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6. Social Capital and Living Environment of Rural Villages

Author : Kenji Tsutsumi

Published in: Depopulation, Aging, and Living Environments

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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In this chapter the author examines definitions of “social capital” and traces a history of researches on social capital. There is a long history of rural sociology in Japan, and through it “social ties” have been in the meaningful position. In the age of depopulation, regional social capital and social ties are indispensable to maintain living functions in a settlement and in an area. Modernization has brought partly urbanization, but partly depopulation, so social capital in depopulated areas becomes more and more significant year by year. In the chapter the author analyzes 133 cases of movements for settlement maintenance against depopulation.

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Title: Social Capital and Living Environment of Rural Villages
Author: Kenji Tsutsumi
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Depopulation, Aging, and Living Environments
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-9041-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-9042-9

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9042-9_6

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