Tokyo as a global city : new geographical perspectives /: new geographical perspectives. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toshio Kikuchi, Toshihiko Sugai, editors.
• Editors: Kikuchi, Toshio; Sugai, Toshihiko
• Contents: Late Quaternary landform development of the Kanto Plain -- History and Future of Volcanic Disasters in and around the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Central Japan -- Climate variations in Tokyo since the Edo period -- The Current Status of and Prospects for Biodiversity in Tokyo -- Satoyama landscapes in Tokyo -- The Religious Space of Edo, considering the Distribution and Functions of Temples and Shrines -- History of Urban Water Use in Tokyo with Focusing on Surface and Subsurface Water as Water Sources -- Food Problems and New Challenges of Urban Agriculture in Tokyo -- Spatial Patterns of Population Change in Central Tokyo since the Period of the Bubble Economy -- Central Tokyo as a Place for Raising Children while Working -- Past, Present, and Future Views in Tokyo -- Transport Planning and Management in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region : Its History, Current Situation, and Future Perspectives -- The Changing Spatial Economy and Cultural Industries in Tokyo -- Regional Characteristics of Urban Tourism in Tokyo -- The History of Electric Enterprises and Power Supply Development in Tokyo since the Meiji Era -- Analysis of Current Municipal Solid Waste Management in Tokyo and Future Prospects -- Status of Tokyo : Comparing Tokyo with Major Cities of the World.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, maps
• Subjects: 952/.135; Sustainable urban development -- Japan -- Tokyo; HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan; Geography; Sustainable urban development; Stadtentwicklung; Geography; Urban Geography -- Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns); World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions); Physical Geography; Human Geography; Tokyo (Japan) -- Geography; Japan -- Tokyo; Tokio; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811076381; 9811076383
• Related ISBNs: 9789811076374; 9811076375
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 3, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.