Outline of the “Basic Development Plan for the Kinki Region” (5Th Edition)
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Corridors, Clumps, Cores, Campuses, Subdivisions, and Sites
Alternative forms of the high-technology district: corridors, clumps, cores, campuses, subdivisions, and sites The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Forsyth, Ann. 2014. “Alternative Forms of the High-Technology District: Corridors, Clumps, Cores, Campuses, Subdivisions, and sites.” Environ. Plann. C 32 (5): 809–823. doi:10.1068/c1267r. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c1267r. Published Version doi:10.1068/c1267r Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16143338 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Open Access Policy Articles, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#OAP CONTACT PAGE: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT: CORRIDORS, CLUMPS, CORES, CAMPUSES, SUBDIVISIONS, AND SITES 2014 Environment and Planning C 32, 5: 809-823. Dr. Ann Forsyth Professor of Urban Planning Harvard University [email protected] P. 1 ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT: CORRIDORS, CLUMPS, CORES, CAMPUSES, SUBDIVISIONS, AND SITES Word count: Main Paper 6513; Abstract 142 Note: All figures to be available online in color and in black and white in print. Abstract Does a high-tech economy create fundamentally different places to other employment areas? This paper proposes a typology of small to medium scale high technology districts in terms of their physical environments rather than their economic features (which is the more common basis of such classifications). It defines a set of recognizable high tech places: corridors, clumps, cores, comprehensive campuses, tech subdivisions, and scattered tech sites. -
Kyoto Hyogo Osaka Nara Wakayama Shiga
Introduction of KANSAI, JAPAN KYOTO OSAKA HYOGO WAKAYAMA NARA SHIGA INVEST KANSAI Introduction Profile of KANSAI, JAPAN Kansai area Fukui Kobe Tokyo Tottori Kansai Kyoto Shiga Hyogo Osaka Mie Osaka Kyoto Nara Tokushima Wakayama ©Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau With a population exceeding 20 million and an economy of $800 billion, the Kansai region plays a leading role in western Japan. Osaka is center of the region, a vast metropolitan area second only to Tokyo in scale. Three metropolises, located close to one another 30 minutes by train from Osaka to Kyoto, and to Kobe. Domestic Comparison International Comparison Compare to Capital economic zone (Tokyo) Comparison of economic scale (Asia Pacific Region) Kansai Tokyo (as percentage of Japan) (as percentage of Japan) Australia Area (km2) 27,095 7.2% 13,370 3.5% Korea Population (1,000) 20,845 16.3% 35,704 28.0% Kansai Gross Product of 879 15.6% 1,823 32.3% region (GPR) (US$billion) Indonesia (Comparison of Manufacturing) Taiwan Kansai Tokyo (as percentage of Japan) (as percentage of Japan) Thailand Manufacturing Singapore output (US$billion) 568 15.9% 621 17.4% Hong Kong Employment in manufacturing (1,000) 1,196 16.1% 1,231 16.6% New Zealand Number of new factory setup (*) 181 14.8% 87 7.1% 0 500 1000 1500 (Unit: US$ billion) Number of manufacturers in Kansai is equivalent to Tokyo which is twice its economic size. Economy scale of Kansai is comparable to economies in Asia Pacific Region. Source: Institute of Geographical Survey, Ministry of Internal Affair “Population Projection” “World -
Study on Site Specific Strong Ground Motion for Seismic Retrofit Design
A STUDY ON SITE-SPECIFIC STRONG GROUND MOTION FOR SEISMIC RETROFIT DESIGN OF THE HANSHIN EXPRESSWAY LONG-SPAN BRIDGES IN OSAKA BAY AREA Tsutomu NISHIOKA*, Toshihiko NAGANUMA*, Hidesada KANAJI* and Takao KAGAWA** ABSTRACT The site-specific strong ground motion in Osaka Bay Area is studied in order to estimate the seismic load for the seismic retrofit of the Hanshin Expressway long-span bridges. We consider the crustal earthquake and the plate boundary earthquake as the maximum credible earthquake deterministically. The empirical Green’s function method and the stochastic semi-empirical Green’s function method are used to predict the site-specific ground motion. The study shows that there are some differences in the acceleration response spectra between the predicted strong ground motion and the standard ground motion in the Japanese specifications for highway bridges. 1. INTRODUCTION Many bridges suffered heavy damage from the Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake that struck the Kobe city in Japan on Jan. 17, 1995. The seismic retrofit program for the existing bridges made a full-fledged start slightly behind the restoration of the damaged structures in the wake of the disaster in Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation. Until today, we have already strengthened most of the middle- or small-scale brides seismically. But the long-span bridges, mainly located in Bay Route of the Hanshin Expressway network, have not retrofitted yet due to the financial problems. Although most of the highway bridges are retrofitted seismically according to the standard seismic loads in the current Japanese specifications for highway bridges [JRA(2002)], it is desirable in view of earthquake engineering that the input ground motion for the seismic design of a structure is estimated in consideration of source, path and local site effects, shown in Figure 1. -
CSR Summary Report 2015
