Why place matters : a sociological study of the historic preservation movement in Otaru, Japan, 1965-2017 / Saburo Horikawa.
2021
HT169.J32 O83413 2021
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Title
Why place matters : a sociological study of the historic preservation movement in Otaru, Japan, 1965-2017 / Saburo Horikawa.
Uniform Title
Machinami hozon undō no ronri to kiketsu. English
ISBN
9783030716004 (electronic bk.)
3030716007 (electronic bk.)
303071599X
9783030715991
3030716007 (electronic bk.)
303071599X
9783030715991
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from Japanese.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-71600-4 doi
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HT169.J32 O83413 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.6909524
Summary
This book is based on the author's 33 years of intensive fieldwork. It chronicles a major movement that shaped the preservation policy in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s, providing "thick descriptions" of preservationists that are not available anywhere else in English. It also provides clear answers to a series of pressing questions about preservationists: are they building-huggers, are they selfish and myopic home-owners, or are they merely obstacles to urban planning and urban renewal? Since 1984, Saburo Horikawa, Professor of Sociology at Hosei University in Tokyo, has continuously studied the movement to preserve the Otaru Canal in Otaru, Japan. This book shows that the preservation movement was neither conservative nor an obstacle. Rather, the movement sought to promote changes in which the residents' "place" would continue to be theirs. As such, the word "preservation" does not mean the prevention of growth and development, but rather its control. As is shown in this study, preservation allows for and can even promote change. The original Japanese version of this book (published by the University of Tokyo Press) has won 3 major academic awards; most notably, "The Ishikawa Prize:, the highest award bestowed by the City Planning Institute of Japan. It is extremely unusual that a sociology book should receive such important recognition from the city planning discipline
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
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Chapter 1: Why Preserve Scenery
Chapter 2: Historic Environments as the Subject of Study
Chapter 3: The City that Bears Ill Will Against Sapporo
Chapter 4: The Rationale of Change
Chapter 5: The Rationale of Preservation
Chapter 6: What Did Otaru Win and Lose?
Chapter 7: Preservation Is Change.
Acknowledgements
Contents
Legend
Chapter 1: Why Preserve Scenery
Chapter 2: Historic Environments as the Subject of Study
Chapter 3: The City that Bears Ill Will Against Sapporo
Chapter 4: The Rationale of Change
Chapter 5: The Rationale of Preservation
Chapter 6: What Did Otaru Win and Lose?
Chapter 7: Preservation Is Change.