Making of Urban Japan

Zusatztext 'Meticulously researched and impressively presented ... a tremendous resource for the serious scholar.' - Geographical Association'This book should establish itself as the first port of call for both students and scholars embarking on a study of Japanese urbanism and planning history ... a highly sophisticated work' - Environment and Planning/Government & Policy Informationen zum Autor André Sorensen Klappentext This is the first book to comprehensively examine the phenomenon of Japanese city planning. Japan is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with its own traditions of urban management that are remarkably little known in the rest of the world. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to comprehensively examine the phenomenon of Japanese city planning. Japan is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with its own traditions of urban management that are remarkably little known in the rest of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Legacy of the Tokugawa Period 2. The Meiji Period: Establishing Modern Traditions 3. Taishô Period Urbanization and the Development of the 1919 Planning System 4. Japan's First Urban Planning System 5. Post-war Reconstruction and Rapid Economic Growth 6. Environmental Crisis and the New City Planning System of 1968 7. Implementing the New City Planning System 8. From Planning Deregulation to the Bubble Economy 9. The Era of Local Rights: Master Plans, Machizukuri and Historical Preservation 10. Japanese Urbanization and Planning

Product details

• Authors: Sorensen, Andre Sorensen, André Sorensen, Dr Andre Sorensen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2004
• EAN: 9780415354226
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35422-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Jap; Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General