Emergent Tokyo

Author : Peter G. Rowe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783034610599

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Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities by Peter G. Rowe Pdf

This book presents current developments in city planning and architecture in East Asia. It describes the many neighborhoods in which the region’s large cities are modernizing or expanding with innovative structures and advanced construction projects. It combines a typology of public structures with an analysis of the compositional principles of urban environments. Thus, it finally connects new developments in city planning with new developments in architecture, and considers examples such as CCTV, Lujiazui, Kansai Airport, Xinyi, Taipei 101, Chek Lap Kok, Cheonggyecheon, Roppongi Hills, Da Shanzi, Shahe, Omotesando, and Marina Bay from a new perspective.And the new perspectives presented here are not just theoretical: some forty full-page bird’s eye views prepared especially for this volume show these future urban settings in highly detailed images of breathtaking beauty. The result is a rich portrait of the coming together of global and local influences in non-Western countries. With its systematic approach, this presentation by one of the leading international experts in the field is a reference work on a topic of central importance to the world of construction today.

Author : Mark K. Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317807568

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Japan's Ainu Minority in Tokyo by Mark K. Watson Pdf

This book is about the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, living in and around Tokyo; it is, therefore, about what has been pushed to the margins of history. Customarily, anthropologists and public officials have represented Ainu issues and political affairs as limited to rural pockets of Hokkaido. Today, however, a significant proportion of the Ainu people live in and around major cities on the main island of Honshu, particularly Tokyo. Based on extensive original ethnographic research, this book explores this largely unknown diasporic aspect of Ainu life and society. Drawing from debates on place-based rights and urban indigeneity in the twenty-first century, the book engages with the experiences and collective struggles of Tokyo Ainu in seeking to promote a better understanding of their cultural and political identity and sense of community in the city. Looking in-depth for the first time at the urban context of ritual performance, cultural transmission and the construction of places or ‘hubs’ of Ainu social activity, this book argues that recent government initiatives aimed at fostering a national Ainu policy will ultimately founder unless its architects are able to fully recognize the historical and social complexities of the urban Ainu experience.

Author : Edward Seidensticker
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462901050

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History of Tokyo 1867-1989 by Edward Seidensticker Pdf

"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it…if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection." —JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker's A History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transformation from the Shogun's capital in an isolated Japan to the largest and the most modern city in the world. With the same scholarship and sparkling style that won him admiration as the foremost translator of great works of Japanese literature, Seidensticker offers the reader his brilliant vision of an entire society suddenly wrenched from an ancient feudal past into the modern world in a few short decades, and the enormous stresses and strains that this brought with it. Originally published as two volumes, Seidensticker's masterful work is now available in a handy, single paperback volume. Whether you're a history buff or Tokyo-bound traveler looking to learn more, this insightful book offers a fascinating look at how the Tokyo that we know came to be. This edition contains an introduction by Donald Richie, the acknowledged expert on Japanese culture who was a close personal friend of the author, and a preface by geographer Paul Waley that puts the book into perspective for modern readers.

Author : Jorge Almazan,Studiolab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951541324

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Emergent Tokyo by Jorge Almazan,Studiolab Pdf

This book examines the urban fabric of contemporary Tokyo as a valuable demonstration of permeable, inclusive, and adaptive urban patterns that required neither extensive master planning nor corporate urbanism to develop. These urban patterns are emergent: that is, they are the combined result of numerous modifications and appropriations of space by small agents interacting within a broader socio-economic ecosystem. Together, they create a degree of urban intensity and liveliness that is the envy of the world's cities. This book examines five of these patterns that appear conspicuously throughout Tokyo: yokocho alleyways, multi-tenant zakkyo buildings, undertrack infills, low-rise dense neighborhoods, and the river-like ankyo streets. Unlike many of the discussions on Tokyo that emphasise cultural uniqueness, this book aims at transcultural validity, with a focus on empirical analysis of the spatial and social conditions that allow these patterns to emerge. The authors of Emergent Tokyo acknowledge the distinct character of Tokyo without essentialising or fetishising it, offering visitors, architects, and urban policy practitioners an unparalleled understanding of Tokyo's urban landscape.

