El paradigma del crecimiento y las Shrinking cities: caso de estudio = Tokio Shrinking cities and the growth paradigm: Tokyo Case Sud

Authors

  • Marcela Riva de Monti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20868/ciur.2022.143.4996

Keywords:

Shrinkage, Ciudad global, Desarrollo urbano, Vacíos urbanos, Global city, Urban development, Vacant land

Abstract

Resumen

Los sistemas de producción post-fordistas, definidos por una producción flexible y des-localizada, provocaron un cambio en la geografía de la producción. En consecuencia, se forjó una nueva dinámica en los procesos de urbanización que afectó a muchas ciudades culminando en dos tipos -a priori- antagónicos de ciudades: las shrinking cities y las ciudades globales. La definición de Tokio es controvertida. Algunas investigaciones académicas señalan la existencia del shrinkage, en tanto que la ciudad se sitúa sistemáticamente entre las primeras posiciones dentro de las ciudades globales. Este estudio de caso analiza la trayectoria de la ciudad para arrojar luz sobre el proceso que está teniendo lugar. La investigación muestra la presencia de un proceso simultáneo y desigual de crecimiento y decrecimiento, bien diferenciado del city shrinkage, ya que no evidencia las implicaciones negativas del declive. No obstante manifestaciones de deterioro y vacío urbano son apreciables en el tejido de la ciudad.

Abstract

Post-Fordist production systems, defined by flexible and delocalized production, brought in a shift in the geography of production. In consequence, a new dynamic in urbanization processes was forged affecting many cities across the world culminating in two -a priori- antagonistic types of cities: shrinking cities and global cities There is controversy in the definition of Tokyo, as some academic research point out the existence of the shrinking process whilst the city is consistently ranked at the forefront position within the global cities. Organized as a case study, this research analyses the city trajectory in order to shed light into the process taking place. The investigation shows the presence of a simultaneous, uneven process of growth and de-growth, well differentiated from city shrinkage as the negative.

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2022-08-30

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El paradigma del crecimiento y las Shrinking cities: caso de estudio = Tokio Shrinking cities and the growth paradigm: Tokyo Case Sud. (2022). Cuadernos De Investigación Urbanística, 143, 26-41. https://doi.org/10.20868/ciur.2022.143.4996