Reconstructing Kobe: The Geography of Crisis and Opportunity

Reconstructing Kobe: The Geography of Crisis and Opportunity
ISBN-10
0774859415
ISBN-13
9780774859417
Category
Social Science
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2011-01-01
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
David W. Edgington

Description

The Hanshin Earthquake was the largest disaster to affect postwar Japan and one of the most destructive postwar natural disasters to strike a developed country. Although the media focused on the disaster's immediate effects, the long-term reconstruction efforts have gone largely unexplored. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, David Edgington records the first ten years of reconstruction and recovery and asks whether planners successfully exploited opportunities to make a more sustainable and disaster-proof city. This book is an intricate investigation of one of the largest redevelopment projects in recent memory.

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