Shanghai Tokyo was a modern, industrialized city, and landing in Shanghai one immediately steps into the reality of what it means to become a modern, industrialized city. Shanghai soared past 20,000,000 people last year by official estimates as it continues to be a Mecca for jobseekers from around China. Of course that is nothing seemingly next …
Category: International
Super Levees of Tokyo
Tokyo For all of the talk about what is wrong with the fools in New Orleans to have located their city in such an environmental crossfire, the attitude in Tokyo, the world’s largest city, seems to be to choose “safe rather than sorry.” The city is built in a mix of mayhem. Rivers frequently flooded areas …
Matsumoto Machizukuri Leader
Kobe We were all excited about meeting with a community leader who had been active in the ‘push and shove’ of getting citizen input within the Kobe planning process. We had read the pre–publication chapters of Professor Olshanksy’s book, so we knew that citizens were only able to find any voice at all late in …