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Showing 1 to 20 of 160 for “"Tokyo"”.
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Mokumitsu Districts in Tokyo
… since the disastrous Kobe Earthquake in 1995, Tokyo’s Mokumitsu districts in particular become one of the most serious issues for the nation, due to the districts’ large area and the high probability of earthquake. Urban renewal—or the demolition and reconstruction of so-called susbstandard …
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Quality housing zoning--application to Tokyo.
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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Twin cities : cyberspatial qualities of contemporary Tokyo
The cityscape of contemporary Tokyo is undergoing a dramatic transformation caused by a proliferation of technology, such as the rapid mass transit network and the advanced telecommunication system. On the one hand conventional urban design criteria such as physical proximity and spatiotemporal …
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Bridezilla Descends Upon Tokyo and Other Strange Stories
<p><em>Bridezilla Descends Upon Tokyo and Other Strange Stories</em> is a collection of dark slipstream fiction that blends elements of horror into literary fiction. Ghosts, zombies, babies with hinged jaws and shark teeth expose themes like identity, motherhood, and relationships that maintain a …
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Creating community : designing for Futakotamagawa area in Tokyo
… project located on the southwest edge of Tokyo. The thesis proposes an alternative method for the design of new housing developments in Tokyo where current practice typically promotes high-rise apartments in an open space; this current practice ultimately results in the destruction of the …
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Playing the Nation: 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Japanese Identity
… Japanese national identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, who saw it as marking their reemergence into the world community. National identity is often hidden in the daily assumptions and practices of …
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Playing the Nation: 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Japanese Identity
… Japanese national identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, who saw it as marking their reemergence into the world community. National identity is often hidden in the daily assumptions and practices of …
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Feasibility study for the retail complex in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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Moving towards climate-smart flood management in Bangkok and Tokyo
… how two coastal megacities in Asia, Bangkok and Tokyo, are currently dealing with the changing climate and weather patterns, and what factors shape these responses. My findings show that, despite their significant differences in socioeconomic conditions, Bangkok and Tokyo's flood management …
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Nakano Flow: Designing for Spatial and Temporal Flow in urban Tokyo
Urban Tokyo is an environment of flows, having rapidly developed from its feudal form of the Edo period through cycles of destruction, growth and transformation since modernization. The plaza space adjacent to Nakano Station in Tokyo exemplifies this pattern, with an urban context drawing from many …
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Ideals, Aesthetics, and Practices of Professionalization in the Tokyo Jazz Scene
… of approximately 100 years. In contemporary Tokyo, Japanese musicians demonstrate their right to access jazz performance through a variety of musical and extra-musical techniques. Those accepted as fully professional and authentic artists, or puro, gain a special status among their peers, …
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Mixed-use development in central Tokyo : learning lessons from U.S. experiences
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Project of the sharing economy in lodging in Tokyo and NYC
… that are safe and socially acceptable for Tokyo and NYC. In order to create the systems for Tokyo and NYC, we carry out three analyses. In the first analysis, we clarify for whom the architectures are made and what parties are related to the business. Hosts, guests, neighbors, local …
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Generations in Touch: Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood
The dissertation concludes by broadening the discussion to the larger Japanese society in the hope that lessons learned from one age-integrated facility can illuminate the urgency of re-engaging the generations in an aging society and provide some directions to improve the quality of life for all …
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Urban Archipelago reconsidered : a new metabolism in Tokyo Bay for contemporary coastal urbanism
… coastal succession as a design analogy. Tokyo Bay is the site of experimentation. The world's largest metropolitan area has a long history of land reclamation debates and projects, which resulted in a highly articulated urban coast with reclaimed shorelines, and near- and off-shore …
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Analysis of the Tokyo commercial real estate market using the Torto-Wheaton model
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Metamorphosis, entropy, and seduction : selected moments from the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo by Moriyama & Teshima
The Canadian Embassy in Tokyo by Toronto's Moriyama & Teshima is the representation of a metatemporal continuum. Raymond Moriyama, partner-in-charge of the project, conceived of the privately financed building as an intricate tableau of determined absolutes that equally serve him and his patron, …
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Firm-specific attributes and the cross-section of equity returns on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
… attributes and stock returns on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). A dataset of 226 firm-specific attributes are constructed and tested. The data are adjusted for thin-trading and outliers are free from look-ahead bias. Two separate time periods are investigated in order to reduce the …
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Cultivating Class: Tokyo Imperial University and the Rise of a Middle-Class Society in Modern Japan
This dissertation argues that Tokyo Imperial University (Tōdai), the top school in Japan promoted the rise of a middle-class society in modern Japan. This dissertation clarifies how the university served as a transnational platform where Japanese educators accepted the idea of the middle class as …
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Shareholder wealth effects of international listings and delistings : evidence for foreign stocks on the Tokyo stock exchange
… have listed and subsequently delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock behavior of 81 U.S. and non-U.S. firms between 1973-1997 was examined. Four periods were analyzed: (1) the initial announcement of the listing; (2) the actual listing date; (3) the initial announcement of the …
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