Inequality and Urban Space - Social Atlas of Tokyo Metropolitan Area 19902010

This book explores the widening inequality and its social consequences in Tokyo Metropolitan area by using two approaches, one from social class and social stratification theory and the other from urban sociology. A vital resource for researchers, scholars, urban policy makers and urban planners.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction. Inequality and Urban Space: Tasks and Methods
1. Scope and Origin of Tokyo
2. Changes to the Spatial Structure of Tokyo's 23 Wards Over Time
3. Time Difference Gentrification and the Changing Spatial Structure in the 23 Wards of Tokyo

4. Changes in the Spatial Structure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
5. Class composition and spatial structure in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area
6. Spatial structure of economic inequality in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and how it has changed over time
7. Living Areas and Social Capital
Bibliography

Index

About the author

Tatsuto Asakawa is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.
Kenji Hashimoto is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.
Yuki Hirahara is an Assistant Teacher of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.

Product details

• Authors: Tatsuto Asakasa, Tatsuto Hashimoto Asakasa, Tatsuto Asakawa, Tatsuto Hashimoto Asakawa, Hashimoto Kenji, Yuki Hirahara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032851266
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285126-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, c 2000 to c 2009, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, c 1990 to c 1999, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Sociology: work and labour, Civil engineering, surveying and building