Abstract
This paper examines the functional conditions of the prefectural integration defined here as that a prefecture negotiates with and persuades municipalities that opposed to, and considers the patterns of prefectural integration on the Seibi-Shinkansen construction cases. The writer demonstrates that functional conditions of prefectural integration depends on the diversities of prefecture's enthusiasm for construction that arise out of the decision-making at the national level and of the situations of the prefectures, and differ from the power relation between the prefecture and municipalities. There are three patterns of prefectural integration: pressure, compensation, and concession.
