We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2024
This chapter provides an overview of the history of life, industry and the environment in the Tokyo Bay area during the 20th century. Throughout this period, much of the Tokyo Bay area was reclaimed and large factories which consumed a great deal of imported resources and energy were built. This contributed to Japan's rapid economic growth, a precursor to the East Asian miracle, but it also brought environmental destruction, such as air pollution and destruction of the natural coastline, as well as keeping ordinary citizens and fishermen away from the seashore. However, there have been some attempts to correct these external diseconomies, and this chapter also introduces some of these attempts to provide some hints for achieving sustainable growth in the 21st century.
Introduction
Tokyo Bay is located at the center of Greater Tokyo, the world's largest megacity with a population of 38 million people. The bay has a total area of 1,380 km2 and a total coastline of 775 km. It is sandwiched between the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture to the east, the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture to the west, and the Kanto Plain including the Tokyo metropolis and surrounding areas to the north. More precisely, the sea area is north of the line connecting Sunosaki in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture, on the Bōsō Peninsula and Kenzaki in Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the Miura Peninsula. The area north of the line connecting Cape Futtsu in Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, and Kannonzaki in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is called the Inner Bay, and the area to its south is called the Outer Bay. Tokyo Bay has a variety of sights, such as a group of factories including a petrochemical complex, a fish market in Toyosu (formerly located in Tsukiji, near Ginza) in Tokyo, Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, New Tokyo International Airport in Haneda, Ota Ward, and a beach in Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Yokosuka City in Kanagawa Prefecture is also home to a US Navy base, the only non-US homeport for an aircraft carrier.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
