Dealing with (Massive) Urban Change in Japan
- Date
- October 20, 2021
- Time
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
- Location
- ZOOM webinar
With Will Galloway, Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Science
October 20, 2021, 11 AM to 11:30, followed by Q&A
Storied mega-city of 38 million people, Tokyo has rebuilt itself twice in the past hundred years (and many times before), and continues to change at a rapid pace. Other cities in Japan are also rebuilding and rethinking, such as those in the Tohoku Region, which was affected by the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsumami (external link) disaster. Dr. Will Galloway, whose professional practice bridges Canada and Japan, looks at how to manage massive change in the built environment. In this webinar, he will discuss with us a group of in-progress urban planning projects in Japan and how they exemplify this challenge. He will also touch on a larger research project he is leading aimed at developing a methodology for managing, and maybe even taking advantage of, the forces of rapid change that define Japan.