The Japanese City FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this collection an interdisciplinary group of international scholars seeks to understand and explain the process and characteristics shaping the modern Japanese city. With frequent comparisons to the American city, they consider such topics as urban landscapes, the quality of life in the suburbs, spatial mixing of social classes in the city, land use planning and control, environmental pollution, and images of the city in Japanese literature.
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Geographers, sociologists social planners, and political scientists look at the development and nature of the environment where 77% of Japanese people live. They explore the landscape, changing landmarks and symbols of Tokyo and other cities, the quality of life in the suburbs, the effective use of space the Japanese have cultivated, and other features. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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