Tokyo-as-world-city: reassessing the role of capital and the state in urban restructuring
Summary. The world cities literature has been enlivened by debate over the place of Tokyo in a conceptual model that appears to have clear North Atlantic roots. In recent years, it has been suggested that Tokyo is shaped to an unusual degree by interventions by the state. This paper reviews this dis...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1000.2060 2023-05-15T17:32:42+02:00 Tokyo-as-world-city: reassessing the role of capital and the state in urban restructuring Paul Waley The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2007 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1000.2060 http://usj.sagepub.com/content/44/8/1465.full.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1000.2060 http://usj.sagepub.com/content/44/8/1465.full.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://usj.sagepub.com/content/44/8/1465.full.pdf text 2007 ftciteseerx 2016-10-23T00:21:57Z Summary. The world cities literature has been enlivened by debate over the place of Tokyo in a conceptual model that appears to have clear North Atlantic roots. In recent years, it has been suggested that Tokyo is shaped to an unusual degree by interventions by the state. This paper reviews this discussion and argues that the role of capital in Tokyo’s restructuring has been underplayed. The paper places Japan’s capital within a wider context of urban theorising through the use of three conceptual categories: urban governance, the urban terrain and urban life-spaces. It follows the story of the restructuring of Tokyo’s urban terrain and the squeezing of life-spaces, drawing out the ever more substantial role of business corporations in urban development projects, with national government cheer-leading and local government increasingly sidelined. Tokyo as Difficult Fit Tokyo is on the move again, moving further down the road of corporate-led development and, as it does so, changing with bewildering rapidity. All around the city, but principally Text North Atlantic Unknown |
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Summary. The world cities literature has been enlivened by debate over the place of Tokyo in a conceptual model that appears to have clear North Atlantic roots. In recent years, it has been suggested that Tokyo is shaped to an unusual degree by interventions by the state. This paper reviews this discussion and argues that the role of capital in Tokyo’s restructuring has been underplayed. The paper places Japan’s capital within a wider context of urban theorising through the use of three conceptual categories: urban governance, the urban terrain and urban life-spaces. It follows the story of the restructuring of Tokyo’s urban terrain and the squeezing of life-spaces, drawing out the ever more substantial role of business corporations in urban development projects, with national government cheer-leading and local government increasingly sidelined. Tokyo as Difficult Fit Tokyo is on the move again, moving further down the road of corporate-led development and, as it does so, changing with bewildering rapidity. All around the city, but principally |
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