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Learning from the Japanese City - Looking East in Urban Design (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Learning from the Japanese City - Looking East in Urban Design (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Planning, History and Environment Series
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Japanese cities are amongst the most intriguing and confounding
anywhere. Their structures, patterns of building and broader visual
characteristics defy conventional urban design theories, and the
book explores why this is so. Like its cities, Japan's written
language is recognized as one of the most complicated, and the book
is unique in revealing how the two are closely related. Set
perceptively against a sweep of ideas drawn from history,
geography, science, cultural and design theory, Learning from the
Japanese City is a highly original exploration of contemporary
urbanism that crosses disciplines, scales, time and space. This is
a thoroughly revised and much extended version of a book that drew
extensive praise in its first edition. Most parts have stood the
test of time and remain. A few are replaced or removed; about a
hundred figures appear for the first time. Most important is an
entirely new (sixth) section. This brings together many of the
urban characteristics, otherwise encountered in fragments through
the book, in one walkable district of what is arguably Japan's most
convenient metropolis, Nagoya. The interplay between culture, built
form and cities remains at the heart of this highly readable book,
while a change in subtitle to Looking East in Urban Design reflects
increased emphasis on real places and design implications.
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