高度成長期の拠点開発政策 : 太平洋岸ベルト地帯構想の行方

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Generally speaking, the growth in cities which proceeds alomgside economic development is said to result from the 'urbanization economy'. To concentrate industry in urban areas is therefore seen as an effective means of accelerating economic growth. However, since this strategy usually tends to widen any gap in regional development, many governments have been obliged to introduce regional development programs in order to narrow such gaps. By contrast, Japanese governments of the 1960s pursued a regional policy which gave priority to the acceleration of economic growth. They concentrated public investment on the further development of existing coastal industrial areas in order to construct a belt of industrial zones connecting metropolitan areas. The first aim of this paper is to consider the reasons behind this policy. During the 1960s, the Japanese governments promoted policies designed to sustain the high economic growth which had started in the 1950s for two reasons : because public opinion was largely in favor of such moves, and because domestic indutry had to be strengthened as a prerequisite for carrying out international promises to liberalize trade. The second aim is to show how the policy of improving and expanding the industrial infrastructure in coastal industrial areas did in fact contribute to sustaining high economic growth during the 1960s.
社会経済史学会の論文
2001-01-25