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Political Economy of the Tokyo Olympics Unrestrained Capital and Development without Sustainable Principles

This book is an analysis of both contemporary Tokyo and the contemporary Olympic Games emphasizing the role of late-stage capitalism and political economy in shaping both. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games were mired in scandal from the beginning of the bidding process all the way through to the end of the games. This was further exacerbated by the emergency postponement to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic with many public opinion polls supporting further postponement or cancelation in 2021. The contributors to this volume look at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the context of other modern games and the struggle to use the games as an economic stimulus. They reveal the reality of the Olympic development in Tokyo based on evidence and concrete policy analysis. This is a valuable resource for scholars both of contemporary Japan and of the Olympics and other mega-events. | Political Economy of the Tokyo Olympics Unrestrained Capital and Development without Sustainable Principles

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Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo

Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo investigates the novel “emotion business” of dansō escorting as a phenomenon emerging between gender performativity and pop-culture commodified relationships and the wish for self-expression. Fanasca documents the dreams ambitions and fears of young crossdresser escorts negotiating their identity with and within the Japanese society as well as those of crossdresser escorts’ clients: women looking for the perfect man and the opportunity to experience emotions. Combining anthropological sociological and gender studies theories with an ethnographic approach Fanasca argues that dansō crossdressing is the tool used by a sector of Japanese women to resist the heteronormative and patriarchal society and its expectations while reinventing themselves and their identities looking for self-actualization. Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions Tokyo is an interdisciplinary work which will interest both scholars and students of Japanese studies gender studies and anthropology. | Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo

GBP 130.00

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Space Mobility and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation Tokyo Olympics 2020's Atmospheric Irradiations

This book advances an alternative critical posthumanist approach to mega-event organisation taking into account both the new and the old crises which humanity and our planet face. Taking the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a case study Tzanelli explores mega-event crisis and risk management in the era of extreme urbanisation natural disasters global pandemic and technoscientific control. Using the atmospheric term ‘irradiation’ (a technology of glamour and transparency as well as bodily penetration by harmful agents and strong affects) the book explores this epistemological statement diachronically (via Tokyo’s relationship with Western forms of domination) and synchronically (the city as a global cultural-political player but victim of climate catastrophes). It presents how the ‘Olympic enterprise’s’ ‘flattening’ of indigenous environmental place-making rhythms and the scientisation of space and place in the Anthropocene lead to reductionisms harmful for a viable programme of planetary recovery. An experimental study of the mega-event is enacted which considers the researcher’s analytical tools and the styles of human and non-human mobility during the mega-event as reflexive gateways to forms of posthuman flourishing. Crossing and bridging disciplinary boundaries the book will appeal to any scholar interested in mobilities theory event and environment studies sociology of knowledge and cultural globalisation. | Space Mobility and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation Tokyo Olympics 2020's Atmospheric Irradiations

GBP 120.00

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Urban Sociolinguistics The City as a Linguistic Process and Experience

From Los Angeles to Tokyo Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the world. Building on William Labov’s famous New York Study the authors demonstrate how language use in these areas is changing based on belief systems behavioural norms day-to-day rituals and linguistic practices. All chapters are written by key figures in sociolinguistics and presents the personal stories of individuals using linguistic means to go about their daily communications in diverse sociolinguistic systems such as: extremely large urban conurbations like Cairo Tokyo and Mexico City smaller settings like Paris and Sydney less urbanised places such as the Western Netherlands Randstad area and Kohima in India. Providing new perspectives on crucial themes such as language choice and language contact code-switching and mixing language and identity language policy and planning and social networks this is key reading for students and researchers in the areas of multilingualism and super-diversity within sociolinguistics applied linguistics and urban studies. | Urban Sociolinguistics The City as a Linguistic Process and Experience

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Collected English Writings of Josiah Conder

