revitalization (continued )

identity in, 404–405

national parks in, 412–414

politics of, 263

Sado Island

conflict and disagreement, 308–311

economic and employment conditions, 297

education, 302

embracing shrinkage, 296

population change, 113–117

reasons for leaving, 117–123

stability and sustainability, 304

sake brewing, 304

Sanriku Coast, 220, 224, 324, 443, 450

satoyama (woodland around village), 161, 165

Scotland

demographic policy, 66

demographic trends, 66

migration, 69

shata gai (shuttered shopping arcades), 302

Shiga Prefecture, 93, 104, 181, 184, 204

Shinkansen super express train

Hokuriku Shinkansen, 147

impact on society, 137–140

Joestsu Shinkansen, 136

Kysh Shinkansen, 153

Nagano Shinkansen, 140, 145

network, 141

San’y Shinkansen, 140, 144

Thoku Shinkansen, 140

Tkaid Shinkansen, 140

Shirakami Sanchi Mountains, 417–418

shten gai (shuttered shopping arcades), 302

shrinkage

advantages, 249–251

as a continuous process, 23

background and context, 17–21

consequences, 21–22, 429–430

defined, 19–20

demographic trends, 87–90

dynamics of, 201–203

embracing, 296, 423

entrenching, 247–255

European Union, 41–42

historical perspective, 30–36, 83

Japan’s, 24–26, 27–30

and local economies, 87

and national policy, 85–87

patterns, 430–431

recommendations/responses, 431–436

and Shinkansen, 137–140

visual aspects, 21, 156–165

Shrinking Regions Research Group, 4

members and research areas, 7–11

Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP), 244

social phases of hope, 320

Socially Integrative City Programme. See Germany

Special Zones for Structural Reform, 284

stability, 5, 304–308, 437

succession. See atotsugi

sumiyasui tokoro (comfortable and attractive place to live), 296