CSR Summary Report 2015 CSR at KYOCERA Document Solutions 1 CSR Activity Highlights 2 Products Certified with Environmental Labels 5 Environmental Protection Activities 6 Clean & Green Plants 7 • Shilong Plant (China) • Vietnam Plant • Tamaki Plant • Hirakata Plant CSR at KYOCERA Document Solutions KYOCERA Document Solutions is a member of the Kyocera Group. As such our Corporate Motto is to "Respect the Divine and Love People," and our Management Rationale is "To provide opportunities for the material and intellectual growth of all our employees, and through our joint efforts, contribute to the advancement of society and humankind." We also carry out management based on the Kyocera Philosophy, which takes "doing what is right as a human being" as the principal criterion for business decisions. To promote CSR activities globally, the Kyocera Group has established Kyocera Group CSR Guidelines as a code of corporate conduct for bringing about a sustainable society. At the same time we are participating in the United Nations Global Compact, and promoting continuous improvement so we can respond to stakeholders and build relationships of trust. Sustainable Development of the Kyocera Group Wholesome Development of Society Customers CSR Matters Management Efforts Social Efforts Efforts Local Economic Respect for Human Rights Communities Employees Environmental Optimal Work Environment Stakeholders Corporate Governance Environmental Activities Fair Business Activities Business Shareholders/ Management Rationale / Kyocera Philosophy / Customer Concerns Associates Investors Amoeba Management / Kyocera Management Accounting Principles / Social Contribution Activities Kyocera Group CSR Guidelines United Nations Global Compact Logo Training in Kyocera Philosophy is provided worldwide This CSR Summary Report 2015 from KYOCERA Document Solutions provides a general overview of our CSR activities in FY2014. -
Knowledge Clusters : the First Stage (Ended) KANSAI Science City (Life
Knowledge Clusters:TheFirstStage(Ended) Knowledge Clusters:TheFirstStage(Ended) Cluster Headquarters Participating Research Organizations (Bold: Core Research Organization) 3 ○President……………Hiroyuki Mizuno (Director, Kochi University of Technology, General Research Center) Industry…Hagihara Farm Co., Ltd.,SANWA CORNSTARCH CO., LTD., Keihanna Human L Cluster EZAKI GLICO CO., LTD., Life Sciences IT Environment Nanotech/Materials ○Project Director………Masaharu Noyori Environmental Research Center The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., ○Chief Scientist………Naotake Ogasawara (Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology) OMRON Corporation,CUBIC INC.,ATR,DoGA Corporation,Micronix Inc., ○Deputy Chief Scientist…Yoshiaki Watanabe (Professor, Doshisha University) NIPPON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc., ○Coordinators………Haruo Misumi, Kunio Nakamura, Ken Abe and others Academia…Nara Institute of Science and Technology,Doshisha University, ○Advisers……………Kenichi Ito, Masako Yamashita, Yuka Nobuhara Osaka Electro-Communication University,and others Kansai Science City Government…Nara Agricultural Technology Center, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Core Organization Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Aiming to create new industries through teamwork and networking between industry, academia Technology Research Institute of Osaka Prefecture, Keihanna Interaction Plaza Inc. Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, RITE, and others and government, and by exploiting a unique -
PORTS of OSAKA PREFECTURE
Port and Harbor Bureau, Osaka Prefectural Government PORTS of OSAKA PREFECTURE Department of General Affairs / Department of Project Management 6-1 Nagisa-cho, Izumiotsu City 595-0055 (Sakai-Semboku Port Service Center Bldg. 10F) TEL: 0725-21-1411 FAX: 0725-21-7259 Department of Planning 3-2-12 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-8570(Annex 7th floor) TEL: 06-6941-0351 (Osaka Prefectural Government) FAX: 06-6941-0609 Produced in cooperation with: Osaka Prefecture Port and Harbor Association, Sakai-Semboku Port Promotion Council, Hannan Port Promotion Council Osaka Prefectural Port Promotion Website: http://www.osakaprefports.jp/english/ Port of Sakai-Semboku Japan’s Gateway to the World. With the tremendous potential and vitality that befit the truly international city of Osaka, Port of Hannan Seeking to become a new hub for the international exchange of people, From the World to Osaka, from Osaka to the Future goods and information. Starting from The sea is our gateway to the world – The sea teaches us that we are part of the world. Port of Nishiki Port of Izumisano Osaka Bay – Japan’s marine gateway to the world – is now undergoing numerous leading projects that Osaka Bay, will contribute to the future development of Japan, including Kansai International Airport Expansion and the Phoenix Project. Exchange for Eight prefectural ports of various sizes, including the Port of Sakai-Semboku (specially designated Port of Ozaki Port of Tannowa major port) and the Port of Hannan (major port), are located along the 70 kilometers of coastline the 21st Century extending from the Yamato River in the north to the Osaka-Wakayama prefectural border in the south. -
Empowering Local Authorities Through Intergovernmental Collaborations the Case of Union of Kansai Governments