Josiah Conder (1852–1920) also known as Kondoru-sensei was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as the first professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering (now Faculty of Engineering University of Tokyo). After receiving the Soane Medallion Prize of the RIBA he arrived in Japan in 1877 spending the rest of his life there. Often called the ‘father of Japanese architecture’ he established the education of architecture in Japan and most of his graduates played essential roles in the development of modern Japan's architecture. He played a leading role in developing Tokyo as an urban city of Western style and designed numerous public buildings including the Rokumeikan which became a symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period as well as Mitsubishi 1-gokan Nicholai-do Kyu-Iwasakitei which are considered landmark buildings of Japanese architecture. This collection gathers together and reproduces in facsimile 65 of Josiah Conder’s most significant writings related to Japanese architecture arts and culture. A folio volume of Paintings and Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai is also included reproduced in the original size with illustrations and full colour plates as well as an album of Dr Conder’s photographs and illustrations. Dr Conder’s obituaries appeared in newspapers and journals and these too are included. Together the material collated for this collection makes it an indispensable resource for any student or scholar of Japanese art and culture. | Collected English Writings of Josiah Conder

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Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance studies the evolution of the monogatari or narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami. Author Chikako Nihei argues that Murakami’s power of monogatari lies in his use of distancing effects; storytelling allows individuals to cross into a different context through which they can effectively observe themselves and reality. His belief in the importance of monogatari is closely linked to his generation’s experience of the counter--culture movement in the late1960s and his research on the 1995 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack caused by the Aum shinrikyo cult major events in postwar Japan that revealed many people’s desire for a stable narrative to interact with and form their identity from. | Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

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Cities and Power Worldwide Perspectives

What do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set of eminent urban scholar in crisp articles on capital cities from around the world from Buenos Aires to Tokyo from Jakarta to Moscow. Focus is on contemporary cities and their manifestations and representations of power though often with a historical grounding and the collection also includes an example of archaeological urban analysis from northern Mesopotamia. Through its variety of approaches by leading scholars of the field and its variety of cities with their different histories and their diverse national contexts and political organization the book gives a uniquely insightful and easily accessible world overview of cities of power. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Urban Sciences. | Cities and Power Worldwide Perspectives

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Democracy – The God That Failed The Economics and Politics of Monarchy Democracy and Natural Order

The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature it reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy but outlines deficiencies in both. Its methodology is axiomatic-deductive allowing the writer to derive economic and sociological theorems and then apply them to interpret historical events. A compelling chapter on time preference describes the progress of civilization as lowering time preferences as capital structure is built and explains how the interaction between people can lower time all around with interesting parallels to the Ricardian Law of Association. By focusing on this transformation the author is able to interpret many historical phenomena such as rising levels of crime degeneration of standards of conduct and morality and the growth of the mega-state. In underscoring the deficiencies of both monarchy and democracy the author demonstrates how these systems are both inferior to a natural order based on private-property. Hoppe deconstructs the classical liberal belief in the possibility of limited government and calls for an alignment of conservatism and libertarianism as natural allies with common goals. He defends the proper role of the production of defense as undertaken by insurance companies on a free market and describes the emergence of private law among competing insurers. Having established a natural order as superior on utilitarian grounds the author goes on to assess the prospects for achieving a natural order. Informed by his analysis of the deficiencies of social democracy and armed with the social theory of legitimation he forsees secession as the likely future of the US and Europe resulting in a multitude of region and city-states. This book complements the author's previous work defending the ethics of private property and natural order. Democracy - The God that Failed will be of interest to scholars and students of history political economy and political philosophy. | Democracy – The God That Failed The Economics and Politics of Monarchy Democracy and Natural Order

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Immigration and Categorical Inequality Migration to the City and the Birth of Race and Ethnicity

Immigration and Categorical Inequality explains the general processes of migration the categorization of newcomers in urban areas as racial or ethnic others and the mechanisms that perpetuate inequality among groups. Inspired by the pioneering work of Charles Tilly on chain migration transnational communities trust networks and categorical inequality renowned migration scholars apply Tilly’s theoretical concepts using empirical data gathered in different historical periods and geographical areas ranging from New York to Tokyo and from Barcelona to Nepal. The contributors of this volume demonstrate the ways in which social boundary mechanisms produce relational processes of durable categorical inequality. This understanding is an important step to stop treating differences between certain groups as natural and unchangeable. This volume will be valuable for scholars students and the public in general interested in understanding the periodic rise of nativism in the United States and elsewhere. | Immigration and Categorical Inequality Migration to the City and the Birth of Race and Ethnicity

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Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

