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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508478403321

Autore

Lim Tai-Wei

Titolo

History and Regional Area Studies of Hachioji : Tokyo's Western Frontier / / by Tai Wei Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9789811661785

9811661782

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 pages)

Disciplina

307.760952

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Welfare economics

Japan - History

Cities and towns - History

Human geography

Urban ecology (Biology)

Urban Sociology

Social Economy

History of Japan

Urban History

Human Geography

Urban Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- History of Hachioji -- Onset of Modernity and Modernization -- Industrialization and Case Studies of Hachioji-based Firms -- Hachioji Culture -- Hachioji's Environment -- Brief Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan. It tracks how Tokyo slowly expands into its suburban, rural or sub-rural districts. It also wants to profile the multiple identities of a city that is simultaneously an ecological asset, a heritage locale in addition to a



logistics hub. The volume is probably the first of its kind to analyze the western sector of the largest city in the world.