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Contents List of tables and figures vii List of contributors xi Acknowledgements xiii Foreword: Geographical background xiv List of abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Hidenori Tamagawa 1 Comparison of urban environmental transitions in North America and Asia Pacific 7 Peter John Marcotullio 2 Formulating sustainable systems 50 Yoshitsugu Aoki 3 Sustainable economies and urban sustainability 70 Makoto Maruyama 4 Land, waste and pollution: Challenging history in creating a sustainable Tokyo Metropolis 96 Tokue Shibata 5 Buildings/city patterns and energy consumption 125 Takashi Kawanaka 6 Car use and sustainability: Reflection on retail development control systems 139 Kiyoshi Takami 7 Population stability and urban area 167 Hidenori Tamagawa and Nobuhiro Ehara 8 Urban sustainability: A case study of environmental movements in Kamakura 206 Junko Ueno and Masahisa Sonobe 9 Housing complex replacement and ``mental'' sustainability 234 Yoko Shimizu 10 Sustainable community development: A strategy for a smart community 258 Osamu Soda Index 281
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City planning -- Japan.
Sustainable development -- Japan.