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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/2160952
• Soggetto topico: City planning - Japan; Public spaces - Japan; Urbanization - Japan
• Altri autori: BrumannChristoph SchulzEvelyn <1963->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban spaces in Japan
• ISBN: 1-136-31883-6; 1-280-77697-8; 9786613687364; 0-203-12007-8; 1-136-31884-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808299303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.