Author : Paul Langley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134521401

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World Financial Orders by Paul Langley Pdf

World Financial Orders challenges the predominance of neo-liberalism as a mode of knowledge about contemporary world finance, and claims that it neglects the social and political bases as well as the malign consequences of change. He looks to the field of International Political Economy (IPE) to construct an alternative mode, one that critically restores society and politics. An 'historical' approach to IPE is advanced that accounts for modern world finance since the seventeenth century as a succession of structurally distinct hierarchical social orders. This book will be of interest to those working in the field of IPE and to those scholars, researchers and students from across the social sciences who seek to challenge the common-sense, neo-liberal explanation of contemporary world finance.

Author : Michael Darroch,Janine Marchessault
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773590380

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Cartographies of Place by Michael Darroch,Janine Marchessault Pdf

Engaging with place, image, and media to understand the complexity of urban life.

Author : Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park,Gina Marchetti,See Kam Tan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349958221

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The Palgrave Handbook of Asian Cinema by Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park,Gina Marchetti,See Kam Tan Pdf

This collection offers new approaches to theorizing Asian film in relation to the history, culture, geopolitics and economics of the continent. Bringing together original essays written by established and emerging scholars, this anthology transcends the limitations of national borders to do justice to the diverse ways in which the cinema shapes Asia geographically and imaginatively in the world today. From the revival of the Silk Road as the “belt and road” of a rising China to historical ruminations on the legacy of colonialism across the continent, the authors argue that the category of “Asian cinema” from Turkey to the edges of the Pacific continues to play a vital role in cutting-edge film research. This handbook will serve as an essential guide for committed scholars, students, and all those interested in the past, present, and possible future of Asian cinema in the 21st century.

Author : Lyle J. Goldstein
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626161603

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Meeting China Halfway by Lyle J. Goldstein Pdf

China's expanding economic and military power, and the US response to the challenge of China's rise are shaping international relations in the twenty-first century. A breakdown in this relationship could bring about a situation reminiscent of the Cold War. Lyle Goldstein argues that while conflict is not predetermined, there are worrying signs that the relationship is becoming an increasingly chilly and dangerous rivalry. The main purposes of this book are to analyze the trajectory of the relationship, to examine both US views and Chinese views of the other, and to propose concrete steps to reverse a perilous deterioration in the relationship. He examines key flash points or difficult issues in the US-China relationship in depth, such as Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, economic issues, and climate change, to name a few. A unique feature of the book is that Goldstein's language skills allowed him to incorporate Chinese military and diplomatic publications to a degree that few in the West have been able to in the past. Goldstein is under no illusions that compromise is easy, but he calls for both the US and China to take steps to seek an accommodation of interests in the Pacific and globally to avoid a dangerous strategic rivalry.

Author : Cheng-Yang Hsieh,Jordi A. Matias-Guiu,Jesús Porta-Etessam,Sheng-Feng Sung,Tomohisa Nezu,Ricardo F. Allegri,Shen-Yang Lim,Giovanni Assenza
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782889719976

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Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Care for Neurological Conditions by Cheng-Yang Hsieh,Jordi A. Matias-Guiu,Jesús Porta-Etessam,Sheng-Feng Sung,Tomohisa Nezu,Ricardo F. Allegri,Shen-Yang Lim,Giovanni Assenza Pdf

Author : Panayotis G. Kevrekidis,Jesús Cuevas-Maraver,Avadh Saxena
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030449926

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Emerging Frontiers in Nonlinear Science by Panayotis G. Kevrekidis,Jesús Cuevas-Maraver,Avadh Saxena Pdf

This book explores the impact of nonlinearity on a broad range of areas, including time-honored fields such as biology, geometry, and topology, but also modern ones such as quantum mechanics, networks, metamaterials and artificial intelligence. The concept of nonlinearity is a universal feature in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, and is used to characterize systems whose behavior does not amount to a superposition of simple building blocks, but rather features complex and often chaotic patterns and phenomena. Each chapter of the book features a synopsis that not only recaps the recent progress in each field but also charts the challenges that lie ahead. This interdisciplinary book presents contributions from a diverse group of experts from various fields to provide an overview of each field’s past, present and future. It will appeal to both beginners and seasoned researchers in nonlinear science, numerous areas of physics (optics, quantum physics, biophysics), and applied mathematics (ODEs, PDEs, dynamical systems, machine learning) as well as engineering.

