05928nam a22006495i 4500 978-981-97-7166-0 DE-He213 20251030114554.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241130s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819771660 978-981-97-7166-0 10.1007/978-981-97-7166-0 doi HT388 KCP bicssc GTB bicssc BUS067000 bisacsh KCP thema GTM thema Community Vitalization and Rebuilding of Small Rural Economies [electronic resource] : A Focus on Less-Favored Areas in Japan / edited by Nobuyoshi Yasunaga, Norikazu Inoue, Yukiko Nakama. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XII, 247 p. 72 illus., 20 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 2199-5982 ; 79 Chapter 1. Organizational Culture and Management Strategy in Small Rural Economies -- Chapter 2. Historical Analysis of the Impact of Postwar Agricultural Policy on Japanese Peasants -- Chapter 3. Role of Farmland Intermediary Management Institutions in Farmland Conservation and Utilization -- Chapter 4. Characteristics of Urban-Rural Exchange Activities in Paddy Field Agriculture: Issues and Challenges of Farmland Management in Rural Communities -- Chapter 5. Development of Community Businesses Centered on Land-Use Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Areas -- Chapter 6. Development of Community Businesses Centered on Business Cooperative Associations that Support Local Primary Industries -- Chapter 7. Role of Community Business in Farmland Conservation in Mountainous Village -- Chapter 8. Factors Affecting Urban Consumers’ Choices for Locally Produced Tomato Juice: A Case of Tokyo and Osaka Prefectures in Japan -- Chapter 9. Factors That Influence Japanese Sake Purchasing Preferences -- Chapter 10. Factors Influencing Donation Management in Municipalities Under the Hometown Donation Policy -- Chapter 11. Historical Analysis of Food-related Activities in Extension Services for Home Living Improvement -- Chapter 12. Factors Affecting Residents’ Satisfaction with Community Development Activities in Former Elementary School Districts -- Chapter 13. Characteristics of Resident Participation and Cooperative Awareness in the Early Activity Stage of a Newly Formed Community Development Association in an Elementary School District. This book provides new perceptions of rural community development by considering the relationships between communities and individuals. It addresses how farming and local communities can be maintained in areas facing population decline and increased in abandoned farmland. As a sequel to Farm and Rural Community Management in Less-Favored Areas, this book focuses on the conditions for rebuilding small rural economies through rural community vitalization in less-favored areas of Japan. Key topics addressed in the book include farmland liquidation and conservation, along with applicable agricultural policies, agribusiness development under a broad-based community development process, the market characteristics of locally processed foods, and the relationship between participation in broad-based community management and residents’ characteristics. The primary target are hilly and mountainous regions, such as in Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan, and other mountainous areas that are the main less-favored areas in Japan. The book presents findings from econometric and statistical analyses, historical and actual condition surveys. Academically, the book contributes to the elucidation of community-based regional management through interactions between communities, residents, farmers, and policies. It identifies conditions for rebuilding small rural economies are based on research on the characteristics of regional agriculture and rural communities in less-favored areas. This book is written for researchers, graduate students, and readers who are concerned about agriculture-based rural development in less-favored areas. It promotes both public and field-level practice in rural areas. The content will be of interest to all those seeking to understand rural society in Japan. Regional economics. 71042 Spatial economics. 71043 Agriculture Economic aspects. Economic history. 57506 Small business. 65014 Environmental economics. 57520 Regional and Spatial Economics. 71044 Agricultural Economics. Economic History. 57506 Small Business. 65014 Environmental Economics. 57520 Yasunaga, Nobuyoshi. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 88314 Inoue, Norikazu. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 88315 Nakama, Yukiko. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 88316 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819771653 Printed edition: 9789819771677 Printed edition: 9789819771684 New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 2199-5982 ; 79 72238 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7166-0 ZDB-2-ECF ZDB-2-SXEF 65356 65356