Cybriwsky, Roman: Tokyo: The Changing Profile of an Urban Giant

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London, Eng.: Belhaven Press, 1991. xx, 263 p.: 24 tables, 85 in-text photos and drawings; 24 cm. (9¼ inches). Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. No price listed. Part of the World Cities series, edited by Professor R.J. Johnston and Professor P. Knox. Includes references and index. This study of the world's largest city "describes not only the challenges that Tokyo poses for city planners, and describes key projects for urban betterment, but also seeks to convey the essential texture of the city, what it is like to live there and experience the day to day life of Tokyo, citizen and visitor, both Japanese and foreign" [from the dust jacket]. The book also provides a tour of the city's districts and landmarks, from the Imperial Palace to the "forgotten slum neighbourhood clled Sanya" [from the dust jacket]. In Near Fine/Near Fine Condition: upper corners of a few pages lightly creased; pages are clean and tight; dust jacket at ends of spine lightly rubbed.. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Seller Inventory #: 000418
- Binding: Hardcover
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- ISBN: 1852930543
- Publisher: Belhaven Press
- Place: London, Eng.
- Date published: 1991
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