Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan

• Main Authors: Lim, Tai Wei (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shimazaki, Naoko (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Godo, Yoshihisa (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lim, Yiru (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic sociology.; Japan-History.; Natural resources.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; History of Japan.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.

This book offers a multidisciplinary analysis of approach in the field of energy studies of Japan, examining post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification. It considers the impact of closures on the agricultural industry, the re-absorption of laid off coal miners into service and...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction- Post-Mining Communities: A multidisciplinary analysis of post-closure coal mining towns in Japan and their gentrification history
• 2. Comparison of the impacts of Japan's industrialization on the coal mining and agriculture and forestry industries
• 3. The Miike Coal Mine and Omuta City: A case study of the largest and last mine's closure in Japan
• 4. Historical development and gentrification of Hokkaido's former coal-mining areas: Case studies of Bibai, Kushiro, Mikasa and Yubari
• 5. The Coal Industry in the Northeast Asian Context
• 6. Coal Mining Subcultures: a brief cultural history of Hokkaido and comparative perspectives with other regions
• 7. The World of the Female Miner in Japan: Sites of Compliance and Resistance
• 8. Conclusion.