Column
A list of KAMENOAYUMI's column articles.
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[Learning from Jane Jacobs] The merits and demerits of "living cities" and large-scale development
~Unraveling the challenges facing modern regional cities and prescriptions for the future, based on historical conflicts with large-scale development~ *This article was current as of February 2026...
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[Dreams and Reality of Megastructures] Unraveling the Future of Urban Planning from the 1960 Tokyo Plan
~The history and present of megastructures, an extreme form of urban development~ *This article is based on information current as of February 2026.
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Can cars and cities coexist? The future of urban development as seen in the Vachanan Report
The idea of "environmental zones" that protect pedestrian living spaces from unregulated automobile traffic is reflected in modern Japan's "Zone 30 Plus" and regional M...
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[The Limits of Car Society and Urban Restructuring] Toyako Town in Hokkaido Takes on the Challenge of "Publicizing Mobility"
~The prosperity brought to cities by motorization, but the vulnerability exposed by population decline~ *This article is current as of February 2026...
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[Urban Redevelopment Law and the Pros and Cons of "Rights Conversion"] The Expansion of Tokyo and the Shrinkage of the Regions: The Turning Point
~The reality of urban regeneration towards 2030~ *This article is based on information as of February 2026.
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[The truth about land readjustment projects, the "mother of urban planning"] The magic and pain of protecting assets and lives
~Why is this technique, which has continued since the Meiji era, called "magic" and sometimes feared as "the devil"?~ *This article is current as of February 2026...