xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm
Contents
1. Rebuilding Japanese Cities After 1945 / Carola Hein -- 2. Japanese Cities and Planning in the Reconstruction Period: 1945-55 / Ishida Yorifusa -- 3. Reconstructing Tokyo: The Attempt to Transform a Metropolis / Ichikawa Hiroo -- 4. The Rebuilding of Osaka: A Reflection of the Structural Weaknesses in Japanese Planning / Hasegawa Junichi -- 5. Reconstructing Hiroshima and Preserving the Reconstructed City / Ishimaru Norioki -- 6. The Reconstruction of Nagaoka and Its Influence on Urban Forms / Matsumoto Shoji -- 7. War Damage Reconstruction, City Planning and US Civil Administration in Okinawa / Ikeda Takayuki -- 8. Learning from Dairen, Learning from Shinkyo: Japanese Colonial City Planning and Postwar Reconstruction / David Tucker -- 9. Aesthetics and Reconstruction: Japanese Architectural Culture in the 1950s / Cherie Wendelken -- 10. War and Reconstruction in Germany and Japan / Jeffry M. Diefendorf -- 11. Change and Continuity in Postwar Urban Japan / Carola Hein
