Planning for the global urban agenda. Shaping ecodistricts in Tokyo suburbs

The volume deals with selected issues from the New Urban Agenda (NUA) of the United Nations (Quito, 2016), paying particular attention to the rural-urban linkages and the planning solutions for metropolitan suburbs. How to preserve farmlands and open spaces, how to enhance urban agriculture and urban sustainability are the major concerns. The first section presents introductory essays on such topics; the second section presents plans and projects on a case study, Nishi-Tokyo City. Plans and projects are the outcome of the on-site workshop jointly organized by The Tokyo University and the Politecnico di Torino in collaboration with Nishi-Tokyo Municipality, and in the framework of the joint research project “Implementing the UN New Urban Agenda. Universities in Action”.