No miracles here : fighting urban decline in Japan and the United States
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Gilman, Theodore J., 1965-
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LC Subjects
Japan -- Social conditions.
United States -- Social conditions.
Urban policy -- Japan.
Urban policy -- United States.
Urban renewal -- Japan.
Urban renewal -- United States.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Japan -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkT7GyCmyjxytDfqk6Yfq
Social conditions
United States -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Other Subjects
74.73 urban and rural renewal.
Honʼyaku iin shachū -- Japan
Japan
Japan -- Social conditions.
Japon -- Conditions sociales.
Japon -- Conditions sociales.
Politique urbaine -- Japon.
Politique urbaine -- Japon.
Politique urbaine -- États-Unis.
Politique urbaine -- États-Unis.
Rénovation urbaine -- Japon.
Rénovation urbaine -- États-Unis.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtsanierung
United States -- Social conditions.
Urban policy -- Japan.
Urban policy -- United States.
Urban renewal -- Japan.
Urban renewal -- United States.
USA
Villes -- Rénovation -- Japon.
Villes -- Rénovation -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Conditions sociales.
États-Unis -- Conditions sociales.

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Book
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xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"This probing comparison of two struggling company towns, one in Japan and one in the United States, offers valuable urban revitalization lessons. The author compares urban revitalization efforts in Flint, Michigan, the declining automobile industry town, and Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, home of the largest coal mine in Japan, from the early 1970s through the early 1990s. Striking similarites emerge, both in the way redevelopment policy is made and in policy content. For example, both cities work to create new jobs, attract tourism, and diversify their economic bases. Despite these similarities, there are also differences that help the Japanese system do a better job of managing socioeconomic decline.
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Notably, the Japanese system is better suited to effecting incremental improvements in local socioeconomic conditions, while the American system often takes the big gamble that, if successful, dramatically improves conditions. This gamble, however, can also result in a failure to reverse the city's economic decline. No Miracles Here finds that although Japanese and American cities rarely achieve truly successful revitalization, the Japanese have been more successful at avoiding the pitfalls of bad redevelopment policy."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gilman, T. J. (2001). No miracles here: fighting urban decline in Japan and the United States . State University of New York Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilman, Theodore J., 1965-. 2001. No Miracles Here: Fighting Urban Decline in Japan and the United States. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilman, Theodore J., 1965-. No Miracles Here: Fighting Urban Decline in Japan and the United States Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Gilman, T. J. (2001). No miracles here: fighting urban decline in japan and the united states. Albany: State University of New York Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gilman, Theodore J. No Miracles Here: Fighting Urban Decline in Japan and the United States State University of New York Press, 2001.

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