Content

Introduction – Motives of Post-war Modernisation

The Industrial City

1. Overview 
2. Industrial/ economic considerations are prioritized in the urban planning over the pose of a “peace memorial city”
3. How infrastructure evolved in favour of the industrial development of the city 
4. Debates on Reconstruction Plans

The Neutral City

1.  Infrastructure – symbol of neutrality
2. War Damage Reconstruction Agency plan – Post-war Urban Planning Standards
3. War Damage Reconstruction Agency plan – Housing Construction
4. Intervention/ influence of SCAP on the urban planning and industrialization
5. How Kenzo Tange influence the planning of land use plan 
6. Architecture of pre-war Hiroshima 

The Informal City

1.   Haphazard development of Motomachi
2.   Role of Informal Sector in Post-war Recovery 
3.   The Informal City: Post-war development of Informal Housing

Epilogue – Equilibrium of Modernity/ Hiroshima