Title Reconstructing Kobe : the geography of crisis and opportunity / David W. Edgington

Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction -- Earthquakes and urban reconstruction -- Kobe and the Hanshin earthquake -- The planning and reconstruction response -- Protest, participation, and the Phoenix Plan -- Neighbourhood case studies -- Symbolic projects and the local economy -- Conclusion -- Appendices. Chronology of the ten-year reconstruction period in Kobe (1995-2005) ; National government relief and recovery measures ; Major reconstruction actions taken by local government in 1995 Summary Six thousand people died and hundreds of thousands lost their homes when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit Kobe in January 1995. It was the largest disaster to affect postwar Japan and one of the most destructive postwar natural disasters to strike a developed country. Although the media focused on the disaster's immediate effects, the long-term reconstruction efforts have gone largely unexplored. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews with planners, activists, and bureaucrats, David Edgington records the first ten years of reconstruction and recovery efforts and offers detailed descriptions of the geography of crisis and opportunity. Which districts were most vulnerable to quake and why? Did policy makers and planners exploit opportunities to revitalize the city and make it more sustainable and disaster proof? Edgington's intricate investigation of Japanese urban policy, local governance, and land use in stricken neighbourhoods reveals that Japan's particular style of urban redevelopment hindered rather than hastened its ability to rebuild a devastated city. An absorbing account of the largest urban-planning redevelopment effort in Japanese history and the disaster that caused it, Reconstructing Kobe offers real-world solutions to urban planners and policy makers and is essential reading for students and scholars of Japanese urban and planning history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-285) and index Notes Title and text in English; with some text in Japanese Print version record Subject City planning -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi Kobe Earthquake, Japan, 1995. Urban renewal -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi -- History Land use -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi Municipal government -- Japan -- Kōbe-shi POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning. Urban renewal Municipal government Land use City planning Economic history Social conditions Erdbeben Wiederaufbau Erdbeben. Stadtsanierung. Städtebau. Stadsplanering -- Japan -- Kobe. Jordbävningar. SUBJECT Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Social conditions Kōbe-shi (Japan) -- Economic conditions Subject Japan Japan -- Kōbe-shi Kobe Kobe. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780774817585 0774817585 1283335492 9781283335492

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