Rebuilding Urban Japan After 1945

C. Hein, J. Diefendorf, Y. Ishida

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Aug 12, 2003 - Science - 274 pages

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.

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Rebuilding Urban Japan After 1945
• Editors: C. Hein, J. Diefendorf, Y. Ishida
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2003
• ISBN: 0333659627, 9780333659625
• Length: 274 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning; History / Australia & New Zealand; History / General; History / Military / General; History / Military / World War II; History / Modern / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Science / Earth Sciences / Geography