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Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the
public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space.
Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities
including Tokyo, Kobe, and Kyoto, this book examines the potential
of civil society in contemporary planning debates. Further, it
addresses the implications of Japan's biggest social problem - the
demographic decline - for Japanese cities, and demonstrates the
serious challenges and exciting possibilities that result from the
impending end of Japan's urban growth. Presenting a synthetic
approach that reflects both the physical aspects and the social
significance of urban spaces, this book scrutinizes the precise
patterns of urban expansion and shrinkage. In doing so, it also
summarizes current theories of public space, urban space, and the
body in space which are relevant to both Japan and the wider
international debate. With detailed case studies and more general
reflections from a broad range of disciplines, this collection of
essays demonstrates the value of cross-disciplinary cooperation. As
such, it is of interest to students and scholars of geography and
urban planning as well as history, anthropology and cultural
studies.
Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the
public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space.
Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities
including Tokyo, Kobe, and Kyoto, this book examines the potential
of civil society in contemporary planning debates. Further, it
addresses the implications of Japan's biggest social problem - the
demographic decline - for Japanese cities, and demonstrates the
serious challenges and exciting possibilities that result from the
impending end of Japan's urban growth. Presenting a synthetic
approach that reflects both the physical aspects and the social
significance of urban spaces, this book scrutinizes the precise
patterns of urban expansion and shrinkage. In doing so, it also
summarizes current theories of public space, urban space, and the
body in space which are relevant to both Japan and the wider
international debate. With detailed case studies and more general
reflections from a broad range of disciplines, this collection of
essays demonstrates the value of cross-disciplinary cooperation. As
such, it is of interest to students and scholars of geography and
urban planning as well as history, anthropology and cultural
studies.
Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight
essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of
memory in works of the imagination—novels, short stories, poetry,
essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in
England, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the book focuses on
texts produced in Japan since the 1980s. The closing years of the
Shōwa period (1926-1989) were a watershed decade of spatial
transformation in Tokyo. It was also a time (in Japan, as
elsewhere) when conversations about the nature of
memory—historical, cultural, collective, and
individual—intensified. The contributors to the volume share the
view that works of the imagination are constitutive elements of how
cities are experienced and perceived. Each of the essays responds
to the growing interest in studies on Tokyo with a
literary-cultural orientation.
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Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress, Evelyne Schulz
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Paax
Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress, Evelyne Schulz
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Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight
essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of
memory in works of the imagination-novels, short stories, poetry,
essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in
England, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the book focuses on
texts produced in Japan since the 1980s. The closing years of the
Showa period (1926-1989) were a watershed decade of spatial
transformation in Tokyo. It was also a time (in Japan, as
elsewhere) when conversations about the nature of
memory-historical, cultural, collective, and
individual-intensified. The contributors to the volume share the
view that works of the imagination are constitutive elements of how
cities are experienced and perceived. Each of the essays responds
to the growing interest in studies on Tokyo with a
literary-cultural orientation.
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