1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910482520803321

Autore

Galen

Titolo

De ratione curandi ad Glauconem libri II / Martino Acakia ... interprete: commentarii ejusdem in eosdem libros [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lyon, : Godefroy & Marcellin Beringen, 1547

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (412, [20] p. , (16mo))

Altri autori (Persone)

AkakiaMartin <1497-1551.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in The Wellcome Library, London.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965026803321

Titolo

Urban spaces in Japan : cultural and social perspectives / / edited by Christoph Brumann and Evelyn Schulz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

9786613687364

9781136318832

1136318836

9781280776977

1280776978

9780203120071

0203120078

9781136318849

1136318844

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

BrumannChristoph

SchulzEvelyn <1963->

Disciplina

307.1/2160952

Soggetti

City planning - Japan

Public spaces - Japan

Urbanization - Japan



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Urban Spaces in Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; 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 Dimmer6. 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 intoday's Tokyo?: Paul Waley; 9. Gendered modes of appropriatingpublic space: Ingrid Getreuer-Kargl

10. Walking the city: spatial and temporal configurations of the urban spectator in writings on Tokyo: Evelyn Schulz11. Shrinking cities and liveability in Japan: emerging relationships and challenges: André Sorensen; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 appro