Toshio Mizuuchi
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AFFIIIATIOIN:
Urban Research Plaza
(Global
COE Program), and
Department of Geography,
Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi,
558-8585,
81+(6) 6605-2070 (office: tel & fax 2069)
Contact mail address: mizuuchi at ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp
PERSONAL:
Date
of birth:
Place
of birth:
Nationality: Japanese
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Geography,
M.S. Geography,
B.A. Geography,
B.A. Seismology,
EMPLOYMENT:
2007- Vice
Director, Urban
Research Plaza,
2006- Professor,
Urban Research Plaza
(concurrently Department of Geography),
2004-2006 Advisory
Executive of Presidential Committee,
2003- Professor, Department of Geography,
1995-2003 Associate
Professor, Department of
Geography,
1990-1995 Associate
Professor, Department of Geography,
1988-1990 Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography,
1985-1988 Research Assistant, Department of Geography,
SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH:
# Historical analysis of urban
development and planning (both in
# Studies of modern urban history in
# Critical Studies on the development
of public works in
# Historical critical inquiries about
geopolitics and geographical thought in
# Interview research for the people who
experienced the drastic transformation of their region by the W.W.II and
related military invasion
# Studies of urban housing, squatter
settlement and homeless issue (In Japan,
# Advisory activity to urban
rejuvenation projects (with Japanese metropolitan governments, and their
residents)
# Advisory activity to minority group
movement (Japanese former outcaste people, Okinawan, day-laborers,
underprivileged people)
# Field research conducted in
# Development of Assisting Program for
Self-Independent of the Ex-Rough Sleepers
# Comparative survey of urban housing-poor,
homeless people (rough sleepers) and its counter-measures in Hong Kong,
LANGUAGES:
Native fluency in Japanese, competent spoken,
reading and writing abilities in English, some reading abilities in French.
HONORS
AND AWARDS:
None
PUBLICATIONS:
(Listed ONLY
papers written in English, or written in Japanese with English summary)
Books and
Monographs: in English
Geographical Viewpoints in the Middle Eastern
Cities IV, Migration and
(co-editor,
Nation, Region, and the
Politics of Geography in East Asia
(editor,
Representing Local
Places and Raising Voices from
Below
(editor,
Critical and Radical Geographies of the Social,
the Spatial and the Political
(editor,
Current
Status of Assistance Policies for the
Homeless in Seoul,
Hong Kong, and Taipei
(editor,
Referred Articles: in English
Patterns in public service
provision and urban development in prewar Japan before 1945,
Geographical Review of
The Critical heritage of Japanese geography: Its tortured trajectory for eight decades,
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 23(2005), pp.453-473
The new mode of urban renewal for the
former outcaste minority people and areas in Japan, with Jeon Hong Gyu, Cities, 27, Supplement 1, pp.５25-５34, Elsevier, June 2010.
(Written in Japanese with
English abstract)
Formation and development of inner-city in modern
industrialization in
Jinbun-Chiri (Human Geography) 34, 385-409, 1982.
Residential atmosphere of low-income peoples and
their residential renewal projects through the Poor Housing Renewal Act of
1927,
Jinbun-Chiri (Human Geography) 36, 299-321, 1984.
Urban development of
Jinbun-Chiri (Human Geography) 37, 438-455, 1985.
The past of Japanese inner-city and labourers
movement in the pre-war days
Keizai Chirigaku Nenpo (Annals of economic
Geography) 32, 293-312,
1986.
Studies of urban history and geography,
Keizai Chirigaku Nenpo (Annals of Economic
Geography) 40, 1-19,
1994.
Historical development of suburban residential
estate in pre-war days,
Chiri Kagaku (Geographical Science) 51, 34-54, 1996.
Arising Homeless Issues and Urban Rejuvenation
Project in Inner-city of the Contemporary Metropolis
: In The Case of Yoseba, Buraku and Japanese
-Foreigners in
Jusoken Nenpo, No.29, 2002 (Annual Report of Housing Research
Institute, 2002), 369-380, 2003.
Book Chapters: in English
Development
policies and spatial integration in Japan from 1868 to 1941
In T. Mizuuchi ed.,
Nation, Region, and the Politics of Geography in East Asia, Osaka City
University, 30-42, 1999.