We thank Ekman & Co AB and Gadelius Holding Ltd for their kind and generous support making this research available online for free. Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter’s 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden’s relationship with European Axis powers took place under the premise of existential security concerns the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden militarily or economically. Nevertheless Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan’s surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and therefore provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality. | Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

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Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation provides a brand-new perspective on academic discussions of globalisation through exploring urban development outside of select global cities including Paris Tokyo and London and instead focuses on medium-sized cities in the context of a globalising world. Combining the author’s expertise with extensive research this book fills a gap in the scholarly debate on globalisation and urban development with chapters of the book giving detailed insight on urban governance and economy local identity and urban representation. Through a range of visual sources including maps tables and graphs the book is applicable and accessible and offers a specialised analysis of medium-sized cities through assessing urban regeneration policies as well as promotional activities and their role in promoting positive change in an era of great inter-urban competition. This book contains valuable historical insights and is excellent specialised material for scholars and postgraduate students in the disciplines of Urban History Urban Studies and Geography as well as being a significant source for professionals working in urban planning and place promotion

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Urban Regeneration in China Institutional Innovation in Guangzhou Shenzhen and Shanghai

The book examines institutional innovation in urban regeneration in Guangzhou Shenzhen and Shanghai three Chinese cities that have experienced sweeping changes in recent years providing an ideal guide to the development of urban regeneration practices in China. As a starting point the book revisits relevant theoretical developments and the institutional experiences of urban regeneration in some Asian pioneer cities and regions such as Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo and Singapore. Moving on to the Chinese mainland cities themselves the core comparative study investigates the institutional systems key policies planning formulations and implementation paths in the urban regeneration process of the three cities. Gains and losses that have resulted from each city's institutional construction and reformation are discussed as well as the underlying reasons for these. Drawing on these case studies and comparisons the book puts forward some generic rules for urban regeneration institutional innovation offering a valuable frame of reference for other cities and regions. The book will appeal to scholars interested in urban regeneration and renewal as well as urban planners architects policymakers and urban development administrators. | Urban Regeneration in China Institutional Innovation in Guangzhou Shenzhen and Shanghai

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Japanese Machizukuri and Community Engagement History Method and Practice

Over the past few decades Japan has faced severe earthquake disasters an increasing aging population declining birth rates and widening social disparities. These issues have served to highlight gaps left by top-down governance approaches and the urgent need to create resilient societies using more traditional models. Japanese “machizukuri” has developed to become an exceptional example of bottom-up creative approaches based on collective action and use of local resources. Since its evolution in the 1960s machizukuri has come to define diverse and creative community-driven management models by which local communities are enabled to actively tackle problem-solving. Including contributions from experts directly engaged in the process this book explores the original development of machizukuri in Japan its diffusion through East Asia and the positive outcomes of this transfer. Combining theoretical explanations with practical case studies from pre-disaster planning in Tokyo to the revitalization of historic towns and rural areas around Japan the book looks at specific solutions tools and links between academics communities organizations governmental bodies and the private sector. It will appeal to researchers in planning community engagement architecture urban design and sustainable development. | Japanese Machizukuri and Community Engagement History Method and Practice

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Designing the Olympics Representation Participation Contestation

Designing the Olympics claims that the Olympic Games provide opportunities to reflect on the relationship between design national identity and citizenship. The Olympic design milieu fans out from the construction of the Olympic city and the creation of emblems mascots and ceremonies to the consumption interpretation and appropriation of Olympic artifacts from their conception to their afterlife. Besides products that try to achieve consensus and induce civic pride the Olympic design milieu also includes processes that oppose the Olympics and their enforcement. The book examines the graphic design program for Tokyo 1964 architecture and urban plans for Athens 2004 brand design for London 2012 and practices of subversive appropriation and sociotechnical action in counter-Olympic movements since the 1960s. It explores how the Olympics shape the physical legal and emotional contours of a host nation and its position in the world; how the Games are contested by a broader social spectrum within and beyond the nation; and how throughout these encounters design plays a crucial role. Recognizing the presence of multiple actors the book investigates the potential of design in promoting equitable political participation in the Olympic context. | Designing the Olympics Representation Participation Contestation

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Sport and Crime Towards a Critical Criminology of Sport

