The Japanese city =
Subtitle: Nihon no toshi
By: P.P. Karan and Kristin Stapleton, editors.
Contributors: Karan, Pradyumna P.; Stapleton, Kristin Eileen.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Japan; Land use, Urban -- Japan; City planning -- Japan; Urban ecology -- Japan
Other titles: Nihon no toshi
Description: In this collection an interdisciplinary group of international scholars seeks to understand and explain the process and characteristics shaping the modern Japanese city. With frequent comparisons to the American city, they consider such topics as urban landscapes, the quality of life in the suburbs, spatial mixing of social classes in the city, land use planning and control, environmental pollution, and images of the city in Japanese literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.