Depopulation, Aging, and Living Environments: Learning from Social Capital and Mountainous Areas in Japan

Part I: The Overview of the Depopulation Problem and the Reality of Population Outflow

Chapter 2. Depopulation as a Regional Problem and Reality of Depopulation
Chapter 3. Analysis of Population Migration from the Depopulated　
Mountain Village: A Case of Kamitsue Village in Oita Prefecture

Part II: The Reality of the Living Environment in Depopulated Mountainous Areas and IT Support for Regional Living Functions

Chapter 4. Regional Living Functions in Depopulated Settlements in Shimane Prefecture
Chapter 5. Regional Living Functions and IT Support

Part III: Social Capital, Living Environment and Regional Living Functions of Communities

Chapter 6. Social Capital and Living Environment of Rural Villages
Chapter 7. Reformation of a Settlement Forced to Move for the Construction of Dam: The Case of Tsukinoya, a Settlement in Kisuki Town, Un'nan City, Shimane Prefecture
Chapter 8. Formation of a Community by Hometown Organizations that Promote Interactions among Residents in Urban and Rural Areas: Activities by Furusato Chikara, an NPO Created by Residents in the Kinki Region and the Case of the Miyoshi Region in Tokushima Prefecture
Chapter 9. Social Movements and Social Capital in Senri New Town
Chapter 10. Peripheral Regions in the Era of Regional Crisis, Society 5.0, the Post-Pandemic, and the Post-Urban: A Concluding and Additional Chapter for the English Edition

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