This is the first book to explore fully the connections between sport studies and criminology opening up critical new frontiers in the study of sport and crime. Rooted firmly in established critical criminological traditions the book also employs insights from emerging theoretical frameworks such as cultural criminology governmentality theory and critical security studies to make better sense of a range of transnational and contemporary cases events and trends that reveal in different ways the crimes and harms that are present in sport. Empirically grounded including case studies of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games it explores emerging themes in contemporary sport including but not limited to corruption doping youth crime terrorism violence and transgression and human rights abuses. Sport and Crime consciously pushes the boundaries of what might be considered the critical criminology of sport. This is an essential text for any course on sport and crime and invaluable reading for any student or researcher with an interest in the sociology of sport sport development sport policy the politics of sport critical criminology or socio-legal studies. | Sport and Crime Towards a Critical Criminology of Sport

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Multi-Unit Housing in Urban Cities From 1800 to Present Day

This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied. The case studies presented offer an insight into why a certain housing type flourished in a specific city and the variety span across cities in the world where distinct housing types have prevailed. It also pursues how housing types developed evolved and helped define the city looks into how dwellers inhabited their dwellings and analyses how the housing typologies correlates in a contemporary context. The typologies studied are back-to-backs in Birmingham; tenements in London; Haussmann Apartment in Paris; tenements in New York; tong lau in Hong Kong; perimeter block linear block and block-edge in Berlin; perimeter block and solitaire in Amsterdam; space-enclosing structure in Beijing; micro house in Tokyo and high-rise in Toronto. | Multi-Unit Housing in Urban Cities From 1800 to Present Day

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Popularizing Japanese TV The Cultural Economic and Emotional Dimensions of Infotainment Discourse

Over the past years the view has emerged that Japanese TV is dominated by an infotainment mode of discourse. The book extends this view detailing and interpreting the cultural economic and emotional dimensions of this communication phenomenon from an ethnographic perspective. It examines the complex ways in which infotainment works in an advanced capitalist society. As such this is more than a book about Japan; it is a work that fits within media ethnography and cultural studies and appeals to readers interested in the question of how television at the heart of the global media stream successfully turns into a persuasive intimate and powerful member of a televisual audience-family through carefully engineered televisual discourses linguistic/non-linguistic component audiovisual strategies and economic and cultural elements. Drawing on ethnographic observations in TV stations in two major cities Sendai and Tokyo the book reveals several essential components embedded within infotainment discourse. Thus this book not only provides a panoramic picture of a core phenomenon in Japanese broadcasting since the 2000s but also discusses how both cultural discourses and economic considerations influence contemporary television broadcasting. | Popularizing Japanese TV The Cultural Economic and Emotional Dimensions of Infotainment Discourse

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International Comparative Perspectives on the Treatment of “Urban Diseases” Reflections on the Low-Carbon Development of the Beijing-Tianjin

With an integration of theories comparative and empirical studies this book aims to find a treatment for Beijing’s “urban diseases” and coordinate a low-carbon development plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. Unprecedented industrialization and unconventional urbanization caused a series of “urban diseases” for developing cities across the globe. By summarizing and exploring the evolution and phased characteristics of “urban diseases” the author implements theories across classical sociology human ecology community school and low-carbon city as the base for policy recommendations. This book also provides in-depth examinations and comparative studies of other metropolises’ experiences in controlling “urban diseases”. Cities such as New York London and Tokyo were modeled to propose the most appropriate low-carbon development plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. With a focus on developing cities in Northern China this book will be a great read to all scholars and students of environmental studies development studies urban studies and contemporary China studies. It will also be a great addition for those who are interested in social conflicts and economic development. | International Comparative Perspectives on the Treatment of “Urban Diseases” Reflections on the Low-Carbon Development of the Beijing-Tianjin

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Vinyl The Analogue Record in the Digital Age