Chap.VI,
Aspects of Urban Problems in
Chap VII, Preference of Residential Districts and
the Urban Spatial Structure in
In Akinobu Terasaka
and Toshio Mizuuchi eds.,
Geographical
Viewpoints in the Middle Eastern Cities IV, Immigration and
Ryutsu Keizai
University, 88-98, 99-108, 1999,
Public service provisions and urban
finance in
In Terasaka, A. ed., Geographical viewpoints in the Middle Eastern cities III,
In T. Mizuuchi ed., Representing Local Places
and Raising Voices from Below,
In Shin
Nakagawa & Bussakorn Sumrongthong eds., What’s Happening on the Street?,
UCRC Bangkok Office,
Postwar Transformation of Space and Urban Politics
in the Inner-ring of Osaka
In T. Mizuuchi ed., Critical
and Radical Geographies of the Social, the Spatial and the Political,
Non-Referred Major Articles: in English
Awareness of spatial
inequality in the living environment of the modern Japanese city,
in Nozawa, H. ed., Cosmology epistemology and the history of geographical thought,
Private
struggles, public supports: Rehabilitating Japanese minority community, Buraku,
Dowa Mondai
Kenkyu 20, 29-43, 1998.
Housing Aid for the
Homeless in Japan and South Korea
Toshio MIZUUCHI, Hong-Gyu JEON, URP GCOE Working Paper 4, April 2009
Urban
Reinventing
Public Service Provision for the Socially-Excluded in the City: The Recent
Transformation of Homelessness Support and Different Paths toward
Self-dependence for the Homeless in Japan
Toshio MIZUUCHI, Geerhardt KORNATOWSKI、URP
GCOE Working Paper 6, May 2009
Urban
Other Scholarly Publications: in English
Characteristics of urban development
and urban planning in
pre-war
in Flüchter, W. ed.,
The
Information
Bulletin of The Union of National Economic Association in
Changing
urban governance for socially
discriminated people: A case of
Osaka City, Japan,
in Proceedings of 2nd.International Critical Geography Conference,
Korean Association of Spatial Environment Research, 181-188, 2000.
Translation Work:
None
into English
(Translated
Editorial Work:
Editor in chief of the bi-monthly
Journal, Jinbun Chiri:
Japanese Journal f Human Geography (in Japanese)
Editor in chief of the annual Journal, Space, Society and
Geographical Thought (in Japanese)
Editorial board member of the Quarterly Journal, City,
Culture & Society , Elsevier
Editorial board member of the Quarterly Journal, Antipode, Wiley &
Blackwell
Teaching
Publications:
None in English
Book Reviews:
None in English
FUNDED
RESEARCH:
(After
1995-2000)
Social
theory in geography and thought on space,
Research
fund of Min. of Education, Science and Culture (MESC), 1995-1997.
Colonialism,
geopolitics and historical geography of the formation of nation state in and
colonial
Research
fund of MESC, 1998-2000.
Socio-political
geographical studies on housing renewal projects of outcaste people district,
Research
fund of
How the
intellectuals act and respond to the rise of
through the
collaboration of geographers and researchers of spatial studies?
Fukutake
Science and Cultural Foundation, Research Program of 1997.
(After 2001- )
Investigation
and proposing practical measure for the solution of homeless problem in the contemporary
modern Metropolitan districts,
Research
fund of MESC, 2000-2001.
Urban
rehabilitation projects in inner-city, especially for underprivileged people
districts in
Research
fund of Housing Research Foundation, 2000-2001.
Comparative research on
homeless and squatter problems in Japan, Korea, Hong-Kong and Taiwan,
Overseas
Research fund of Japan Academy for the Promotion of Science, 2001-2006.
The
LA-Osaka Comparative Urban Studies Program is a joint project between the
University of Southern California (USC) and Osaka City University (OCU) to
conduct research and provide useful comparative knowledge about the greater LA
and Osaka metropolises, and also about their interaction as global cities on
the Pacific Rim. 2002-
Director in Shanghai Subcenter, in Urban-Culture Research
Center,
Research
fund of JSPS, 2002-2006.
