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History and Regional Area Studies of Hachioji Tokyo's Western Frontier

This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan. It tracks how Tokyo slowly expands into its suburban, rural or sub-rural districts. It also wants to profile the multiple identities of a city that is simultaneously an ecol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lim, Tai Wei
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Subjects:
Urban History
Sociology, Urban
Social Economy
Human Geography
History Of Japan
Japan—history
Urban Ecology
Welfare Economics
Urban Ecology (biology)
Urban Sociology
Cities And Towns—history
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan. It tracks how Tokyo slowly expands into its suburban, rural or sub-rural districts. It also wants to profile the multiple identities of a city that is simultaneously an ecological asset, a heritage locale in addition to a logistics hub. The volume is probably the first of its kind to analyze the western sector of the largest city in the world
Physical Description:XIII, 109 p. 1 illus online resource
ISBN:9789811661785

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