Download or read book A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present written by John Andrew Black and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western scholar to place the long-term development of Japanese infrastructure alongside an analysis of its evolving political economy. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers a historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the example of Japan’s historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local transport, to identify how reformed institutional arrangements might develop more sustainable and equitable transport services. With chapters addressing each major form of transport, Black examines the predominant role of institutions and individuals – from seventeenth-century shoguns to post-war planners – in transforming Japan’s maritime infrastructure, its roads and waterways, and its adoption of rail and air transport. Using a multidisciplinary, comparative, and chronological approach, the book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the history of transport, and the development of future infrastructure, as well as those with a general interest in Japan.

Download or read book Tokyo in Transit written by Alisa Freedman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.

Download or read book Technological Innovation and the Development of Transportation in Japan written by Hirofumi Yamamoto and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is currently at the forefront in the areas of high-speed rail transport and automobile manufacturing. Yet just over 100 years ago the movement of goods and people in Japan was largely carried out on foot and by ox cart. Covering 120 years, from 1867 to 1980, Japanese historians of transportation describe the creation of the modern transportation system we see today. Divided into eight historical stages, their survey traces the development of road, river, coastal and rail transport.

Download or read book Development of Transportation in Japan written by J. Takaku and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present written by John Andrew Black and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western scholar to place the long-term development of Japanese infrastructure alongside an analysis of its evolving political economy. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers an historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the example of Japan's historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local transport, to identify how reformed institutional arrangements might develop more sustainable and equitable transport services. With chapters addressing each major form of transport, Black examines the predominant role of institutions and individuals - from seventeenth-century shoguns to post-war planners - in transforming Japan's maritime infrastructure, its roads and waterways, and its adoption of rail and air transport. Using a multidisciplinary, comparative, and chronological approach, the book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the history of transport, and the development of future infrastructure, as well as those with a general interest in Japan.

Download or read book The Development of Transportation in Japan written by Edwin Lowe Neville and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Geography of Transport Systems written by Jean-Paul Rodrigue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.

Download or read book Land Transportation in Japan written by H. Matsumoto and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Medium Capacity Transport Systems in Japan written by Graeme McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of a Transportation Traffic Regulating Group in Japan written by United States. Army. Transportation Traffic Regulating Group. Army Unit, 8010th and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Development of Transportation in Japan written by Edwin L. Neville and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Transportation in Japan written by Edwin Lowe Neville and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Shinkansen Program written by A. Straszak and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book JICA Magazine written by Japan International Cooperation Agency and published by CCC Media House Co., Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JICA’s cooperation with the transportation sector aims to realize “A World Where People and Goods Can Move Safely and Freely.” This special feature focuses on the “intangible” aspects of infrastructure, aside from the construction of facilities. It involves cooperation in areas such as human resource development that support people’s daily lives and activities to ensure that infrastructure can continue to see use in the long term.

Download or read book The Shinkansen High Speed Rail Network of Japan written by A. Straszak and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shinkansen High-Speed Rail Network of Japan contains the proceedings of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Conference on the Shinkansen High-Speed Rail Network of Japan, held on June 27-30, 1977. The conference provided a forum for discussing the Shinkansen high-speed rail network as a total system of planning, organization, and management for the application of advanced technology in rail transport and its development into a safe, reliable, and acceptable mode of mass transit in Japan. The organizational characteristics of the program and the application of mathematical models and computer systems are highlighted. Comprised of 39 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the history and general features of the Shinkansen, along with its installation, operation, and management. The achievements and future problems of the Shinkansen are also considered. The next section assesses the Shinkansen's socio-economic impact, with emphasis on models and their applications. Subsequent chapters analyze the environmental problems associated with the Shinkansen and the framework for evaluating its environmental impact; implications of national development in Japan; and planning and organization of the Shinkansen. The final section is devoted to the high-speed operation, train safety, and operational management of the Shinkansen. This book will be of interest to transportation engineers and officials.