Urban spaces in Japan : Cultural and social perspectives

By:

Brumann Christoph

Contributor(s):

Schulz Evelyn

Publication details: London Routledge 2012Description: 226p xiiISBN:

9781138857421

Subject(s):

1. Public Space - Japan 2. City Planning - Urbanization

DDC classification:

307.12 BRU

Contents:

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction Christoph Brumann, Christian Dimmer and Evelyn Schulz; 2. Urbanisation, city, and city system in Japan between development and shrinking: Coping with shrinking cities in times of demographic change Winfried Flüchter; 3. The colonial appropriation of public space: Architecture and city planning in Japanese-dominated Manchuria Anke Scherer; 4. Re-uniting a divided city: High-rises, conflict, and urban space in central Kyoto Christoph Brumann; 5. Re-imagining public space: The vicissitudes of Japan's privately owned public spaces Christian Dimmer; 6. Citizen participation and urban development in Japan and Germany: Issues and problems Carolin Funck, Tsutomu Kawada, and Yoshimichi Yui; 7. Indifferent communities: Neighbourhood associations, class and community consciousness in pre-war Tokyo Katja Schmidtpott 8. Who cares about the past in today's Tokyo? Paul Waley; 9. Gendered modes of appropriating public space Ingrid Getreuer-Kargl; 10. Walking the city: Spatial and temporal configurations of the urban spectator in writings on Tokyo Evelyn Schulz; 11. Shrinking cities and liveability in Japan: Emerging relationships and challenges André Sorensen..

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Table of Contents:
1. Introduction Christoph Brumann, Christian Dimmer and Evelyn Schulz;
2. Urbanisation, city, and city system in Japan between development and shrinking: Coping with shrinking cities in times of demographic change Winfried Flüchter;
3. The colonial appropriation of public space: Architecture and city planning in Japanese-dominated Manchuria Anke Scherer;
4. Re-uniting a divided city: High-rises, conflict, and urban space in central Kyoto Christoph Brumann;
5. Re-imagining public space: The vicissitudes of Japan's privately owned public spaces Christian Dimmer;
6. Citizen participation and urban development in Japan and Germany: Issues and problems Carolin Funck, Tsutomu Kawada, and Yoshimichi Yui;
7. Indifferent communities: Neighbourhood associations, class and community consciousness in pre-war Tokyo Katja Schmidtpott 8. Who cares about the past in today's Tokyo? Paul Waley;
9. Gendered modes of appropriating public space Ingrid Getreuer-Kargl;
10. Walking the city: Spatial and temporal configurations of the urban spectator in writings on Tokyo Evelyn Schulz;
11. Shrinking cities and liveability in Japan: Emerging relationships and challenges André Sorensen..

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