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Rebuilding Urban Japan after 1945 / edited by Carola Hein, Jeffry M. Diefendorf and Ishida Yorifusa.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Japan--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- Urban renewal--Japan--History--20th century.
- Urban renewal.
- Housing rehabilitation--Japan--History--20th century.
- Housing rehabilitation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History.
- Japan--History--1945-.
- Japan.
- Japan--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Japan--Politics and government--1945-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- This is the first book in English to examine the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II. Five case studies (of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Okinawa, and Nagaoka) are framed by broader essays on the evolution of Japanese planning and architecture, Japan's urban policies in Manchuria and comparisons between Japanese and European reconstruction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333659627
- OCLC:
- 51171756
- Online:
- Publisher description
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