Tokyo: A Megacity that works? Policies, Planning and ... - DiVA

Master thesis in Sustainable Development 2018/29

Examensarbete i H?llbar utveckling

Tokyo: A Megacity that works?

Policies, Planning and Sustainable

Development Goal 11

Nicola Donohoe

DE PA R TM E N T OF

EA R TH S CI E N CE S

INSTITUTIONEN F?R

GEOVETENSKAPER

Master thesis in Sustainable Development 2018/29

Examensarbete i H?llbar utveckling

Tokyo: A Megacity that works?

Policies, Planning and Sustainable

Development Goal 11

Nicola Donohoe

Supervisor: Malin Hansen

Evaluator: Tigran Haas

Copyright ? Nicola Donohoe. Published at Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University

(geo.uu.se), Uppsala, 2018

Content

1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Urbanisation and Megacities .......................................................................................... 1

1.2 Thesis Objective ............................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Sustainable Development Goals and Tokyo ................................................................ 2

1.4 Thesis Outline ................................................................................................................... 2

2. Background ........................................................................................................................ 3

2.1 Sustainable Development Goals .................................................................................... 3

2.1.1 SDG 11: Make Cities Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable ................ 3

Table 1.1 Sustainable Development Goal 11 targets and indicators ............................... 3

2.2 Tokyo ¨C Geographic Information .................................................................................... 5

Figure 2.1 Map of Japan including the Tokyo metropolis and surrounding prefectures

................................................................................................................................................ 5

Figure 2.2 Map of the 23 special wards .............................................................................. 6

Figure 2.3. The cities, towns, and village of the Tama area and the 23 special wards... 6

3. Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 8

3.1 General Framework.......................................................................................................... 8

3.2 Data and Analysis ............................................................................................................. 8

3.3 Case Study ........................................................................................................................ 8

3.3.1 Tokyo Profile ............................................................................................................ 9

Image 1. Tokyo and its extensive skyline ........................................................................... 9

3.4 Limitations .......................................................................................................................... 9

4. Literature Review ............................................................................................................ 11

4.1 Cities, Megacities and Metropolis ................................................................................ 11

4.2 SDG 11: Key Concepts ................................................................................................. 12

4.2.1 Inclusive ................................................................................................................... 12

4.2.2 Safe ........................................................................................................................... 13

4.2.3 Resilient ................................................................................................................... 13

4.2.4 Sustainable ............................................................................................................. 13

Figure 4.1 Four pillars towards sustainable policies....................................................... 14

4.3 Progress with SDG 11 ................................................................................................... 14

4.4 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 ¨C 2030 ........................ 15

5. Results............................................................................................................................... 16

5.1 Tokyo Policy Documents ............................................................................................... 16

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