Empowering Local Authorities through Intergovernmental Collaborations The case of Union of Kansai Governments Japan Project Brief Background and Objectives Local autonomy is guaranteed by the Constitution of Japan, and local governments play an important role to provide public services in consideration of local contexts and needs. However, Japanese administrative systems are quite centralized and standardized by national government in practice. Japan’s local governments tend to rely heavily on the national government’s direct subsidies and/or large-scale capital projects, and therefore fiscal decentralization is also an issue to ensure local entities take their own initiatives. This centralized governance structure has long been controversial from the standpoints of local autonomy and economic growth. Decentralization has also been discussed in the context of the issue of excessive concentration of financial and human resources and administrative power in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region (TMR), which would lose economic competitiveness of local cities on the domestic and international market and increase national security risks if there was an unexpected breakdown in capital functions. In the face of moves to strengthen local autonomy and administrative decentralization for local revitalization, the national government decided to confer further discretion on local governments and to allow them to establish intergovernmental authorities with limited autonomy rights through the Local Autonomy Act Amendment of 1994. Kansai is located in the southern-central part of Japan's main island (Figure 1) and forms the second largest economic center of the country. Prefectural and municipal governments in Kansai have been making spontaneous efforts on intergovernmental collaboration for infrastructure planning and institutional development. -
Japan Builds Ivory Towers Among Its Windswept Hills
NEWS Japan builds ivory towers Russian foundation challenges power among its windswept hills of the Academy Kansai Science City. Japan's second major Facing ATR is the Keihanna Plaza, Moscow. Vladimir Fortov, the new director science city, after Tsukuba science city north opened last March, which acts as a central of the Russian Foundation of Basic Re of Tokyo, is beginning to take shape in the service complex. The world's largest sun search (RFBR) who took over the helm in Keihanna hills between Kyoto, Nara and dial graces a square in front of the complex. June, is trying to persuade the Russian gov Osaka, about 200 miles west of the nation's And last week, Matsushita Electrical Indus ernment to double the foundation's budget. capital. trial Company opened its research institute F ortov says he is confident that the Until recently Kansai science city, in in the same district. It will have a total staff foundation, set up in April 1992 along the which local and central governments and of about 300 when it reaches full operation. lines of a Western science funding agency, private industry plan to invest ¥4-5 billion When complete, the city will be com can use funds far more effectively than the (US$37--47 million) over the next few dec posed of 12 such districts or 'clusters', sepa Russian Academy of Science. He says that ades, was nothing more than a university, a rated by wooded hills. Each district is quite this is primarily because much of the money couple of colleges and a handful of institutes small. -
Community Based Fishery Management in Hyogo Prefecture
IIFET 2004 Japan Proceedings COMMUNITY BASED FISHERY MANAGEMENT IN HYOGO PREFECTURE, SETO INLAND SEA1 Ruangrai Tokrisna, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, [email protected] ABSTRACT Seto Inland Sea plays a significant role in Japanese coastal fisheries. The successful development coastal community based fishery management contributes in sustainable fisheries. Hyogo Prefecture has a long history of coastal fisheries and has been selected as the study site. Community based fishery management in Japan reduces monitoring and enforcement cost. Fishermen comply rules and regulations settled by them, bottom up not top down. Participation from fishermen in adopting fishery management plan is the key factor. There can be transaction costs involve in adopting the Fisheries Coordination Scheme. Nevertheless this can be paid off by the long run benefit from the greater resource abundance and the optimum utilization of the available fishery resources. Fishermen can equally participate in community fishery management through being members of corresponding fishery cooperatives. They have the common goal of optimum utilization fishery resources. The fishing right granted to fishery cooperative is fairly distributed among the members, transparently. System of election at each step supports this factor of equity. Coastal fisheries in Seto Inland Sea - Hyogo Prefecture is sustainable. Fishermen collaborate in maintaining the ecological system (example is the management in Sika-no-Se Area) and sustainable fishery development. This is mainly due to the granted fishing right, equity in right sharing system, and effective coordination among stakeholders. Keywords: community based fishery management; coastal fisheries; Seto Inland Sea INTRODUCTION Community based fishery management has been recommended as an effective management scheme for tropical fisheries which are often multi-species and multi-gear. -
Unlocking the Potential of Kansai Companies
