Inequality and Urban Space

This book explores the widening inequality and its social consequences in Tokyo Metropolitan area by using two approaches, one from social class and social stratification theory and the other from urban sociology. A vital resource for researchers, scholars, urban policy makers and urban planners.

Tatsuto Asakawa is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University. Kenji Hashimoto is a Professor of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University. Yuki Hirahara is an Assistant Teacher of Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University.

Table of Contents Introduction. Inequality and Urban Space: Tasks and Methods 1. Scope and Origin of Tokyo 2. Changes to the Spatial Structure of Tokyo's 23 Wards Over Time 3. Time Difference Gentrification and the Changing Spatial Structure in the 23 Wards of Tokyo 4. Changes in the Spatial Structure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area 5. Class composition and spatial structure in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area 6. Spatial structure of economic inequality in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and how it has changed over time 7. Living Areas and Social Capital Bibliography Index