Recent years have seen not just a revival but a rebirth of the analogue record. More than merely a nostalgic craze vinyl has become a cultural icon. As music consumption migrated to digital and online this seemingly obsolete medium became the fastest-growing format in music sales. Whilst vinyl never ceased to be the favorite amongst many music lovers and DJs from the late 1980s the recording industry regarded it as an outdated relic consigned to dusty domestic corners and obscure record shops. So why is vinyl now experiencing a ‘rebirth of its cool’?Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward explore this question by combining a cultural sociological approach with insights from material culture studies. Presenting vinyl as a multifaceted cultural object they investigate the reasons behind its persistence within our technologically accelerated culture. Informed by media analysis urban ethnography and the authors’ interviews with musicians DJs sound engineers record store owners collectors and cutting-edge label chiefs from a range of metropolitan centres renowned for thriving music scenes including London New York Tokyo Melbourne and especially Berlin what emerges is a story of a modern icon. | Vinyl The Analogue Record in the Digital Age

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Disability the Media and the Paralympic Games

This book focuses on the ground-breaking coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by the UK’s publicly owned but commercially funded Channel 4 network coverage which seemed to deliver a transformational shift in attitudes towards people with disabilities. It sheds important new light on our understanding of media production and its complex interactions with sport and wider society. Drawing on political economy and cultural studies the book explores why and how a marginalised group was brought into the mainstream by the media and the key influencing factors and decision-making processes. Featuring interviews with key people involved in the television and digital production structures as well as organisational archives it helps us to understand the interplay between creativity and commerce between editorial and marketing workflows and about the making of meaning. The book also looks at coverage of the Rio Paralympics and ahead to the Tokyo Games and at changing global perceptions of disability through sport. This is fascinating reading for any advanced students researchers or sport management or media professionals looking to better understand the media production process or the significance of sport and disability in wider society. | Disability the Media and the Paralympic Games

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The Evolution of Carbon Markets Design and Diffusion

Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world but how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and interaction between them? How do these markets function and what is the role of design? Carrying out a ground-breaking analysis of their design and diffusion this book covers all the major carbon market systems and processes around the world: the EU RGGI California Tokyo New Zealand Australia China South Korea and Kazakhstan. It offers a systematic in-depth discussion and comparison of the key design features in these systems with expert contributors exploring how and to what extent these features have been shaped by central policy diffusion mechanisms and domestic politics. By focussing on the specific design features of the instruments used this volume makes important contributions to diffusion theory highlighting how ETS diffusion processes more often have resulted in design divergence than convergence and discussing the implications of this finding for the vision of linked systems in the post-Paris era. It will be of significant interest to a broad audience interested in the emergence evolution functioning and interaction of carbon markets. | The Evolution of Carbon Markets Design and Diffusion

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Japan in Transformation 1945–2020

Japan in Transformation 1945–2020 has been newly revised and updated to examine the 3. 11 natural and nuclear disasters Emperor Akihito’s abdication Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacies the 2019 World Cup and the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19. Through a chronological approach this volume traces the development of Japan’s history from the US Occupation in 1945 to the political consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. It evaluates the impact of the Lost Decade of the 1990s as well as key issues such as the demographic crisis war memory regional relations security concerns constitutional revision and political stagnation. In response to post-2010 developments such as Abenomics the demise of the Democratic Party of Japan and immigration policy chapters have been reassessed to account for changes in politics the role of women Japan’s relationships with Asia and how and why policies have fallen short of stated goals. Overall the volume reveals how Japan transformed into one of the largest economic and technological powers of the modern world. With a Chronology Who’s who and Glossary this edition is the ideal resource for all students interested in Japanese politics economy and society since the end of World War II.

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Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

Amid Japan’s political turbulence in 1960 seven architects and designers founded Metabolism to propagate radical ideas of urbanism. Kenzō Tange’s Plan for Tokyo 1960 further celebrated urban expansion as organic processes and pushed city design to an unprecedented scale. Metabolists’ visionary schemes of the city gave birth to revolutionary design paradigms which reinvented the discourse of modern Japanese architecture and propelled it through the years of Economic Miracle to a global prominence. Their utopian concepts which often envisaged the sea and the sky as human habitats of the future reflected fundamental issues of cultural transformation and addressed environmental crises of the postindustrial society. This new edition expands Zhongjie Lin’s pathbreaking account on Tange and Metabolism centered at the intersection of urbanism and utopianism. The thorough historical survey from Metabolism’s inauguration at the 1960 World Design Conference to the apex of the movement at Expo ’70 and further to the recent demolition of Nakagin Capsule Tower leads to a definition of three Metabolist urban paradigms – megastructure group form and ruins – which continue to inspire experiments in architecture city design and conservation. Kenzō Tange and the Metabolist Movement is a key book for architectural and urban historians architects and all those interested in avant-garde design Japanese architecture and contemporary urbanism. | Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

