Public Lecture
Land, Lumber, Labor and Excrement:
The Circular Economy of Nineteenth-Century Tokyo Slums
Jordan Sand, Georgetown University
It has been almost forgotten that like many cities elsewhere in Asia, Tokyo once had large areas of informal and unplanned settlement, occupied by thousands of tiny houses for the poor—little more than shacks. The twentieth century saw a process of formalization of housing accompanied by the expansion of real estate speculation. This presentation takes up the case of a slumlord-builder in late nineteenth-century Tokyo to consider a transitional moment before modern planning mechanisms and a land-centered real estate market redefined the economics of housing. Micro-scale examination of the economic factors in building Tokyo tenements reveals a settlement-building calculus quite different from the patterns often examined in studies of contemporary megacity informal housing. Tokyo’s case thus encourages us to reconsider how unplanned housing develops and how it might be addressed.
The discussion will be held on:
Monday, 16th January 2017
10.00-12.00
Ruang Sidang I, Gd. Purbatjaraka Lt. 1 Fakultas Ilmu Budaya UGM
ALL ARE INVITED, FREE AND LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
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