Divided Tokyo : disparities in living conditions in the city center and the shrinking suburbs /: disparities in living conditions in the city center and the shrinking suburbs. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tomoko Kubo.
• Authors: Kubo, Tomoko
• Contents: Preface Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Research background1.2 Globalization, neo-liberal housing policy, and changing cities1.3 Debates on the Divided city1.4 Shrinking cities, housing vacancies, and the urban lifecycle1.5 Social justice and the residential environment of cities1.6 Housing, family, and social change in the post-growth society1.7 Research framework and structure of the book PART I Divided Tokyo Chapter 2 Divided Tokyo: Housing policy, the ideology of homeownership, and the growing contrast between the city center and the suburbs2.1 Purpose of the study2.2 Japanese housing and family structures in Modern times2.3 Post-war national policy in Japan2.4 Suburbanization and the ideology of homeownership2.5 City center living since the 1990s2.6 Neo-liberalism and transit-oriented development in Tokyo2.7 Discussion and conclusions PART II Growth of the City Center Condominium Lifestyle Chapter 3 The rise of the condominium lifestyle in Japanese cities3.1 Introduction3.2 Condominiums in cities3.3 Acceptance of the condominium lifestyle in Japan: The case of a middle-sized city3.4 Summary of the chapter Chapter 4 Homeownership by single women in central Tokyo4.1 Introduction4.2 Housing pathways of younger people and women4.3 Condominium purchases by single women in central Tokyo4.4 Condominium supply strategies responding to new housing needs4.5 Discussion4.6 Summary of the Chapter Chapter 5 New condominium town in the Tokyo Bay area: making 'home' an antithesis to rootlessness in suburbia5.1 Introduction5.2 Overview of condominium residents in Makuhari Bay Town5.3 Residential choices of condominium residents in Makuhari Bay Town5.4 Discussion5.5 Concluding remarks PART III Shrinking Suburbs Chapter 6 Shrinking suburbs in Tokyo6.1 Introduction 6.2 Debates on the shrinking city and the Japanese context6.3 Shrinkage and aging in Japanese cities6.4 The increase in vacant housing in Japanese cities6.5 Summary of the chapter Chapter 7 The generative processes of vacant housing in the shrinking suburbs: The case of Ushiku in Tokyo's 50-60-km Commuter Belt7.1 Introduction 7.2 Residents' characteristics7.3 The increase in vacant housing in Ushiku7.4 The total reality: the interrelationship between generic and specific factors7.5 Summary of the chapter Chapter 8 Policy response and civic engagement to address urban shrinkage8.1 Introduction8.2 Policy responses to urban shrinkage and civic engagement8.3 Civic engagement for the maintenance of the residential environment8.4 The sustainability of the residential environment in Narita New Town8.5 Discussion PART IV Conclusions: Whither the Divided Tokyo? Chapter 9 Conclusions9.2 The characteristics of the divided Tokyo9.3 Possible countermeasures9.4 What does the future hold for Tokyo and other Japanese cities?.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Subjects: 307.1/2160952135; City planning -- Japan -- Tokyo; Urban policy -- Japan -- Tokyo; City planning; Urban policy; Japan -- Tokyo
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811542022
• Related ISBNs: 9789811542015
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