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oapen-20.500.12657-535872022-09-06T07:43:39Z A Short History of Transport in Japan Black, John Andrew air transport;history;Japan;maritime infrastructure;New Institutional Economics;planning;political economy;rail;roads;society;technology;transport bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East::1FPJ Japan bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNG Transport industries bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPT Transport planning & policy bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WG Transport: general interest 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. 2022-03-23T15:13:49Z 2022-03-23T15:13:49Z 2022 book 9781800643567 9781800643574 9781800646674 9781800643611 9781800643598 9781800643604 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53587 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781800643581.pdf https://cdn.openbookpublishers.com/covers/10.11647/obp.0281.jpg Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0281 10.11647/OBP.0281 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781800643567 9781800643574 9781800646674 9781800643611 9781800643598 9781800643604 ScholarLed 322 Cambridge open access
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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.
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