Interview Research for those who get public
assistance in Nishinari Ward,
Funded program by the
bureau of Public Health,
Development of
Assisting Program for Self-Independent of the Ex-Rough Sleepers
Funded program on Urban Issue, in OCU, 2005-
Managing
Field Satellite of Urban Research Plaza by the
The chief of
In the cities of
Global
Vice Director of this program
Research
fund of JSPS, 2007-2011
GLobal-COE’s theme; ‘Reinventing Cities
for Cultural Creativity and Social Inclusion’
Moving from Social Exclusion to Inclusion:
Homeless Transitory Housing and the Creation of a Community Aid System in which
Former Aid Recipients Can Become Permanent Residents
Director of this program
Research
fund of JSPS, 2007-2009
CONFERENCE
PAPERS: in English
(Listed
ONLY papers that presented in English)
Urban planning and urban development in prewar
Japan-German Geographers
Conference.
International tourism and urban
development in
International
Geographical Union Conference,
Struggle for better life: some evidences from the urban social movement and
urban politics in
Private struggles, public supports:
Rehabilitating Japanese minority ghetto, Buraku,
Japan-German
Geographers Conference,
The Geographical Agenda of the Urban
and Regional Development: A Case of
East Asian
Regional Conference of Alternative Geography,
Development Policies and Spatial
Integration in
Workshop for
the Frontier of Asian Geographers,
Visible Homeless and New Urban
Governance of the Underprivileged: A Case of
Conference for
the Asia-Pacific Economy in1997 and into the 21th century,
Changing urban governance for socially discriminated people: A case of
Conference for International
Critical Geographers,
Geographers’ geopolitical commitments for field survey and regional geography in
the war time,
International Symposium: Asian Modernization in Maps and Geographical
Knowledge,
Why
are Japanese geographers so uncritical?: Recent trend of critical human
geography in Japan
The Second East
Asian Regional Conference of Alternative Geography,
Developing an
activity uniting homeless support and grass-rooted community organization.
The Third
International Conference for Critical Geographers,
The
growth in the number of people sleeping rough in the city of Osaka, Japan
The First
International Forum between
Forum on What's happening on the street?, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2003.
A new stage in
the policy and NGO activities for rough sleepers in
The Third East Asian Regional Conference of
Alternative Geography, Tokyo, Japan, August, 2003
Present
conditions of Airin districts and actual supportive actions,
The Third East Asian Regional Conference of
Alternative Geography, Osaka, Japan, August, 2003
Evolution of Urban Redevelopment and
Slum Clearance in Japanese Metropolis, Round table on the Joint Project for the Survey with the
Institute of Social Sciences, UCRC Shanghai Office, East China Normal
University, China, Oct.2003.
International Conference on Urban Changes in the 21st Century,
East China Normal Univ. Shanghai, June 2004.
The Reality of
Policy and Social Movement for Housing Poor and Homeless People in the East
Asian Metropolises; The Case of Hong Kong,
Seoul, Osaka and Taipei
The 9th
Japanese-German Geographical Conference; Shaping the Future of Metropolitan
Regions in
Post-war Japanese Urban Policy for the Socially Excluded and Concealed,
Joint
Workshop on Urbanity, Urban Change and Governance in Shanghai, Hong Kong and
Osaka，Osaka City
University, August, 2005
Action and Policy for Urban Housing Poor
and Homeless People in the East Asian Metropolises,
APNHR Conference 2005, Housing and Globalization,
Society and
Space of the Minority in Post-war Osaka, Symposium:
“Transnational Urban History: The Local-Global Nexus”, Los
Angeles-Osaka Comparative Urban Studies Project,
University
of Southern California, USA, October, 2005
Opposition and Adjustment Problems Involving
Recent Homeless Aid Measures in Japan
The Fourth Meeting of
East Asian Regional Conferences in Alternative Geography (EARCAG)
June 24-30, 2006,
Taipei, TAIWAN, June, 2006
The Impact of Homeless Issues on the Mode of Urban
Governance: the Situations in
CELEBRATE!
Opening of Takahara Hall, Urban Research Plaza Week.
