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Tokyo: An Urban Portrait

Looking at a Megacity Through Its Differences

Berlin: Jovis Publishers, 2020

Author: Naomi C. Hanakata

This book  provides a first timecomprehensive reading of the many urbanization processes shaping Tokyo today. It also seeks an entirely new approach for looking at megacity regions: through their differences, and the way those differences are are produced in the course of everyday life.

The Grand Projet

Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects

Rotterdam: nai010 Publishers, 2019

Editors: Kees Christiaanse, Anna Gasco, Naomi C. Hanakata

This book presents a comprehensive reading and comparative analysis of urban megaprojects in Asia and Europe.

It investigates the potential of such projects to become more adaptable and inclusive in the future and become positive change makers in our cities.

It presents detailed portraits of Marunouchi Tokyo, Lujiazui Shanghai, West Kowloon Hong Kong, Marina Bay Singapore, HafenCity Hamburg, La Défense Paris, 22@ Barcelona and King’s Cross London and looks at their commonalities and differences.

Other Publications

2019

Hanakata, Naomi C. “Marunouchi, Tokyo. A Continuous Update of a Modern Urban Vision.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, 54–104. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

———. “HafenCity, Hamburg. New City for the City.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, 261–324. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

———. “The Grand Projet as a Centrality: A Comparative Discussion of Large-Scale Urban Developments and and the Concept of Centrality.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, edited by Kees Christiaanse, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata, 562–72. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

———. “Grands Projets and Modelling Practices.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, edited by Kees Christiaanse, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata, 573–85. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

Hanakata, Naomi C., and Anna Gasco. “Understanding the Making and Impact of Grands Projets.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, edited by Kees Christiaanse, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata, 15–23. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

Hanakata, Naomi C., Anna Gasco, Pablo Acebillo, and Kees Christiaanse. “A Theoretical Framework for Analysis.” In The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject, edited by Kees Christiaanse, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata, 24–32. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

Hanakata, Naomi C., Anna Gasco, Dissa Pidanti Raras, and Pablo Acebillo. “The Capacity of Urban Megaprojects to Offer Adaptive and Inclusive Urban Development Schemes.” In The 12th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism: Beyond Resilience. Jakarta, 2019.

Christiaanse, Kees, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata, eds. The Grand Projet. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaproject. Rotterdam: nai010, 2019.

Christiaanse, Kees, Anna Gasco, and Hanakata, Naomi C. The Grand Project. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. A Travelling Exhibition. August 2019. Print.

Christiaanse, Kees, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata. “The Grand Project. Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects.” Travelling Exhibition., URA (Singapore), ETH (Zurich, Switzerland), August, September 2019.

2018

Hanakata, Naomi C. ‘A Comparative Discussion of Large-Scale Urban Developments and the Concept of Centrality’. In A Comparative Perspective on Large-Scale Urban Developments as a Form of Global Production. New Orleans: AAG, 2018.

———. Houston After Harvey in a Global Context: An Interview with Naomi Hanakata | OffCite Blog, April 2018. http://offcite.org/houston-after-harvey-in-a-global-context-an-interview-with-naomi-hanakata/.

Hanakata, Naomi C., and Anna Gasco. ‘The Grand Projet Politics of an Urban Age: Urban Megaprojects in Asia and Europe’. Palgrave Communications 4, no. 1 (10 July 2018): 86. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0141-5.

Hanakata, Naomi C., and Dietmar Leyk. ‘The Waterfront Tanjong Pagar Project, a Transdisciplinary Approach towards Urban Planning’. In Future Cities Laboratory, Indicia 2, edited by Stephen Cairns and Devisari Tunas. Lars Muller Publishers, forthcoming 2018.

Christiaanse, Kees, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata. ‘The Singapore Grand Projet’. In Shaping Cities in an Urban Age. London: Phaidon, forthcoming 2018.

