Heide Imai
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3975562 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Heide Imai |
| NOMBRES | Heide |
| APELLIDO | Imai |
| FIRMA | IMAI H |
| AFILIACIONES | Senshu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6695-6190 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Asian Alleyways
Asian Alleyways: An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization critically explores "Global Asia" and the metropolization process, specifically from its alleyways, which are understood as ordinary neighbourhood landscapes providing the setting for everyday urban life and place-based identities being shaped by varied everyday practices, collective experiences and forces. Beyond the mainstream, standardising vision of the metropolization process, As…
The Liminality of Subcultural Spaces
This article explores the concept of liminal spaces in Tokyo, specifically focusing on gaming arcades as transitional spaces between social isolation and integration. The decline of the once-popular arcades since the 1990s raises questions about their usage, accessibility, and affordability in contemporary Tokyo. After clarifying the concept of liminality and urban borderlands, the article examines various case studies in central Tokyo, argues th…
Creative Revitalization in Rural Japan
Different disasters throughout history have prompted Japan to develop diverse approaches to recovery, revitalization, and local resilience. The current global COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. In this paper, we argue the need to study the impacts of COVID-19 on outside major cities such as Tokyo as such areas were already experiencing socioeconomic decline. Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture is a city that has also been undergoing extensive post-di…
Social Capital, Innovation, and Local Resilience
This paper is based on research that centres on the city of Tokyo, a mature city that is experiencing various transformations, in order to show how social capital and innovation can help build up resilient communities. It presents two major topics: 1) the potential of localities and their social capital and social innovation to actively react to change, and 2) the role of localities for inclusive urban governance. By focusing on five small neighb…
Between Macro and Micro
Tokyo Roji
The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people's personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public spaces, re-appropriated by different fields, and re-invented by the contemporary urban design discourse, the social meaning attached to the roji is being re-interpreted by individuals, subcultures and new social movement…
The liminal nature of alleyways
Balancing urban revitalization, tourism, and development issues in times of crisis
Using the example of the urban revitalization process of Kawagoe's historical city center and district around Ichibangai Street, this paper examines the impact of different tourism development plans on the urban environment, community structure, and local economy of the neighborhood. Expanding on assumptions around the terms heritage, tourism, and tradition, the paper discusses potentials and practices of a distinctive revitalization and tourism …
Senses on the Move
Cities in Asia express much of their daily life in the streets. Walking, for example, in the streets of Kyoto, Japan, one can come across many scenes that are deeply rooted in the local and spiritual traditions of that city. The purpose of this review is to present personal experiences and reflections when walking the streets of the city in order to describe how the pedestrian activity allows various forms of social interaction. Following the rev…
Senses on the Move
Cities in Asia express much of their daily life in the streets. Walking, for example, in the streets of Kyoto, Japan, one can come across many scenes that are deeply rooted in the local and spiritual traditions of that city. The purpose of this review is to present personal experiences and reflections when walking the streets of the city in order to describe how the pedestrian activity allows various forms of social interaction. Following the rev…
The liminal nature of alleyways
Creative Revitalization in Rural Japan
Different disasters throughout history have prompted Japan to develop diverse approaches to recovery, revitalization, and local resilience. The current global COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. In this paper, we argue the need to study the impacts of COVID-19 on outside major cities such as Tokyo as such areas were already experiencing socioeconomic decline. Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture is a city that has also been undergoing extensive post-di…
Balancing urban revitalization, tourism, and development issues in times of crisis
Using the example of the urban revitalization process of Kawagoe's historical city center and district around Ichibangai Street, this paper examines the impact of different tourism development plans on the urban environment, community structure, and local economy of the neighborhood. Expanding on assumptions around the terms heritage, tourism, and tradition, the paper discusses potentials and practices of a distinctive revitalization and tourism …
Senses on the Move
Cities in Asia express much of their daily life in the streets. Walking, for example, in the streets of Kyoto, Japan, one can come across many scenes that are deeply rooted in the local and spiritual traditions of that city. The purpose of this review is to present personal experiences and reflections when walking the streets of the city in order to describe how the pedestrian activity allows various forms of social interaction. Following the rev…
Balancing urban revitalization, tourism, and development issues in times of crisis
Using the example of the urban revitalization process of Kawagoe's historical city center and district around Ichibangai Street, this paper examines the impact of different tourism development plans on the urban environment, community structure, and local economy of the neighborhood. Expanding on assumptions around the terms heritage, tourism, and tradition, the paper discusses potentials and practices of a distinctive revitalization and tourism …
The liminal nature of alleyways
Tokyo Roji
The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people's personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public spaces, re-appropriated by different fields, and re-invented by the contemporary urban design discourse, the social meaning attached to the roji is being re-interpreted by individuals, subcultures and new social movement…
Between Macro and Micro
Social Capital, Innovation, and Local Resilience
This paper is based on research that centres on the city of Tokyo, a mature city that is experiencing various transformations, in order to show how social capital and innovation can help build up resilient communities. It presents two major topics: 1) the potential of localities and their social capital and social innovation to actively react to change, and 2) the role of localities for inclusive urban governance. By focusing on five small neighb…
Creative Revitalization in Rural Japan
Different disasters throughout history have prompted Japan to develop diverse approaches to recovery, revitalization, and local resilience. The current global COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. In this paper, we argue the need to study the impacts of COVID-19 on outside major cities such as Tokyo as such areas were already experiencing socioeconomic decline. Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture is a city that has also been undergoing extensive post-di…
The Liminality of Subcultural Spaces
This article explores the concept of liminal spaces in Tokyo, specifically focusing on gaming arcades as transitional spaces between social isolation and integration. The decline of the once-popular arcades since the 1990s raises questions about their usage, accessibility, and affordability in contemporary Tokyo. After clarifying the concept of liminality and urban borderlands, the article examines various case studies in central Tokyo, argues th…
Asian Alleyways
Asian Alleyways: An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization critically explores "Global Asia" and the metropolization process, specifically from its alleyways, which are understood as ordinary neighbourhood landscapes providing the setting for everyday urban life and place-based identities being shaped by varied everyday practices, collective experiences and forces. Beyond the mainstream, standardising vision of the metropolization process, As…
Geography (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Art (5 obras) · Aesthetics (4 obras) · Economic geography (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras) · Engineering (3 obras) · Alleys (2 obras)