Conference Call for:
“City・Nature・Human being”
The 3rd International Conference of the East-Asian Society for Urban History
17 October 2020
Society of Urban and Territorial History & Hosei Univ. Research Center for Edo-Tokyo Studies, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
The East-Asian Society for Urban History is pleased to announce its 3rd international conference to be held in Tokyo on Saturday 20 JUNE 2020 and invites papers on a wider range of academic fields to provide new perspectives on “City・Nature・Human being”. We unearths and reevaluates the nature， history, culture and human resources that have accumulated in Asian cities and live on today, and in so doing clarifies the reasons why the city has endured culturally and spatially, and derives from them a method and theory for constructing sustainable global communities.
For a long time, the Western cities themselves which were the model for cities worldwide seem to have reached limits in their civilization, and are seeking new ways of living. Unlike the West where nature and city intentionally oppose each other, reassessment is underway of the unique structure of the Asian cities, where water and greenery are incorporated into the city space, and where the culture of everyday life and esthetics naturally coexist.
On this theme, we clarify the possibility of a city fit for the 21st century that is not modelled on Western cities. Urban History / History of Architecture / Urban Culture / Urban Planning / Urban Sociology / Urban Sanitation / Urban Development Policy / Urban Regeneration /Colonial Modern City / Fortress City / Industrial City / Marine City / Urban Social Conflict / Urban Network / Urban Governance / City and Rural Community / City Tourism