Planned relocation of severely depopulated rural settlements: a case study from Japan |
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| Institution: | 1. 2338 TX-1604 Loop #120, San Antonio, TX 78248, USA;2. Installation Management Command, G1, R2/ASAP Division, Bldg 2261, 2405 Gun Shed Road, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 USA;1. CRPG, UMR 7358 CNRS/Université de Lorraine, 15, rue Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France;2. The University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences department, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, EOAS, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada;3. Takuvik, UMI 3376, CNRS-ULaval, Québec G1 V 0A6, Canada;1. Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1, W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan;2. Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro Campus, Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Large-scale rural-urban migration in post-war Japan in conjunction with demographic transition resulted in the depopulating of the rural areas from the late 1950s. The Japanese government has been energetic since 1970 in attempting to halt the drift to the cities. One of the less successful policies has been the voluntary resettlement of severely depopulated communities.This paper examines one such extreme case, that of Kojō, a village in the mountains of Hyōgo Prefecture, which has lost more than 80% of its population since 1955. By the early 1980s, the population of Kojō was so depleted and had aged so rapidly that the inhabitants opted for resettlement.This paper traces the economic and demographic decline of the village of Kojō, and presents the administrative background to the resettlement plan. It examines in detail the rehabilitation of the inhabitants in a purpose-built housing estate in December 1984, and attempts to draw some conclusions regarding the concept of resettlement of severely depopulated settlements in remote rural areas. |
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