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is a typical residential neighborhood in the suburb of Tokyo, but includes small
parcels of farmland in addition to houses (Fig. 4.7). Nerima is still in Tokyo, one
of largest cities in the world that accommodates and home to more than 10 million people. Even so, within its boundary farmland parcels remain a trait of
Tokyo’s dense urban fabric.
Travelling 40 km northwest from New York City lies Pyramid Mountain, NJ. In
addition to small villages, what is mostly found in this area is forest (Fig. 4.8).
Some 40 km northwest from Paris is a village called Vigny, an area which is
mostly farmland (Fig. 4.9). As for Tokyo, 40 km northwest of center city brings
you to a city called Kawagoe, where you find a landscape virtually the same as
that of Nerima: a landscape characterized by a small-scale mixture of urban and
rural land uses (Fig. 4.10).
In New York City, representing North American cities, and in Paris, representing Western European cities, a distinct boundary between urban land use and
rural land use is fixed somewhere in between 15 and 40 km from the city center.
In Tokyo, which represents Japanese cities, though, no such distinct boundary
Fig. 4.6 Argenteuil, Ille de France, 15 km NW of Paris (Source: Google Earth)
Fig. 4.7 Nerima Ward, 15 km NW of Tokyo (Source: Google Earth)
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is a typical residential neighborhood in the suburb of Tokyo, but includes small
parcels of farmland in addition to houses (Fig. 4.7). Nerima is still in Tokyo, one
of largest cities in the world that accommodates and home to more than 10 million people. Even so, within its boundary farmland parcels remain a trait of
Tokyo’s dense urban fabric.
Travelling 40 km northwest from New York City lies Pyramid Mountain, NJ. In
addition to small villages, what is mostly found in this area is forest (Fig. 4.8).
Some 40 km northwest from Paris is a village called Vigny, an area which is
mostly farmland (Fig. 4.9). As for Tokyo, 40 km northwest of center city brings
you to a city called Kawagoe, where you find a landscape virtually the same as
that of Nerima: a landscape characterized by a small-scale mixture of urban and
rural land uses (Fig. 4.10).
In New York City, representing North American cities, and in Paris, representing Western European cities, a distinct boundary between urban land use and
rural land use is fixed somewhere in between 15 and 40 km from the city center.
In Tokyo, which represents Japanese cities, though, no such distinct boundary
Fig. 4.6 Argenteuil, Ille de France, 15 km NW of Paris (Source: Google Earth)
Fig. 4.7 Nerima Ward, 15 km NW of Tokyo (Source: Google Earth)
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