Tokyo's Contested Alleyways : The Role of the Roji in Understanding Globalization, Attachment and the Social Construction of Place

This thesis presents a study of the roji, a form of Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people's personal spatial sphere and everyday life but has increasingly been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public...

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Main Author: Imai, Heide
Published: Manchester Metropolitan University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504538