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Państwo i Społeczeństwo / State and Society

Published: 2025-06-23

The Machizukuri Method – A Case Study

Maria Petri Logo ORCID
Section: Architecture and Urban Planning
https://doi.org/10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2025-1-005

Abstract

Machizukuri emerged in Japan in the latter half of the 1960s as a way to actively involve local communities in improving the quality of their surroundings. This method, besides considering the physical structure of the city, also focuses on the social dimension, rooted in tradition, culture, industrial structures, and education. Japanese machizukuri has become a unique example of a grassroots, creative approach based on collective action and the use of local resources. It serves as a radical alternative to the centralized, top-down approach of Japanese urban planning (toshikeikaku) and plays a significant role in the regeneration of civil society in Japan. This paper analyzes the machizukuri method, and presents its application in selected Japanese cities.

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Petri, Maria. “The Machizukuri Method – A Case Study”. Państwo I Społeczeństwo State and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 113-32, doi:10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2025-1-005.

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2025)
Published: 2025-06-23


eISSN: 2451-0858
Ikona DOI 10.31749/2451-0858-SaS

Publisher
AFM Publishing House of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

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