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Reconstructing Kobe : The Geography of Crisis and Opportunity /

Six thousand people died and hundreds of thousands lost their homes when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit Kobe in January 1995. It 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 t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Edgington, David W., 1950-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Japonés
Publié: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Earthquakes and urban reconstruction
  • Kobe and the Hanshin earthquake
  • The planning and reconstruction response
  • Protest, participation, and the Phoenix Plan
  • Neighbourhood case studies
  • Symbolic projects and the local economy
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices. Chronology of the ten-year reconstruction period in Kobe (1995-2005) ; National government relief and recovery measures ; Major reconstruction actions taken by local government in 1995.