Urban Policy

Prof. Kohei Yoshida

Urban Policy

Prof. Kohei Yoshida

2019-11-29

2019-12-13

2019-11-29

Urban

1. Built-up

2. Densely populated

Rural

1. Sa

How do humans live?

1. Nomadic lives

   1. Keeps moving

      1. Camel

         1. Berber caravan in the sahara

      2. Boats

         1. Sulawesi, Indonesia

2. Sedentary lives

   1. Settlements

      1. Yudo to Teiji

         1. Kyuhaku channel in youtube

3. Network

4. Expansion

Urbanization

• 1. The process of which things are unorganized

  2. Expansion

  3. Population

Cities

1. Actual lives

   1. Urban area

      1. Walls

2. Thoughts

   1. Caused by civilization

      1. Weber and childe

   2. Resulted in urbanity

      1. Max & Wirth

Max Weber

1. Fortification

2. Market

   1. Economy of consumption, exchange & production

3. Rules & Law

4. Guilds

5. Partial political autonomy

6. Medieval western cities features

K. Marx

1. Material and mental labor

   1. Separation of town & city

Childe V. Gordon

1. Bronze and Iron age Revolution provoked

   1. Urban revolution

Louis Wirth

1. Way of life

   1. Population

   2. Density

   3. heterogeneity

Autonomy

1. Self-government

2. Independent power

3. Background of idea

   1. Origin of cities

      1. Built & conquered by state power

   2. Autonomy denied/gained

      1. Beijing

      2. Buenos aires

      3. Direct controlled

         1. Central gov’t

   3. City people seek autonomy

4. Modern Issues

   1. Spam of municipalities

      1. Vertical and horizontal division

Different types of autonomy

1. Central parliament

2. Local no power

3. Central-local relations

4. Modern sub-central gov’t

   1. Single tier + three tier

2019-12-13

Inner city

1. Lower income family

How does Urban politics work?

1. Basic structure

2. Modern Issues

3. Feudal System

   1. The ruler vs. the ruled

      1. Emperor/King > order/evaluate > Governor

      2. townspeople/citizens > demand/support > leaders

   2. Public institution

      1. Administrative body

         1. Elected politician; City Mayos

         2. Hired officials; administrators

      2. Legislative Body

         1. They make laws;rules

         2. Elected Politicians; City council

         3. Representatives and politicians; Committee

   3. Interest Groups

      1. Sectoral organization

         1. Member organization

      2. Non-profit Group

         1. Member organization

      3. Community Activity

         1. Member organization

Issues of Urban Democracy

1. Plural System

   1. Many actors

      1. Sectoral Organization

         1. Ex. Hotel Managers

      2. Community Activity

         1. Ex. community

            1. Please restrict tourist

      3. Non-profit group

         1. We need to preserve the tradition

2. Corporatist System

   1. They do not have conflict

      1. Sectoral Organization

      2. Community activity

      3. Non-profit Group

   2. Trying to work as one

“Please add lesson two”

Chapter 3

What does National Regime do?

1. Nation and cities

2. Policy Targets

National policies

1. National Healthcare service

2. Employement Service

3. National Housing Industry

4. National Transportation Industry

5. For children and Family

6. Grant to local gov’t

Municipal Policies

1. Education & Library

2. Healthcare & Welfare

3. Police, Jurisdiction, Fireworks

4. Road & transportation

5. Housing

6. Garbage

7. Recreation & Parks

8. Urban planning

9. General Administration

10. Environment and hygiene

11. Others

Urban Workers

Urban Households

1. Amount of family expenditure

2. Amount of family income

What are the public policies?

1. Economic affairs

   1. Protection of industries

   2. Supporting industrial revolution

   3. Growing national industry

   4. Protecting labor

   5. Agglomeration and innovation

2. Social affairs

   1. Social housings

   2. Housing estates in cities

   3. Systems for providing housing

      1. Own house

3. Private rent

4. Public rent

5. Provided Housing

6. Who uses the money?

7. The Urban citizens

How does policy process work?

1. Policy cycle

   1. The public process

      1. Problem identification > Policy formation > Policy adaptation > Policy Implementation > Policy Evaluation > bact to start

      2. Example: tourist problem in kyoto

         1. the government made rules for tourist planning and transportation planning

         2. The gov’t narrowed the roads for the cars and widened the roads for the tourists

         3. Sometimes the community will be against with the proposed policy and sometimes the result would be positive and the community will agree sometimes

2. Documentation Hierarchy