2 | Enactment and concepts of the Comprehensive National Development Act |
| 3 | The Comprehensive Development Plan for specially designated area and TVA |
| 4 | 'Balanced development of the national land' and the Principle of the Nodal System Development: the method of the 1st Comprehensive National Development Plan |
| 5 | A Story of the 'New Industrial Cities' |
| 6 | Transportation networks and the Large-scale Industrial Parks: the method of the 2nd Comprehensive National Development Plan |
| 7 | Large-scale Industrial Parks and its consequence |
| 8 | Integrated Residence Policy: the method of the 3rd Comprehensive National Development Plan |
| 9 | Oil-shock and the Techno-police policy |
| 10 | National land formation policy on the concept of the decentralization through multipolarization: the method of the 4th Comprehensive National Development Plan |
| 11 | Private Sector Resources Utilization Law and urban redevelopments |
| 12 | Law for Arranging Integrated Recreational Areas and the promotion of sparsely populated regions |
| 13 | Grand Design for the 21st Century and the National Spatial Strategies |
| 14 | 'Age of the country' |
| 15 | Conclusion |
