Toyama City : Compact City Development

Toyama City : Compact City Development

This case study is showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Toyama City, which is now a global role model for compact...

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Main Authors: Kriss, Paul, Miki-Imoto, Haruka, Nishimaki, Hiroshi, Riku, Takashi
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LAND USE
PUBLIC TRANSIT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113011604996380368/Toyama-City-Compact-City-Development
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spelling okr-10986-348162021-06-14T09:55:04Z Toyama City : Compact City Development Kriss, Paul Miki-Imoto, Haruka Nishimaki, Hiroshi Riku, Takashi LAND USE PUBLIC TRANSIT CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT This case study is showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Toyama City, which is now a global role model for compact city development and reviews the city’s difficult journey towards a compact city through the lens of Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, which are two of the six G20 Principles for QII. This case study sheds light on the importance of governance aspects such as alignment with the national policy, organizational commitment, and collaboration with the private sector. Furthermore, it illustrates how effective governance can lead to economic efficiency and some evidence of a compact city`s wider benefits. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries. 2020-11-24T21:38:23Z 2020-11-24T21:38:23Z 2021 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113011604996380368/Toyama-City-Compact-City-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34816 English Quality Infrastructure Investment; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy East Asia and Pacific Japan
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topic LAND USE
PUBLIC TRANSIT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
spellingShingle LAND USE
PUBLIC TRANSIT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
Toyama City : Compact City Development
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description This case study is showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Toyama City, which is now a global role model for compact city development and reviews the city’s difficult journey towards a compact city through the lens of Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, which are two of the six G20 Principles for QII. This case study sheds light on the importance of governance aspects such as alignment with the national policy, organizational commitment, and collaboration with the private sector. Furthermore, it illustrates how effective governance can lead to economic efficiency and some evidence of a compact city`s wider benefits. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries.
format Report
author Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
author_facet Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
author_sort Kriss, Paul
title Toyama City : Compact City Development
title_short Toyama City : Compact City Development
title_full Toyama City : Compact City Development
title_fullStr Toyama City : Compact City Development
title_full_unstemmed Toyama City : Compact City Development
title_sort toyama city : compact city development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113011604996380368/Toyama-City-Compact-City-Development
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