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Reinterpreting Japanese planning tools in the global south: A viewpoint from policy transfer to knowledge co-production

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Against the urban duality challenges of the Global South under high urbanization pressure, (1) rapid urbanization versus emerging population decline, (2) formal planning systems versus informal urban growth, and (3) global urban development versus local community management, planning tools of Japan, which experienced rapid urbanization would be effective, but not as a model but as a reference. This paper aims to set a viewpoint on how selected Japanese strategic planning tools, that is, agile master planning, urban growth boundaries, and basic building regulations, can serve the Global South cities by interpreting them from the concepts of policy mobility, lesson-drawing, and hybridity.

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  • Shima, Norihisa, 2026. "Reinterpreting Japanese planning tools in the global south: A viewpoint from policy transfer to knowledge co-production," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:163:y:2026:i:c:s0264837726000013
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107917
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