Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Respo ...

Copyright 2011 Peter Matanle, Anthony S. Rausch, and the Shrinking Regions Research Group

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Matanle, Peter C. D.
     Japan’s shrinking regions in the 21st century: contemporary responses to depopulation and socioeconomic decline / Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group.
           p. cm.
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN 978-1-60497-758-5
1. Japan—Population. 2. Japan—Rural conditions. 3. Rural-urban relations—Japan. 4. Japan—Economic conditions—21st century—Regional disparities. 5. Japan—Social conditions—21st century. I. Rausch, Anthony, 1960- II. Shrinking Regions Research Group. III. Title.

     HB3651.M367 2011
     304.6’20952—dc23

2011018367