Emergent Tokyo

Author : Jorge Almazan,Studiolab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,9 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 : Peter G. Rowe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:49015003312338

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Nature by Sir Norman Lockyer Pdf

Author : Mark K. Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317807551

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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 : Stephen J. Guastello
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135671945

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Managing Emergent Phenomena by Stephen J. Guastello Pdf

Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing Emergent Phenomena begins by describing how the concept of an organization has changed from a bureaucracy, to a humanistic and organic system, to a complex adaptive system. The dynamics concepts are then explained along with the most recent research methods for analyzing real data. Applications include: work motivation, personnel selection and turnover, creative thinking by individuals and groups, the development of social networks, coordination in work groups, the emergence of leaders, work performance in organizational hierarchies, economic problems that are relevant to organizations, techniques for predicting the future, and emergency management. Each application begins with a tight summary of standard thinking on a subject, followed by the new insights that are afforded by nonlinear dynamics and the empirical data supporting those ideas. Unusual concepts are also encountered, such as the organizational unconscious, collective intelligence, and the revolt of the slaved variables. The net results are a new perspective on what is really important in organizational life, original insights on familiar experiences, and some clear signposts for the next generation of nonlinear social scientists.

Author : Edward Seidensticker
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 845 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Sanford Ikeda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789819953622

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A City Cannot Be a Work of Art by Sanford Ikeda Pdf

This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and profoundly influencing urban planning and design, her theoretical contributions – although central to her criticisms of and proposals for public policy – are frequently overlooked even by her most enthusiastic admirers. This book argues that Jacobs’s insight that “a city cannot be a work of art” underlies both her ideas on planning and her understanding of economic development and social cooperation. It shows how the theory of the market process and Jacobs’s theory of urban processes are useful complements – an example of what economists and urbanists can learn from each other. This Jacobs-cum-market-process perspective offers new theoretical, historical, and policy analyses of cities, more realistic and coherent than standard accounts by either economists or urbanists.

Author : Paul Langley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,6 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 : Joe McReynolds
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,7 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.

Author : Livio Sacchi
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015061425388

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Tokyo by Livio Sacchi Pdf

Tokyo is one of the largest and most complex cities in the world and represents an intriguing proving ground for new ideas on architecture and urbanism. Working in Tokyo means working in the future, and often two sets of rules seem to apply to projects in Tokyo-on the one hand the city's growth is as protean as that of LA or Mexico City, yet this growth is channeled by Japan's rigid adherence to norms and rules and Japanese architecture's embrace of the theoretical and new. This book presents Tokyo as seen through its growth and design from the 19th century onward with a special focus on highlighting the deep roots of contemporary trends in Tokyo architecture.

Author : Eric Häusler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783658437763

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How Cities Become Brands by Eric Häusler Pdf

Author : Michael Darroch,Janine Marchessault
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Laxman Raju Thoutam,Shubham Tayal,J. Ajayan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811913129

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Emerging Materials by Laxman Raju Thoutam,Shubham Tayal,J. Ajayan Pdf

This book serves as a quick guide on the latest material systems including their synthesis, fabrication and characterization techniques. It discusses recent developments in different material systems and discusses their novel applications in various branches of science and engineering. The book briefs latest computational tools and techniques that are used to discover new material systems. The book also briefs applications of new emerging materials in various fields including, healthcare, sensors, opto-electronics, high power devices and nano-electronics. This book helps to create a synergy between computational and experimental research methods to better understand a particular material system.

Author : Julian Worrall,Erez Golani Solomon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9784770030542

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21st Century Tokyo by Julian Worrall,Erez Golani Solomon Pdf

Tokyo has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking cities in the world, and nowhere is this more evident than in its modern architecture. Authors and architects Julian Worrall and Erez Golani Solomon, longtime residents of the city, have selected 83 outstanding examples of contemporary architecture, and introduce them, not just from an architectural perspective, but as part of the social, cultural, and political tapestry of the city. In addition to the monumental masterpieces of famous architects, "generic" buildings—from office blocks and convenience stores, to high-rise apartment towers—are also sprinkled throughout the book, creating a full and fascinating overview of the architectural landscape of the city. Each of the book's seven chapters covers a different geographical district of Tokyo; and each building is accompanied by a selection of stunning black-and-white photographs. Written in an accessible, conversational style, and including maps and access information for each building, this book will appeal to the layman as well as to the professional architect, the visitor to Tokyo as well as to the armchair traveler.

Author : Ogata, Takashi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,6 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.