URBAN STUDIES ON REFLECTION AND IN PROSPECT : A Round-Table Discussion in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of Tokyo Metropolitan University Center for Urban Studies

The Tokyo Metropolitan University Center for Urban Studies (CUS) held a round-table discussion by their Research Fellows on their urban studies in the past and what is expected in future at the new University Hall on May 8，1982. Chaired by Masaji Ciba，the discussion was extended by the participants: Director Takao Horiguchi, seven Research Fellows of Yorifusa Ishida, Tanzan Oishi，Yoshiaki Kato，Susumu Kurasawa，Takamasa Nakano，Makoto Nakamura，Takahisa Hanya as well as three invited guests of Kichiemon Kawana，retired first Director; Shogo Koyano，retired former Research Fellow; and Hisatake Togo，Head of the Department of General Planning，Tokyo Local Government. Main topics discussed were the development of urban studies，voluntary or organized，by some staff of the University before the foundation of CUS，critical review of the achievements published before and after the foundation，comprehensive inter-disciplinary urban studies to be pursued for future development，and cooperation to be expected between CUS and the Tokyo Local Government. Among various observations and opinions presented，remarkable was the diverse evaluations of the achievements produced by the members of CUS，ranging from the negative，to criticize their lack of rigorous pursuit of difficult problems, to the positive，to evaluate their steady steps towards an unknown world. But it seemed to be cammonly agreed that a much broader view of urban studies should be firmly built up to include the mental culture of the urban population and regulations of local governments and that CUS should create a more efficient administrative system for urban studies and explore closer co-operation with the Tokyo Local Govemment.日時1982年5月8日(土) 午後2-5時 場所東京都立大学学