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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100415354226

ISBN-139780415354226

eBay Product ID (ePID)30898288

Product Key Features

Number of Pages404 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMaking of Urban Japan : Cities and Planning from Edo to the Twenty First Century

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

AuthorAndré Sorensen

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

SeriesNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length6.1 in

Item Width9.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition22

Reviews'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, '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

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal307.121609520904

Table Of Content1. 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

SynopsisDuring the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world's largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while Japanese governments and planners borrowed carefully from the planning ideas and methods of many other countries, Japanese urban planning, urban governance and cities developed very differently from those of other developed countries. Japan's distinctive patterns of urbanisation are partly a product of the highly developed urban system, urban traditions and material culture of the pre-modern period, which remained influential until well after the Pacific War. A second key influence has been the dominance of central government in urban affairs, and its consistent prioritisation of economic growth over the public welfare or urban quality of life. André Sorensen examines Japan's urban trajectory from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the weak development of Japanese civil society, local governments, and land development and planning regulations., During the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world's largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while Japanese governments and planners borrowed carefully from the planning ideas and methods of many other countries, Japanese urban planning, urban governance and cities developed very differently from those of other developed countries. Japan's distinctive patterns of urbanisation are partly a product of the highly developed urban system, urban traditions and material culture of the pre-modern period, which remained influential until well after the Pacific War. A second key influence has been the dominance of central government in urban affairs, and its consistent prioritisation of economic growth over the public welfare or urban quality of life. Andr Sorensen examines Japan's urban trajectory from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the weak development of Japanese civil society, local governments, and land development and planning regulations., 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.

LC Classification NumberHT169.J3S67 2006