TY - JOUR T1 - Health and greening the city JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 896 LP - 896 DO - 10.1136/jech.56.12.896 VL - 56 IS - 12 AU - J R Ashton Y1 - 2002/12/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/56/12/896.1.abstract N2 - See page 913 Tokyo is one of the world’s great new metropolitan areas; when I first visited it, it reminded me powerfully of Fritz Lang’s prescient classic Metropolis. Space is at an absolute premium and conducting the normal routines of everyday life can seem like a major challenge. The contemporary public health issues are mostly to be found there.Fortunately for Tokyo and its citizens, Takehito Takano and his group at … ER -