Journal of Place Management and Development: Volume 15 Issue 1

Historical and conceptual perspectives on urban regeneration: a prolog to a special issue

Carlos J.L. Balsas

This paper aims to review multiple historical perspectives on urban regeneration interventions while also serving as a prologue to and the rationale for a Special Issue of the…

Finding sustainable mobility solutions for shrinking cities: the case of Toyama and Kanazawa

Osman Balaban, Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira

Shrinking population can have significant negative impacts on the social and economic fabric of a city. This paper aims to understand different urban transportation policies to…

Urban regeneration strategies and place development in contemporary Tokyo: the case of Shibuya Station area

Marco Reggiani

This paper aims to shed light on current initiatives of urban regeneration around the Shibuya Station area within the context of contemporary Tokyo’s place development strategies…

Placemaking and pastoral park planning in Japan: the Showa case

Ronald A. Davidson

The purpose of this study is to critically assess how a National Government Park in Tokyo aims to commemorate the first 50 years of the Showa era (1926–1976), a time of drastic…

Tokyo, Japan – urbanistic hybridity in a networked metropolis

João Rafael Santos

This paper aims to identify relevant innovations in Tokyo’s spatial articulation of infrastructure, building and public space, intertwining large-scale networks with local scale…