Analyzes Tokyo's diverse geographical realities in a holistic, systematic manner, while identifying its specific features

Covers a broad range of topics from different fields of studies

Facilitates understanding of the unique characteristics of Tokyo from a global point of view

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Toshio KIKUCHI is a professor of geography and tourism science at the Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), Japan. He has been the leading organizer of the Department of Tourism Science at TMU since 2005 and the head of the department since 2016. He holds a doctorate in science from the Graduate School of Geoscience, the University of Tsukuba. He was an associate professor, Department of Geography, Gunma University (19841992), and an associate professor, Department of Geography, Graduate School of Science, TMU (1993 2006), and he has been a professor in the Department of Tourism Science, TMU since 2007. He is a member of the Tourism Council and Eco-Top (Ecological Conservation Training of Personal Program) Committee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He served as the chief editor of the Geographical Review of Japan from 2008 to 2012, the editor of the Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) from 2010 to 2016, and the chairperson of the Association of Japanese Geographers from 2015 to 2016. He received the Leading Professor Award at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2014. Dr. Kikuchi specializes in agricultural and rural geography, while his academic interests cover wide phenomena such as rural tourism, sustainable rural systems, rural restructuring, land usecover changes, ecotourism, the relationship between nature and human environments, and related topics. He has published many books, including Regional Conditions on Sustainable Rural Systems (2000, Nourin-Tokei-Kyoukai, Tokyo), Introduction of Tourism: Learning with Pleasure (2008, Ninomiya-shoten, Tokyo), Nature-Based Tourism (2015, Asakura-shoten, Tokyo), and Culture-Based Tourism (2016, Asakura-shoten, Tokyo).

Toshihiko SUGAI is a professor in the Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (UT), a position he has held since 2006. He received his BA in 1987 and his Ph.D. in 1994 from the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, UT. During his career he has been an assistant professor in the Department of Human Geography, UT, 19931996; senior researcher, Active Fault Research Center, Geological Survey of Japan, 19961999; and associate professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, UT, 19992006. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) from 2007 to 2013, a steering committee member of the IGU Environmental Evolution Commission (2014present), an editorial member of the AJG Library: International Perspectives in Geography (2014present), and a member of the executive committee of the Japan Association for Quaternary Research (2015present). Dr. Sugai is a physical geographer, and his research interests are Quaternary environmental changes and fluvialtectonic geomorphology. Recent publications include Sugai T, Novenko EU (eds) (2015) Environment evolution and human activity in the late Quaternary in the Geographical Review of Japan, and Haruyama S, Sugai T (eds) (2016) Natural Disaster and Coastal Geomorphology (Springer).

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This book examines Tokyo's changes, current challenges, and future trends through a new kind of regional geography and serves as an important source of comprehensive information about the past, present, and future perspectives of Tokyo as a global city. Regional geography relies on two main approaches. The traditional one addresses each geographical element of a region individually and in depth, in a descriptive and static manner. The other focuses on a region's specific phenomena and realities as a starting point and proceeds to identify the region's constituent elements and their interactions, which it records and explains in a systematic and dynamic manner. The present volume, unlike its predecessors, relies on the dynamic approach and endeavors to offer a fresh view of Tokyo's new and diverse geographical realities, analyzed in a holistic, systematic manner allowing identification of its specific features.
The book covers a broad range of topics including landform variations and volcanic activity, biodiversity concerns, transportation management, waste management, population issues, religious functions, and urban tourism, all of which facilitate understanding of the unique characteristics of Tokyo. Extensive views from different fields of studies make the book a valuable reference to comprehend both the development of Tokyo into a global city and its sustainability.

Inhalt
Preface. Tokyo as a Global City: New Geographical Perspectives (by Toshio Kikuchi) Chapter 1. Late Quaternary Landform Development of the Kanto Plain (by Toshihiko Sugai, Hiroko Ogami Matsushima and Takeshi Ishihara)

Chapter 2. History and Future of Volcanic Disaster in and around Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Central Japan (by Takehiko Suzuki)

Chapter 4. Current Status and Perspectives of Biodiversity in Tokyo (by Shinya Numata and Tetsuro Hosaka)

Chapter 5. Satoyama Landscapes in Tokyo (by Lidia Sasaki)

Chapter 6. Religious Space of Edo from the Viewpoints of the Distribution and Functions of Temples/Shrines (by Keisuke Matsui)

Chapter 7. History of Urban Water Use in Tokyo: Focusing on Surface Water and Groundwater as Water Sources (by Akio Yamashita)

Chapter 8. Food Problems and Novel Movement of Urban Agriculture in Tokyo (by Ryo Iizuka, Toshio Kikuchi, Tadayuki Miyachi and Mitsuru Yamamoto)

Chapter 9. Spatial patterns of population change in central Tokyo since the period of the bubble economy (by Yoshiki Wakabayashi and Ryo Koizumi)

Chapter 10. Central Tokyo as a place for raising children while working (by Naoto Yabe)

Chapter 11. Past, Present, and Future Views in Tokyo (by Yu Okamura)

Chapter 12. Transport Planning and Management in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region: Its History, Current Situation and Future Perspectives (by Tetsuo Shimizu)

Chapter 13. Changing Spatial Economy and Cultural Industries in Tokyo (by Hiroshi Matsubara) Chapter 14. Regional Characteristics of Urban Tourism in Tokyo (by Eranga Ranaweerage, Takayuki Arima and Toshio Kikuchi)

Chapter 15. The Histories of Electric Enterprise and Power Supply in Tokyo since the Meiji Era (by Toshiaki Nishino)

Chapter 16. Analyses and Perspectives of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Tokyo (by Hideaki Kurishima)

Chapter 17. Status of Tokyo: Comparing Tokyo with Major Cities of the World (by Kazutoshi Abe)

In place of a conclusion

Where is Tokyo? (by Toshihiko Sugai)