ISBN:
9780415690706
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (441 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
Series Statement:
Japan Anthropology Workshop Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto : Claiming a Right to the Past
DDC:
306.0952/1864
Keywords:
Kyoto (Japan) - Environmental conditions
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Kyoto (Japan) - Environmental conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
As the historic capital of the country and the stronghold of the nation's most celebrated traditions, the city of Kyoto holds a unique place in the Japanese imagination. Widely praised for the beauty of its townscape and natural environments, it is both a popular destination for tourists and home to one and a half million inhabitants. There has been a sustained, lively debate about how best to develop the city, with a large number of local government officials, citizen activists, urban planners, real-estate developers, architects, builders, proprietors, academic researchers, and ordinary Kyoto
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a right to the past; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Case studies; 1. The Pont des Arts controversy; 2. A place with a past; 3. The manshon conflicts; 4. The revival of the kyô-machiya; 5. The Yamaboko junkô of the Gion matsuri; Part II Cross-cutting aspects; 6. Aesthetics; 7. Tradition and heritage; 8. Civil society and the power of institutions; 9. Public and private space; 10. Wider skies over Kyoto; Conclusion: Healing a wounded city; Appendix A: Photo test buildings and scores
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix B: Photo test correlations of respondentsNotes; Bibliography; Index;
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