Urban development in Paris through the railway network formation (1837-1914)

Abstract

Railway network development in Tokyo has led not only to incomparable urban growth but to some distortion of living conditions. To go beyond this discording urban history, we should at first specify the nature of city and railway evolutions.With a view to establishing a point of comparison with Tokyo's case, our study treats city form and townscape evolutions in Paris through the railway network formation. We will show that the railway was created as a complementary link to urban development in Paris at the close of long discussions on tradition and modernization of the city.