1st Edition

Inequality and Urban Space Social Atlas of Tokyo Metropolitan Area 1990–2010

154 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

154 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

154 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Asakawa, Hashimoto and Hirahara explores the widening inequality and its social consequences in Tokyo Metropolitan area by using two approaches, one from social class and social stratification theory and the other from urban sociology. The book uses social atlases to visualize the socio-spatial structure of Tokyo, the most populous metropolitan area in the world using the analysis from the 1990,... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction. Inequality and Urban Space: Tasks and Methods

1. Scope and Origin of Tokyo

2. Changes to the Spatial Structure of Tokyo’s 23 Wards Over Time

3. Time Difference Gentrification and the Changing Spatial Structure in the 23 Wards of Tokyo

4. Changes in the Spatial Structure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

5. Class composition and spatial structure in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

6. Spatial structure of economic inequality in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and how it has changed over time

7. Living Areas and Social Capital

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Tatsuto Asakawa is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.

Kenji Hashimoto is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.

Yuki Hirahara is an Assistant Teacher of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.