Divided Tokyo Disparities in Living Conditions in the City Center and the Shrinking Suburbs /
This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions. First, recent urban discourses that explain the transformation of Tokyo’s urban structure are examined, along with social changes and the expansion of unequal residential conditions within the metropolitan...
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series: | International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4202-2 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Divided Tokyo: Housing policy, the ideology of homeownership, and the growing contrast between the city center and the suburbs
- The rise of the condominium lifestyle in Japanese cities
- Homeownership by single women in central Tokyo
- New condominium town in the Tokyo Bay area: making “home” an antithesis to rootlessness in suburbia
- Shrinking suburbs in Tokyo
- The generative processes of vacant housing in the shrinking suburbs: The case of Ushiku in Tokyo’s 50-60-km Commuter Belt
- Policy response and civic engagement to address urban shrinkage
- Conclusions. .