Two excellent recent posts by the folks at Airoots which look at the model of urban development which has shaped modern metropolitan Tokyo. They argue that the mixed-used, high density, low-rise, non-hierarchical model of urban/community planned epitomized by Post WW II Tokyo is in many cases indestinquishable from what is generally seen as a more slum typology. This comparison they argue points the way towards a more sensitive and realistic approach to slum redevelopment in booming developing world cities such as Dharavi, Lagos etc.
Tokyo "default" model and Tokyo Future Slum
(Credit Airoots; collage street scene Dharavi and Tokyo)
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