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Alun Hoddinott A Source Book

Alun Hoddinott is the most important living Welsh composer and one of the most distinguished and prolific composers of his generation internationally. His works have been performed in major centres as far afield as Tokyo and Berlin Melbourne and Leipzig New York and Venice as well as the major festivals in Wales and England. He is one of the very few composers to have been commissioned to compose a concerto for Mstislav Rostropovitch. Born in Bargoed Glamorganshire in August 1929 Alun Hoddinott started to play the violin and compose at an early age. Some of his works were performed and broadcast whilst he was a student at University College Cardiff and he later studied with the Australian composer and pianist Arthur Benjamin. His first major success was his Clarinet Concerto No. 1 given by Gervaise de Peyer and the Halle Orchestra under John Barbirolli at the 1954 Cheltenham Music Festival. This Source Book lists all Hoddinott's compositions from 1946 to 2005 almost 60 years of phenomenal output and shows he has achieved a mastery of composition which embraces almost every musical medium. With information given on first performances manuscript locations and recordings in addition to details of composition dates authors/librettists durations commissions and dedications amongst much else this book is a key reference for all those interested in Alun Hoddinott and his music. | Alun Hoddinott A Source Book

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Civil Defense in Japan Issues and Challenges

In 2004 Japan instituted a system to protect citizens against military attacks and terrorism for the first time after World War II. Faced with the Tokyo subway attack (1995) the 9/11 terrorist attacks (2001) and the changing security environment in East Asia the Japanese government was forced to implement the most extensive reform of its domestic crisis management [kiki-kanri] system in the postwar era. Japan’s civil defense system is now called civil protection [kokumin-hogo]. Two world wars in the 20th century led to the development of national institutions based on civil defense in Western democratic countries (including the United States and Canada). As times have changed most countries have adopted a comprehensive crisis (or emergency) management system integrating civil defense and disaster management (against natural and technological hazards). However Japan continues to take a different path. Why has a comprehensive crisis management system yet to be formed? How do complex and fragmented institutions work? This book examines the institutions and policies of civil protection (i. e. Japan's civil defense) and further analyzes their effectiveness and issues. Furthermore it also examines the trade-offs resulting from the coexistence of two independent institutions: civil protection and natural disaster management. A valuable read for scholars of Japan’s public administration and security/ defense policy as well as for those researching and comparing disaster-preparedness across countries. | Civil Defense in Japan Issues and Challenges

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Political Economy of the Tokyo Olympics Unrestrained Capital and Development without Sustainable Principles

Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo

Space Mobility and Crisis in Mega-Event Organisation Tokyo Olympics 2020's Atmospheric Irradiations

Urban Sociolinguistics The City as a Linguistic Process and Experience

Collected English Writings of Josiah Conder

Haruki Murakami Storytelling and Productive Distance

Cities and Power Worldwide Perspectives

Democracy – The God That Failed The Economics and Politics of Monarchy Democracy and Natural Order

Immigration and Categorical Inequality Migration to the City and the Birth of Race and Ethnicity

Sweden Japan and the Long Second World War 1931-1945

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Urban Regeneration in China Institutional Innovation in Guangzhou Shenzhen and Shanghai

Japanese Machizukuri and Community Engagement History Method and Practice

Designing the Olympics Representation Participation Contestation

Sport and Crime Towards a Critical Criminology of Sport

Multi-Unit Housing in Urban Cities From 1800 to Present Day

Popularizing Japanese TV The Cultural Economic and Emotional Dimensions of Infotainment Discourse

International Comparative Perspectives on the Treatment of “Urban Diseases” Reflections on the Low-Carbon Development of the Beijing-Tianjin

Vinyl The Analogue Record in the Digital Age

Disability the Media and the Paralympic Games

The Evolution of Carbon Markets Design and Diffusion

Japan in Transformation 1945–2020

Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

Alun Hoddinott A Source Book

Civil Defense in Japan Issues and Challenges

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