Unlocking the potential of Kansai companies McKinsey Japan Kansai Office June 2018 Authored by: André Andonian Motohiro Hojo Raymond Chan Daruma dolls at Katsuo-ji temple, Osaka. The script character on the dolls means “victory” in Japanese. Unlocking the potential of Kansai companies Preface The world is now facing change on a scale surpassing that of the Industrial Revolution. Today, such change is driven by several disruptive forces, including the growth of emerging economies, the disruptive evolution of technology, the increasing interconnectedness of the global economy, and the aging of populations across the world. One intriguing phenomenon leading from these forces, especially as economies and markets around the world grow more tightly linked, is the gradual rise in importance of regions and cities rather than countries. In other words, regional and metropolitan attractiveness and competitiveness today hold increasingly greater sway than do the countries containing those regions and cities. What does this mean for Kansai? Fundamentally, Kansai leaders need to consider both the sustainable growth of the region as well as the international competitiveness of its cities. They should consider how Kansai can evolve, using its historical, cultural, academic, and infrastructural advantages to create a grand vision for the future, and make the bold moves required to achieve that vision. A worthy vision for the public sector and infrastructure related sectors, such as electricity, gas, transit, construction, telecommunications, and broadcasting, could be to establish a region that enables sustainable lifestyles, leading to improved core competitiveness and attractiveness throughout the region. The manufacturing and service sectors, by contrast, could focus on a vision grounded in global competitiveness, achieved by undertaking organizational transformations, productivity improvements, and growth investments in innovation and M&A. -
A Case Study of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan
ADBI Working Paper Series INDUSTRY FRAGMENTATION AND WASTEWATER EFFICIENCY: A CASE STUDY OF HYOGO PREFECTURE IN JAPAN Takuya Urakami, David S. Saal, and Maria Nieswand No. 1218 February 2021 Asian Development Bank Institute Takuya Urakami is a Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University, Japan. David S. Saal is a Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. Maria Nieswand is an Assistant Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ADBI, ADB, its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms. Working papers are subject to formal revision and correction before they are finalized and considered published. The Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change. ADBI’s working papers reflect initial ideas on a topic and are posted online for discussion. Some working papers may develop into other forms of publication. Suggested citation: Urakami, T., D. S. Saal, and M. Nieswand. 2021. Industry Fragmentation and Wastewater Efficiency: A Case Study of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. ADBI Working Paper 1218. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute. Available: https://www.adb.org/publications/industry- fragmentation-wastewater-efficiency-hyogo-japan Please contact the authors for information about this paper. -
90004202.Pdf
Kobe University Repository : Kernel タイトル Distribution of perfluoroalkyl compounds in Osaka Bay and coastal Title waters of Western Japan Beskoski, Vladimir P. / Yamamoto, Katsuya / Yamamoto, Atsushi / 著者 Okamura, Hideo / Hayashi, Mitsuru / Nakano, Takeshi / Matsumura, Author(s) Chisato / Fukushi, Keiichi / Wada, Shinpei / Inui, Hideyuki 掲載誌・巻号・ページ Chemosphere,170:260-265 Citation 刊行日 2017-03 Issue date 資源タイプ Journal Article / 学術雑誌論文 Resource Type 版区分 author Resource Version © 2016 Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the 権利 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- Rights nd/4.0/ DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.028 JaLCDOI URL http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/handle_kernel/90004202 PDF issue: 2021-10-03 1 Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds in Osaka Bay and Coastal Waters of 2 Western Japan 3 4 Vladimir P. Beškoski1,2,*, Katsuya Yamamoto3, Atsushi Yamamoto4, Hideo Okamura5, 5 Mitsuru Hayashi6, Takeshi Nakano7, Chisato Matsumura3, Keiichi Fukushi5, Shinpei Wada6, 6 Hideyuki Inui2,* 7 8 1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, P.O. Box 51, Belgrade, Serbia, 2Research 9 Center for Environmental Genomics, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 10 Hyogo 657-8501, Japan, 3Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental Sciences, 3-1-18 11 Yukihira-cho, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0037, Japan 4Osaka City Institute of Public Health and 12 Environmental Sciences, 8-34 Tojocho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan, 5Graduate 13 School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukaeminami, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 14 Hyogo 658-0022, Japan, 6Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, 5-1-1 15 Fukaeminami, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0022, Japan, 7Research Center for 16 Environmental Preservation, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-4, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 17 Japan 18 19 *Corresponding authors: 20 1.