———. ‘Understanding Grands Projets in Comparative Perspective’. In Future Cities Laboratory, Indicia 2, edited by Stephen Cairns and Devisari Tunas. Lars Muller Publishers, forthcoming 2018.

Earlier

Christiaanse, Kees, Anna Gasco, and Naomi C. Hanakata. 2017. “The Grand Projet: Towards Adaptable and Liveable Urban Megaprojects.” In Future Cities Laboratory: Indica 01, 1st ed. S.l.: Lars Müller.

———.  2017. “The Grand Projet: Large-Scale, Master-Planned Development Projects Challenges and Lessons.” In East Asia Urbanization Today. Boston, US.

Gasco, Anna, and Naomi C. Hanakata. 2017. “The Grand Project and the Future of the City.” Singapore Architect 8 (August): 116–17.

Hanakata, Naomi C. 2017. “Conversation on Research and Technological Innovations with Werner Sobek.” In Future Cities Laboratory: Indica 01, edited by Stephen Cairns and Devisari Tunas, 1st ed. S.l.: Lars Müller.

Hanakata, Naomi C., and Aurel von Richthofen. 2017. “Conversation on Designing Future Cities with Measures for a New Urban Agenda with Richard Hassell.” In Future Cities Laboratory: Indica 01, edited by Stephen Cairns and Devisari Tunas, 1st ed. S.l.: Lars Müller.

Hanakata, Naomi C., Christian Schmid, and Rob Sullivan. ‘Laminar Urbanization in Tokyo and Los Angeles. A Comparativer Perspective on Processes in the Urban Periphery’. In Switching Scales: A Comparative Look at Regional Suburbanism. Toronto, Canada, 2017.

Schmid, Christian, Ozan Karaman, Naomi C. Hanakata, Pascal Kallenberger, Anne Kockelkorn, Lindsay Sawyer, Monika Streule, and Kit Ping Wong. ‘Towards a New Vocabulary of Urbanisation Processes: A Comparative Approach’. Urban Studies, 21 November 2017.

Hanakata, Naomi C. 2016. “Incorporation of Urban Differences: Looking at the Recuperation of Distinct Urban Qualities in Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles” presented at the Annual Meeting of American Geographers (AAG), San Francisco, USA.

———. 2015. “Relearning the Art of Crafting Space.” In Seun Sangga Kŭ Isang: Taekyumo Kyehoek Nŏmŏ [Beyond Seun Sangga: 16 Ideas to Go Beyond Big Plans], edited by Vitnarae Kang and Hyeri Park, Ch’op’an, 86–97. Seoul, South Korea: Konggan Sŏga.

———. 2015 “Tokyo Recovering. Alternative Scenarios for Urban Development in Megacities.” Conference Proceedings, International Planning Symposium and Expert Workshop, Beyond Big Plans, Seoul, South Korea.

———. 2014. “Urban Region Beyond Its Peak: Current Urbanization Processes in the Tokyo Metropolitan Complex.” Conference Proceedings, International Symposium on Megacities, Kolkata, India.

———. 2014. “Incorporation of Urban Differences in the Tôkyô Metropolitan Complex.” Conference Proceedings, XVIII World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee 21, Yokohama, Japan.

———. 2013. “Differences in the Tokyo Metropolitan Complex.” Conference Proceedings, Annual Meeting of American Geographers (AAG), Japanese Cities, Los Angeles, USA.

———. 2013. “Tokio, die Hauptstadt der Parallelwelten.” In Mein Tokio 1953/2013. My Tokyo. Watakushi no Tokyo, 196–97. Stuttgart: Edition Esefeld & Traub.

Hanakata, Naomi C., and Kit Ping Wong. 2013. “Incorporation of Differences,” Conference Proceedings, Annual Meeting of American Geographers (AAG), Los Angeles, USA.

———. 2012. “Tokyo in a Comparative Context: Urbanization Processes Today.” Conference Proceedings, 2nd FCL Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.

———. 2012. “Tokyo, A Post Bubble City.” presented at the Planetary Urbanisation - Comparative Perspectives Conference, Singapore.