04253nam 2200829Ia 450 991096502680332120250314143526.097866136873649781136318832113631883697812807769771280776978978020312007102031200789781136318849113631884410.4324/9780203120071(CKB)2670000000205720(EBL)981851(OCoLC)804662348(SSID)ssj0000685951(PQKBManifestationID)11447774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685951(PQKBWorkID)10732206(PQKB)11000936(MiAaPQ)EBC981851(Au-PeEL)EBL981851(CaPaEBR)ebr10572255(CaONFJC)MIL368736(OCoLC)796841082(OCoLC)1082198421(FINmELB)ELB135648(EXLCZ)99267000000020572020111128d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUrban spaces in Japan cultural and social perspectives /edited by Christoph Brumann and Evelyn Schulz1st ed.London ;New York Routledge2012London ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (241 p.)The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9781138857421 1138857424 9780415695459 0415695457 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Brumann5. 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-Kargl10. 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; IndexUrban 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 approNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.City planningJapanPublic spacesJapanUrbanizationJapanCity planningPublic spacesUrbanization307.1/2160952Brumann Christoph908347Schulz Evelyn1963-1793096MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965026803321Urban spaces in Japan4332530UNINA