2nd Edition
Learning from the Japanese City Looking East in Urban Design
Introduction 1. Western Interest in the Japanese City 2. Areas and Lines: From Written to City Texts 3. Aspects of Form: Street and Related Scenes 4. Strands of Culture 5. Learning from the Japanese City 6. Superblock Synthesis: ‘Glorious Gokiso’. Summary. Appendix 1. Japanese Historical Eras. Appendix 2. Glossary of Japanese Terms
Biography
Barrie Shelton is Associate Professor – Urban Design, University of Melbourne and Honorary Associate Professor, University of Sydney.
"On behalf of all Japanese who are interested in cities and architecture, I must thank Barrie Shelton for his enormous contribution made on the study of Japanese cities. I am particularly impressed by his analysis of the Japanese street and sidewalk and...the morphological characteristics of the city, which none of us has hitherto explored so well." – Fumihiko Maki
"...I find this new edition to be riveting. The speculations and discussions [Shelton] began in the first edition have evolved and been broadened - this is, in effect, a new book. In a staggering display of scholarship he illuminates complex Japanese concepts of religion, landscape, urban design, archtitecture, spatial-definition, map making, writing systems, graphics...." - Journal of Asian Urbanism
"...Learning from the Japanese City still represents the clearest articulation of the substance of Japanese urban form. I would strongly recommend it to anyone studying or travelling to Japan. I took my first edition with me when I went, and the trip was immeasurably more informed and fulfilling as a result." - Built Environment
