Geographical Profile
Tokyo is known as the original megacity. It is the capital of the Japanese archipelago. An archipelago is a group or chain of islands. Japan is in the continent of Asia. Tokyo is in the southern Kanto region and approximately in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. It is 2, 130 square kilometers in size. The Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands are counted as part of Tokyo City but they aren't actually connected to it. The metropolitan area of the city, which is counting all the parts that are counted as part of the city but may not be directly related to it, is home to around 32.5 million people and the City proper, which is the actual city, is home to around 13 million people. The climate is generally quite mild.
Social Profile
The access to doctors in Tokyo is not that great, due to the high population. This causes big delay on much needed surgery, services are provided through regional/national public hospitals or through private hospitals/clinics. Though hospitals tend to charge higher for those without a referral. Although the life expectancy in Japan has grown. A boy born in 2013 is now expected to live 80.21 years, up from 79.94 years in 2012. A women is now to 86.61 years in 2013. The size of Tokyo, for the amount of population growth it has is quite unbelievable, in October 1, 2011, the population of Tokyo is estimated to be 13.189 million, the area of Tokyo is 0.6% of the total area of Japan that covered by a population density of 6,029 persons per square kilometer. The population structure Tokyo was 13.159 million, and this number was divided into three age categories: ages 0-14 population at 1.477 million; the working-age population at 8.85 million; and the aged population (ages 65 and over) at 2.642 million.
Education and literature start in formal, intense instruction in maths and the Japanese language begins at the age of six and continues through to 15 and the country's literacy rate is frequently put at 99%. The traffic congestion in Tokyo is a big deal, it is responsible for huge losses of time and money to businesses and ordinary citizens, and the increased exhaust emissions it causes damage the environment. Cutting traffic congestion is an urgent task for the city.
Drinking water quality and the quality of waste water discharged into open watercourses typically exceed national standards, water quality in rivers and lakes still does not meet environmental standards. For example, the attainment rate of environmental standards was 87% in 2005, but in lakes and marshes it was only 50%. The sanitation concerning sewerage, out of 1,896 systems, 1,873 were separate sewer systems (between sanitary sewers and stormwater sewers) and only 23 were combined sewer systems. In 2002 about 75 million people were connected to sewers and 35 million people had their waste water treated through small-scale waste water treatment devices called jōkasōs. They are common in areas not connected to sewers, but also exist in areas connected to sewers. Treated water can be easily reused for various purposes such as toilet flushing, watering gardens or car washing.
Education and literature start in formal, intense instruction in maths and the Japanese language begins at the age of six and continues through to 15 and the country's literacy rate is frequently put at 99%. The traffic congestion in Tokyo is a big deal, it is responsible for huge losses of time and money to businesses and ordinary citizens, and the increased exhaust emissions it causes damage the environment. Cutting traffic congestion is an urgent task for the city.
Drinking water quality and the quality of waste water discharged into open watercourses typically exceed national standards, water quality in rivers and lakes still does not meet environmental standards. For example, the attainment rate of environmental standards was 87% in 2005, but in lakes and marshes it was only 50%. The sanitation concerning sewerage, out of 1,896 systems, 1,873 were separate sewer systems (between sanitary sewers and stormwater sewers) and only 23 were combined sewer systems. In 2002 about 75 million people were connected to sewers and 35 million people had their waste water treated through small-scale waste water treatment devices called jōkasōs. They are common in areas not connected to sewers, but also exist in areas connected to sewers. Treated water can be easily reused for various purposes such as toilet flushing, watering gardens or car washing.
Economical Profile
Japan as a whole has one of the world's largest economies. Since the collapse of the property bubble in
1989 Japan has faced periods of economic inactivity, decline and relatively
high unemployment rates. Japan's economic performance has been flawed by weak domestic demand and a rigid labor market. In Tokyo the cost of housing and owning a car is quite high. This is easily seen when compared to the U.S. in size comfort and convenience. But living and staying in Tokyo doesn't have to be expensive. One way to avoid this is to take advantage of Tokyo's extremely large public transport sector.
Management of Problems and Challenges
Water is becoming a problem because of the population increase (that being a problem itself) so it is now becoming a big issue to recycle. To cope with the huge traffic jams, they have built and own the fastest subway systems in the world to get people where they need to go. Sanitation is now a not as bigger deal as it was there was once a time now only 23 system share the same pipe between sanitary sewers and storm-water sewers.
Awareness of environmental problems and of waste issues has increased because of waste plastics, illegal dumping, construction sludge, and more continue to be sent to landfills without being effectively utilized. Progress to resolve these issues has been made, by recycling initiatives. In September 2006 TMG formulated the Tokyo Metropolitan Waste Management Plan (from FY 2006 to FY 2010), which outlined six targets to make a change towards the sustainable material-cycle society.The carbon footprint of Tokyo is quite a big mark. According to the Earth Council report, a biologically productive area of 1.7 ha is available per capita for basic living. This means that for sustainable living, the people in Tokyo alone need an area of 45,220,000 ha - which is 1.2 times the land area of the whole of Japan (including the inhabitable areas) and there is no real way to control it.
Awareness of environmental problems and of waste issues has increased because of waste plastics, illegal dumping, construction sludge, and more continue to be sent to landfills without being effectively utilized. Progress to resolve these issues has been made, by recycling initiatives. In September 2006 TMG formulated the Tokyo Metropolitan Waste Management Plan (from FY 2006 to FY 2010), which outlined six targets to make a change towards the sustainable material-cycle society.The carbon footprint of Tokyo is quite a big mark. According to the Earth Council report, a biologically productive area of 1.7 ha is available per capita for basic living. This means that for sustainable living, the people in Tokyo alone need an area of 45,220,000 ha - which is 1.2 times the land area of the whole of Japan (including the inhabitable areas) and there is no real way to control it.