Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan 9780824860592
Japan today protects one-seventh of its land surface in parks, which are visited by well over a billion people each year
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English Pages 288 Year 2010
Table of contents :
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
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
- Author / Uploaded
- Thomas R. H. Havens
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