Rebuilding Urban Japan After 1945

This is the first book in English to examine the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II, and it is a must-read not only for Japan specialists but also for those interested in urban history and planing anywhere. 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.

Author: C. Hein
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/12/2003
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.72w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780333659625

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2004 pg. 167

About the Author
ICHIKAWA HIROO is Professor of Urban Policy at the School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan HASEGAWA JUNICHI is Associate Professor of Economics at Osaka City University where he teaches Western Economic History ISHIMARU NORIOKI is Professor of Engineering at Hiroshima University MATSUMOTO SHOJI is Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nagaoka University of Technology, specializing in transportation and city planning IKEDA TAKAYUKI is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Ryukus DAVID TUCKER received a doctorate in Japanese history in 1999 from the University of Iowa for a dissertation on city planning and architecture in Manchukuo CHERIE WENDELKEN worked as an architect before getting a Ph.D. in Architectural History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.