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Park-PFI Implementation Guide — What 203 Parks Reveal About the Steps Municipalities Should Actually Take [2026 Edition]
…ed Manager System: A Detailed Comparison and PPP/PFI 7-Method Comparison . Guide Structure This pillar page provides comprehensive navigation to Park-PFI cluster articles. Article Content Pr…
What Are Small Concessions? — Turning Small-Scale Public Facilities into Private Projects, and How Municipalities and Operators Should Move [2026 Edition]
…cessions A Small Concession is a small-scale PPP/PFI project in which local governments activate idle public real estate through private-sector innovation, with a total project cost of under…
What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
…e Introduction of private sector engagement (PPP/PFI, designated management) Facility consolidation and multi-function integration Repurposing of vacated land and buildings The Triple Challe…
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
…se studies alone. For the broader context of PPP/PFI, see also the Small Concession overview. ISVD offers consultations on framing the preconditions for abandoned school reuse and designing …
What Is Park-PFI? How Japan's Public Park PPP System Works, with Case Studies
…t departments. When broader understanding of PPP/PFI is limited internally, this phase often takes the most time. Site visits to pioneering municipalities and attendance at national governme…
What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
…te-sector ingenuity to undertake small-scale PPP/PFI projects involving idle public real estate that they own or have acquired. In practice, this means activating so-called "idle public real…
READING GUIDE
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ROUTE 01
For municipal planning
Start with the basics, then move through cases, process and dialogue design.
- What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
- Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
- The Complete Park-PFI Process — A Four-Year Roadmap from Concept to Opening [2026 Edition]
- Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
ROUTE 02
For prospective operators
Understand the system, test viability and prepare a proposal.
- What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
- Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
- How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
- How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
ROUTE 03
Learn from setbacks
See how projects stall and which conditions to avoid.
- Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
- 5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
- The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It