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It is the second-largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 km 2 (3,300 mi 2), behind only the New York City metropolitan area at 11,642 km 2 (4,495 mi 2). [5] With over US$2 trillion in GDP, Tokyo remains the second-largest metropolitan economy in the world, also behind New York.
Tokyo Station: 2013: Renovations to the historic Marunouchi side of the station were completed in 2012. Developments to the Yaesu side are expected to finish in 2013. Tokyo Midtown: 2008: A "New Urban Centre" Project located near Roppongi Hills, housing shops, the Suntory Museum of Art and the Ritz Carlton Tokyo.
Tokyo is an example of an urban heat island, and the phenomenon is especially serious in its special wards. [91] [92] According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, [93] the annual mean temperature has increased by about 3 °C (5.4 °F) over the past 100 years. Tokyo has been cited as a "convincing example of the relationship between urban ...
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In Tokyo, a typical incinerator can handle 600 tons of garbage a day, which is the waste produced by about 600,000 people. [15] Incineration is done at a high temperature, and the exhaust gas is put through many stages of cleaning and monitoring to ensure hazardous materials like dioxin and mercury are removed and not released into the air. [15]
Although the mining company paid compensatory money and the government engaged in the embankment works of the Watarase River, no fundamental solution of the problem was achieved. Japan is the world's leading importer of both exhaustible and renewable natural resources [citation needed] and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels. [2]
The Tokyo Toilet is an urban redevelopment project in Shibuya, Tokyo conceived by entrepreneur Koji Yanai, of Uniqlo and Fast Retailing, and funded by the Nippon Foundation. It involves the construction of modern high-quality public restrooms , with the aim of encouraging their use and consequently the use of the public spaces they serve, such ...
Because of this and other factors, Tokyo's current urban landscape is mostly modern and contemporary architecture, and older buildings are scarce. [1] Tokyo once was a city with low buildings and packed with single family homes, today the city has a larger focus on high rise residential homes and urbanization.