Wood, David Murakami; Abe, Kiyoshi - In: Urban Studies 48 (2011) 15, pp. 3241-3257
This paper examines the changing 'style' of urban order in Japan through the example of mega events, drawing on the architectural critique of Taro Igarashi and the historical sociological analysis of Masachi Ohsawa. It argues that construction for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was typical of a...