Author : Nicholas Coldicott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781604338867

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Tokyo Cocktails by Nicholas Coldicott Pdf

An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by the Eastern Capital. With over 13.5 million residents squeezed in to 845 square miles, Tokyo stands as one of the world’s most beguiling cities. On the surface it appears to be nothing but towering buildings and glaring lights. But once you get to know the city, its 23 wards reveal hidden alleyways, along many of which you can find singular drinking establishments. Tokyo Cocktails takes you inside the city’s best bars and introduces you to bartenders and mixologists conjuring up drinks that reflect the city’s essence, namely how thousands of years of tradition fuse with myriad contemporary influences. Featuring over 100 recipes that honor and reinvent classics and make the best of local ingredients, this book is the ideal cocktail enthusiast’s guide to drinking like a local, whether you’re making a trip to Tokyo or staying at home and simply wishing you were there. Nicholas Coldicott lives in Tokyo and has written about the city’s food and drink scenes for numerous publications, including Conde Nast Traveller, Time Out Tokyo, Japan Times, and Departures; he is also the author of the Wallpaper* City Guides for Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.

Author : Ogata, Takashi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522596950

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Toward an Integrated Approach to Narrative Generation: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Ogata, Takashi Pdf

The concept of narrative has exerted a strong influence on a wide range of fields, from the humanities such as literature (and art and entertainment) to social studies, psychiatry, and psychology. The framework that allows access to narratives across a wide range of areas, from science to the humanities, has the potential to be improved as a fusion of cognitive science and artificial intelligence. Toward an Integrated Approach to Narrative Generation: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly book that focuses on the significance of narratives and narrative generation in various aspects of human society. Featuring an array of topics such as philosophy, narratology, and advertising, this book is ideal for software developers, academicians, philosophy professionals, researchers, and students in the fields of cognitive studies, literary studies, and digital content design and development.

Author : Jorge Almazán,Studiolab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : OCLC:1395399349

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Emergent Tokyo by Jorge Almazán,Studiolab Pdf

"Tokyo is one of the most vibrant and livable cities on the planet, a megacity that somehow remains intimate and adaptive. Compared to Western metropolises like New York or Paris, however, few outsiders understand Tokyo's inner workings. For cities around the globe mired in crisis and seeking new models for the future, Tokyo's success at balancing between massive growth and local communal life poses a challenge: can we design other cities to emulate its best qualities? Emergent Tokyo answers this question in the affirmative by delving into Tokyo's most distinctive urban spaces, from iconic neon nightlife to tranquil neighborhood backstreets. Tokyo at its best offers a new vision for a human-scale urban ecosystem, where ordinary residents can shape their own environment in ways large and small, and communities take on a life of their own beyond government master planning and corporate profit-seeking. As Tokyoites ourselves, we uncover how five key features of Tokyo's cityscape--yokochō alleyways, multi-tenant zakkyo buildings, undertrack infills, flowing ankyo streets, and dense low-rise neighborhoods--enable this 'emergent' urbanism, allowing the city to organize itself from the bottom up. This book demystifies Tokyo's emergent urbanism for an international audience, explaining its origins, its place in today's Tokyo, and its role in the Tokyo of tomorrow. Visitors to Japan, architects, and urban policy practitioners alike will come away with a fresh understanding of the world's premier megacity--and a practical guide for how to bring Tokyo-style intimacy, adaptability, and spontaneity to other cities around the world."--Back cover.

Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1368 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:49015003312338

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Nature by Sir Norman Lockyer Pdf

Author : Joe McReynolds
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780985504595

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China's Evolving Military Strategy by Joe McReynolds Pdf

Roughly once every generation, a powerful, highly influential organization within the Chinese People's Liberation Army releases a new edition of the Science of Military Strategy (SMS), a comprehensive and authoritative study which details the strategic approach that the Chinese military will take in the coming years in response to the threats and challenges facing China. The recent release of a new edition of SMS signals the potential for dramatic shifts in the PLA's approach to a number of strategic questions, but the book remains underutilized by many Western China analysts due to the lack of both an English translation and expert analysis to place these changes into context. China's Evolving Military Strategy aims to bring knowledge of these important developments to a mass audience of China watchers, policymakers, and the broader foreign policy community by providing a sector-by-sector analysis of changes in the PLA's thinking and approach from the previous edition of SMS to the present. Each chapter addresses the implications for a different portion of the Chinese military, ranging from the air, sea, and space domains to cyberspace and electromagnetic warfare, and each is written by one of the world's foremost experts on that subsection of China's military development. China's Evolving Military Strategy will serve as the cornerstone reference for a generation to come on one of China's most important declarations of its military-strategic goals and intentions.