Rebuilding Urban Japan After 1945 [Hardcover]

This is the first book in English to examine the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II, and it is a must-read not only for Japan specialists but also for those interested in urban history and planing anywhere. Five case studies (of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Okinawa and Nagaoka) are framed by broader essays on the evolution of Japanese planning and architecture, Japan's urban policies in Manchuria and comparisons between Japanese and European reconstruction.Rebuilding Japanese Cities after 1945; C.Hein Japanese Cities and Planning in the Reconstruction Period, 1945-55; Y.Ishida Reconstructing Tokyo: the Attempt to transform a Metropolis; I.Hiroo The Rebuilding of Osaka and Central Themes of the Japanese Reconstruction; H.Junichi Reconstructing Hiroshima and Preserving the Reconstructed City; I.Norioki The Reconstruction of Nagaoka and its Influence on Urban Forms; M.Shoji War Damage Reconstruction, City Planning and U.S. Civil Administration in Okinawa; I.Takayuki Learning from Dairen, Learning from Shinkyo: Japanese Colonial City Planning and Postwar Reconstruction; D.Tucker Japanese Architectural Culture in the 1950s; C.Wendelken War and Reconstruction in Japan; J.M.Diefendorf Change and Continuities in Postwar Urban Japan; C.Hein

'This book is a must for researchers and practitioners of urban planning, planning history and the urban history of Japan.' - Shun'ichi Watanabe, Tokyo Science University

'Here is a study grand in its range and significant in its relevance...which we can all learn from.' - Robert Venturi, Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner, 1991

'Long opaque to students of Twentieth-century architecture and planning in the West, the history of the reconstruction of Japanese cities after World War II is detailed for the first time in this authoritative collection of essays edited by Carola Hein, Jeffry Diefendorf, and Ishida Yorifusa. Eleven case studies and thematic overviews by Japanese l#@