Purpose This paper aims to shed light on current initiatives of urban regeneration around the
Shibuya Station area within the context of contemporary Tokyo's place development …

As a country with long historical development, Japan has her own urban renewal policy.
Urban renewal is generally classified into three categories: redevelopment, rehabilitation …

Japanese urban change after the 1990s, studied mostly under the name of reurbanization or
“return to the city centres,” was little understood abroad. To locate Japan in the literature on …

Japanese cities are characterized by a patchwork quality: modern business and shopping
districts lie side by side with traditional neighborhoods. Rather than built urban forms, strong …

As Japan leaves the phase of rapid urban growth and enters the phase of maturity, the
issues of economic, social, and environmental sustainability and the enhancement of …

Both Taipei and Seoul underwent a process of colonization and modern urbanization during
the early part of the 20th century, under Japanese rule. In both countries, urban-planning …

Purpose This paper aims to focus on citizen participation as a crucial place management
factor in Tokyo's shrinking suburbs as a way to facilitate the goal of retaining and attracting …

The article discusses the potential of the urban regeneration program in Tokyo, Japan by
clarifying some of the city's spatial characteristics. A bird's-eye view of Tokyo reveals how the …

It is important at the outset to deal with the appropriation of the urban regeneration concept
in Taipei. Urban regeneration is a comparatively new term and an imported concept in …

Urban renewal has, in recent years, become a key process of transformation in most Asian
cities. It is an important part of the urban development policy of Taipei City as well. For over a …