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Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops For Modernity, Barbara Miller Lane
Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops For Modernity, Barbara Miller Lane
Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Shaping Tokyo: Land Development And Planning Practice In The Early Modern Japanese Metropolis, Carola Hein
Shaping Tokyo: Land Development And Planning Practice In The Early Modern Japanese Metropolis, Carola Hein
Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship
From the mid-nineteenth century, Japanese elites experimented with foreign planning concepts and transformed their cities to respond to the demands of modernization. Even though they faced similar situations, knew about established European techniques, and had large open spaces available, they established planning practices that were different from those of their foreign counterparts, building on the country’s own urban history and form, particularities in landownership, development needs, urban planning techniques, and design preferences. This article highlights, first, key issues of landownership, urban form, and urban development in the Edo period (1603—1867) and provides an overview of the urban transformation of Tokyo …