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Fiber City – A Vision for the Shrinking Megacity, Tokyo 2050 [Bilingual: Japanese/English]

Hidetoshi Ohno author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Tokyo Press

Published:26th Sep '17

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Fiber City – A Vision for the Shrinking Megacity, Tokyo 2050 [Bilingual: Japanese/English] cover

In 2050, Tokyo, now the largest metropolis in the world, will be the first megacity in human history that experiences rapid decrease of population, and vast deterioration of infrastructure, as well as other local cities in Japan. Ohno, a prominent urban theorist/ architect, challenges a new theory of urbanism for these shrinking cities in post-industrial era, by connecting ""fiber units"" of local communities in the city to re-design the cities' information, transportation, and industrial networks, as well as their landscapes.

The approach employed in Fibercity offers an intelligent and balanced way to articulate theoretical considerations and a set of concrete proposals. -- Joao Silva Leite, Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa * Urban Morphology *

ISBN: 9784130668552

Dimensions: 256mm x 184mm x 15mm

Weight: 530g

256 pages