Tokyo as a global city : new geographical perspectives / Toshio Kikuchi, Toshihiko Sugai, editors.

This book examines Tokyo's changes, current challenges, and future trends through a new kind of regional geography and serves as an important source of comprehensive information about the past, present, and future perspectives of Tokyo as a global city. Regional geography relies on two main app...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Kikuchi, Toshio (Editor), Sugai, Toshihiko (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2018.
Series:International perspectives in geography ; 8.
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Table of 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.