Parkscapes : : Green Spaces in Modern Japan / / Thomas R. H. Havens.
Japan today protects one-seventh of its land surface in parks, which are visited by well over a billion people each year. Parkscapes analyzes the origins, development, and distinctive features of these public spaces. Green zones were created by the government beginning in the late nineteenth century...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 p.) :; 31 illus., 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Parklands and Japan
- 1. From Private Lands to Public Spaces: Early City Parks
- 2. National Parks for Wealth, Health, and Empire
- 3. Visions of a Green Tokyo
- 4. Parks and Prosperity, 1950s-1980s
- 5. Parks and New Eco-Regimes
- Afterword: Parks, the Public, and the Environment in Japan
- Notes
- Sources Cited
- Index
- About the Author