Hong Kong -
Theme: Shedding Light on
Reinventing Public Service
Provision for the Socially-Excluded in the City: The Recent Transformation of
Homelessness Support and Different Paths Toward Self-reliance for the Homeless
in
The Struggle
Against Loss of Living Space: Squatter Resident Practices and Local Politics in
Postwar Japan <Proceedings
pp82-92>, with Takuya Motooka. In International Forum:
The Transforming Asian City: Innovative Urban and Planning Practices Hong
Kong, May 3-5, 2007
Pursuing new mode of urban governance for the socially
disadvantaged area and people,
Kamagasaki
Regeneration Forum /Osaka City University, Japan, The Lives of ‘Occhan’ (older men) in the Airin
District (Kamagasaki) With Sen ARIMURA, Takayuki
OTIRA, The
2nd ANAH 2008 in Gwangju Korea May
15th -18th 2008, (ANAH: Asian Network
for Adequate Housing, By Citizens for Decent Housing)
Does the Adoption of a Spatial
Perspective Contribute to the Current Regeneration of ‘the Study of Poverty’ in
Does
the Adoption of a Spatial Perspective Contribute to the Study of Poverty? 2008
KOCER！URP Symposium,“Poverty
and Community”, 16 Dec. 2008,
Pursuing
New Mode of Urban Governance for the Socially Disadvantaged Area and People, ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference 2008,Landscapes of Global Urbanism: Power,
Marginality, and Creativity, International House of
Roundtable on
Social Inclusion in
Attempt
of Socio-Cultural Community Regeneration in the Disadvantageous Inner-City Area
in
Transformation of the Management of Urban Poverty in
Japan: From Slum Clearance to Assistance for the Homeless, 14th International
Conference of Historical Geographers, 23–27 August 2009, Kyoto, Japan
Historical Development of Urban Renewal for the Former
Outcast Minority People and Areas in Japan
Comparative
Approaches to Urban Regeneration and Social Exclusion in Western-Europe and
East-Asia.
A joint workshop by K.U. Leuven (Belgium) and OCU URP (Japan), September 4th 2009, at K.U.Leuven
Moderator: OCU-URP Seoul Sub-center Opening
Commemorative Symposium:"Poverty and Renewal"
2009/09/18
OCU-URP Seoul Sub-center Opening Commemorative Symposium
Conquering the Failure of Urban Planning in the
Socially Disadvantaged Areas in Japan; Coordination of Orthodox Skill of
Technocrat with Flexible Art of NGO, International Conference on CULTURAL CITIES, Creativity and Social
Inclusion in Osaka and Copenhagen, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies,
University of Copenhagen, and Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University,
9-11, February, 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
INVITED
LECTURES:
From 2000
onward
Department of Liberal Arts,
Department of Geography,
Faculty of
Economics,
Department of Geography,
Department of
History,
Department of
Geography,
Department of
Geography, Kwansei Gakuin University (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007-2009)
Department of
Geography,
Department of
Geography, Osaka Prefecture University (2005-2010)
WORK
IN PROGRESS:
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
(in
preparation)
Other Teaching Experience
PhD
THESES SUPERVISED:
Shimazu
Toshiyuki (Degree Confirmed in 2009)
Kanda
Koji (Degree Confirmed in 2006)
Motooka
Takuya (Degree Confirmed in 2009)
Yamaguchi
Susumu (Degree Confirmed in 2009)
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE:
Editorial Board head, Homuresu to Shakai (Homeless and Society), 2009-
Editor in
chief, Jinbun-Chiri (Human Geography), 2006-2008
Editorial Board, Jinbun-Chiri (Human Geography), 1984-85, 1996-98, 1999-2000
Editorial Board, Shelter-less, 2005-
Editorial
Board, Street paper, Naniwa Rojo, 2003-
Editorial Board, Antipode, 2001-
Editorial Board, Chiri-Kagaku (Geographical
Science), 1997-
Editorial Board, Toshi-Jutaku (Urban
Housing) 1997-2002
Editorial Board, Chirigaku Hyoron (Geographical
Review) 1994-1996
Executive Board Members, NPO National Homeless Assistance Network