Coal Mining Communities And Gentrification In Japan

Author : Tai Wei Lim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811372209
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan written by Tai Wei Lim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of approach in the field of energy studies of Japan, examining post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification. It considers the impact of closures on the agricultural industry, the re-absorption of laid off coal miners into service and industrial sectors, and the gentrification of former coal mines into agricultural farms and communities. It also considers the historical process of gentrification in terms of origins, social history, continuity/discontinuity and cooperation/resistance. The historical background of coal mine closures analyses nostalgic recollection about mine closures and Sakubei's UNESCO drawings of life in the coal mines and other cultural materials related to coal energy and the mining industry in general in Japan.

Author : Suzanne Culter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824821456
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Decline written by Suzanne Culter and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial restructuring has become a way of life, the inevitable accommodation to rapid changes in technology, to a global economy that affects large and small communities through the constant flow of goods and people, and to the challenging patterns of economic viability that alter that flow. Managing Decline examines the impact of coal mine closures in Yubari City, Hokkaido, once one of Japan's most prosperous coal-producing cities, and asks how Japanese culture has influenced the enactment of and response to industrial policy for restructuring in this community. For many years, coal formed the backbone of Japan's economic development, but the dangers and costs of mining became increasingly expensive for the industry and government. Global changes in coal production and exchange finally prompted Japan's decision in 1986 to shut down nearly all domestic coal mines in favor of coal imports. Japan's policy for industry restructuring has been applauded as one of the most comprehensive in addressing the needs of the industry, the workers, and the community. At the micro-level, however, the people in the community most affected by the policy decisions have been excluded from the process. Managing Decline reveals the stratified effects, as well as compensation, for the different groups in Yubari. Although the policy settlement package goes to the coal miners, community redevelopment ignores their needs, prompting them to leave the city and benefiting instead land owners and public employees. Revealed as well as the ways in which Japan's cultural values, particularly the vertical social structure as it affects decision making, status, occupations, and company organization, and the importance of maintaining the family system, figure in the policy process and its consequences. The author's research, based on two years' residence in Yubari during the last few years of the closures, makes an important contribution to community studies of social change in Japan. It is also the first field study to examine the effects of industrial policy for restructuring in Japan at the worker and community level.

Author : Yongseung Yun
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1837685800
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recent Advances for Coal Energy in the 21st Century written by Yongseung Yun and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With worsening climate change worldwide, the use of coal energy must be reevaluated. Lessons from highly optimized experiences in developed countries, along with innovative statistical tools, are ready to be employed in the coal energy field. Leveraging these resources can enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and promote sustainable practices in coal utilization. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the coal energy industry in the 21st century. It includes six chapters organized into three sections on the past and future of coal energy, application of statistical tools, and application technologies. Chapters address such topics as the pros and cons of coal energy, current clean coal technologies, the application of statistical tools to improve productivity and effectiveness in the coal energy industry, utilization of waste coal fly ash, and more.

Author : Matthew Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521450098
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Undermining the Japanese Miracle written by Matthew Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In effect, the people of Chikuho have been sacrificed for the development of Japan's overall economy. This book looks at some of the effects of economic rationalist policies: the neglect of the former coalminers by the government and the coal companies has created a situation whereby the region is poor and isolated, and the unemployment, crime and welfare dependence rates are high. There is little hope of economic recovery in this coalmining area.

Author : Tai Wei Lim
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811280991
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China's High-tech Companies: Case Studies Of China And Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Sar) written by Tai Wei Lim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is now considered a tech superpower in many areas. This book illustrates certain aspects and case studies of China's technological developments and further analyzes them under various areas like coal energy, housing, connectivity, digital and space technologies. Furthermore, it examines technological developments in the periphery of China, focusing especially on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). This book does not pretend to be comprehensive in its coverage albeit surveys a spectrum of sectors in China and Hong Kong to get an idea of their developments. By peering into China through the mainland continental perspective and also looking into China from its periphery (e.g., 'Greater China' perspectives from HKSAR), this book provides readers with the broad contours of technological development in China through a multidisciplinary area studies perspective.

Author : Tai Wei Lim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 981101681X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Transitions in Japan and China written by Tai Wei Lim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the topic of energy transitions in the coal mining industries of China and Japan by adopting a Sino-Japanese comparative approach in area studies to examine the experiences between the two major East Asian economies. In China, rapid industrialization led to dramatic growth in energy demand and much of this energy demand was fueled by affordable coal energy. With growing social concerns about the environment and an increasingly vocal middle class in contemporary China, the authorities and state-owned enterprises are studying the use of coal fuels for its future development. In Japan, coal was also an affordable main source of energy for Japan’s early post-war heavy industrialization until it was gradually replaced by oil in the 1960s. The oil shocks of the 1970s compelled Japan to look for cleaner and cheaper fuels, including nuclear power. In these energy transitions from coal to oil and then onto non-fossil fuels, the story of coal power in both countries is highlighted in this publication as a comparative study. This volume is a crucial contribution to the discussion of China's energy reforms, and required reading for scholars of climate change and society.

Author : Nisaburō Murakushi
Publisher : United Nations University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transfer of Coal-mining Technology for Japan to Manchuria and Manpower Problems, Focusing on the Development of the Fushun Coal Mines written by Nisaburō Murakushi and published by United Nations University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Japan. Nōshōmushō. Kōzankyoku
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mining in Japan, Past and Present written by Japan. Nōshōmushō. Kōzankyoku and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Teraki Nobuaki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781898823964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Discriminated Buraku Communities in Japan written by Teraki Nobuaki and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First study published in English. An intractable, divisive social problem with roots in pre-history, the ongoing discrimination against Dôwa communities (Buraku). Identified with 'unclean' work linked to specific occupations, their resulting marginalization and isolation within society as a whole remains a veiled yet contested issue.

Author : Nisaburo Murakushi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Labour in Japanese Coal Mining written by Nisaburo Murakushi and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: