The spatial structure of employment in the metropolitan region of Tokyo: A scale-view

Li, Yan; Monzur, Tawhid

doi:10.1080/02723638.2017.1308182

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“…The period 1995 to 2010 covered here follows the period 1970 to 1995 explored by Sorenson (2001), enabling us to examine the subsequent transformation of suburban centers. 6 Although the Tachikawa-Hachioji nexus emerges as an employment center of some note within the Tokyo metropolitan area (Li and Monzur 2018), our research highlights the struggles of both cities and confirms Sorensen’s (2001, 28) earlier observation that “more important than subcentre designation in shaping patterns of employment and population change seems to be the geographic location of the area.”…”

Section: Edge City Deniedsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…At a coarse scale, “Tokyo has a typical monocentric or concentric spatial structure and a high employment concentration in the center, but at a fine scale view, the distribution has been revealed to be expanding along the railroads to the suburbs, and both the main CBD [central business district] and the suburbs are polycentric” (Li and Monzur 2018, 255). Some brief historical perspective is required in order to understand this doubly polycentric structure.…”

Section: Planning For Polycentricity In Tokyomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We pass on to describing the methods used to collect the data upon which this article is based. Drawing on secondary and original interview data we recount how, despite the attempts of planners to reinforce outer suburban growth based around existing transit infrastructure, and despite some of the superficial “free market” similarities with the United States (Li and Monzur 2018), Tokyo’s is a story of edge city denied. We conclude by noting some of the wider international implications of the Tokyo case.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Edge City Denied? The Rise and Fall of Tokyo’s Outer Suburban “Business Core Cities”

Phelps

Ohashi

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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The tradition of planning for polycentricity in Tokyo saw outer suburbs designated as Business Core Cities (BCCs). However, as the national economy and population growth have stagnated and Tokyo’s needs as a world city have come to the fore, the outer suburbs have been left exposed. Despite attempts to reinforce outer suburban growth with the BCC policy, Tokyo’s is a story of edge city denied. At a time when attention has turned to planning for the increased urbanity of suburbs or arresting inner suburban decline, Tokyo speaks to a phenomenon of outer suburban decline barely conceivable in mature economies.

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Section: Edge City Deniedsupporting

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Section: Planning For Polycentricity In Tokyomentioning

confidence: 99%

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Edge City Denied? The Rise and Fall of Tokyo’s Outer Suburban “Business Core Cities”

Phelps

Ohashi

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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“…These tools have been employed by many large or mega cities' urban planners to achieve polycentric development. Thus, it is of both academic and practical value to research whether these plans have enhanced the emerging polycentric spatial structure that was basically driven by the market forces in theory [35].…”

Section: Spatial Outcomes Markets Forces and Planning Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some East Asian countries, urban development has always been strongly affected by state planning policies [35][36][37]. For example, in Tokyo, transit construction supported by a government development project serves as a means of intervention to regulate cities and has produced a strong influence on the spatial structure.…”

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Polycentric Development and the Role of Urban Polycentric Planning in China’s Mega Cities: An Examination of Beijing’s Metropolitan Area

Liu

2018

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An emerging polycentric spatial structure in China's mega cities has been confirmed in the literature, but few studies have addressed the linkage between the change in spatial structure and urban development policies. Using Beijing as a case study, this paper examines the role of urban polycentric planning in the polycentric evolution process from a morphological perspective. We observed that urban polycentric planning significantly promoted the emergence of a polycentric urban form in Beijing's metropolitan area from 2001 to 2010. Firstly, most of the planned subcenters were identified as real employment subcenters by a relative threshold method in 2001 and 2010 and comprised the majority of the employment subcenters. Secondly, the planned subcenters significantly increased their employment share and influence on employment and population distribution from 2001 to 2010, and their performances referring to these aspects were much better than the unplanned subcenters. Thus, our findings provide evidence that changes in urban spatial structure can be strongly affected by urban development policies, although it is determined by market forces in theory.

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Identification and Spatial Hierarchy of Industrial Conglomerates with Census Data. A Suggested Procedure and Application to the Mexican Case of Study

Treviño

Jesus²

2021

New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives

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The spatial structure of employment in the metropolitan region of Tokyo: A scale-view

Cited by 26 publications

References 83 publications

Edge City Denied? The Rise and Fall of Tokyo’s Outer Suburban “Business Core Cities”

Edge City Denied? The Rise and Fall of Tokyo’s Outer Suburban “Business Core Cities”

Polycentric Development and the Role of Urban Polycentric Planning in China’s Mega Cities: An Examination of Beijing’s Metropolitan Area

Identification and Spatial Hierarchy of Industrial Conglomerates with Census Data. A Suggested Procedure and Application to the Mexican Case of Study

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