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1990 Osaka (JAPAN), 1st. conference - Experts' session

<Session I>
"City Protection from Water"

Date & Time: July 26, 1990 (Thu.) 9:00 - 12:00
Venue: MET Hall, International House, Osaka
Chairman: Hirotake Imamoto

Dr. Eng. Professor of Disaster Prevention, Institute Kyoto University
Vice Chairman: Tie-Zhu Liu
Associate Chief Engineer, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Shanghai

  ♦Measures for Flood Control in Cities
    Regional System of Disaster Prevention for Flood Areas in Osaka Hiroshi Saito (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
    Flood Control Center of the City of Belgrade Vel jko Dragol jub Dimitrijevic (Belgrade)
    San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek Tunnels Ronald Ray Darner (San Antonio)
    Comprehensive Flood Control Plan in the Neya-River Basin Yoshihiro Kanai (Osaka Prefecture)
    Flood Control Measures utilizing the Naniwa Grand Floodway in Osaka City Kiyomi Horita (Osaka)
    Hiranogawa Underground Reservoir for Flood Control Makoto Nishimura/Yuji Shimada(Osaka)
    Storm-Water Storage and Infiltration Facilities-Small-Scale Flood Control Measure in a City- Kazushige Kikutani (Osaka)
    Urban Floods Mitigation-International Cooperation Cedo T. Maksimovic (Belgrade)
    The Present Situations of Flood Damages and It's Counterplan of Seoul, Korea Yong Taek Lim (Seoul)
  ♦Countermeasures against High Tides
    City Protection from Water -The Case of Hamburg- Eckhard Ruttgers (Hamburg)
    Typhoon Disaster Prevention in Osaka Yukio Aoshima (Osaka Prefecture)
  ♦Countermeasures against Land Subsidence
    The Damage of Shanghai Land Subsidence and Its Countermeasures Tie-Zhu Liu (Shanghai)
    Present Condition and History of Countermeasures of Land Subsidence in Osaka City Shigeru Kajino (Osaka)
       
<Session II>
Improvement of Water Quality and Diversification of Water Use

Date & Time: July 26, 1990 (Thu.) 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: MET Hall, International House, Osaka
Chairman: Csaba Varszegi
Chief Engineer of Budapest Waterworks
Vice Chairman: Hisashi Sumitomo
Dr.Eng Associate Chief Engineer, Professor of Kyoto University
  ♦Changes of and Problems in Water utilization in urban Areas
    Budapest, the Queen of the Danube Casba Varszegi (Budapest)
    Water and Life in Sao Paulo City Geroncio Albtquerque Rocha / Delmar Mattes (Sao Paulo)
    Safeguards for the Ground Water, Water Supply and the Water Bodies in Hamburg Eckhard Ruttgers (Hamburg)
    Belgrade -Water Consumer, User and Pollutant Stojan Janko Canovic (Belgrade)
  ♦Securing and Utilizing Water Resources
    Management of Water Resources of Lake Biwa and the Yodo River Shinichi Kasuya (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
    Wide-Arm Water-Utilization from Kino River in Wakayama Prefectural Government to Osaka Prefectural Government Hitoshi Otsuki (Osaka Prefecture)
    Perspectives on Preservation and Use of Water Rebecca Quintanilla Cedillo (San Antonio)
  ♦Water Preservation
    Towards the Creation of a Pleasant Marine Environment Hiroshi Kanazawa / Mitsugu Kawada (Ministry of Transport, Japan)
    Environmental Preservation and Pollution Countermeasures in Morioka, the "City of Water and Greenery" Teizo Yamaguchi (Morioka)
    Water Pollution Control Measures in Osaka City Shigeru Kajino (Osaka)
    `Water Quality Improvement Measures in Matsue' -A Renaissance for Our 'Waterside Capital'(Aquatopia Plan) Yoshio Date (Matsue)
  ♦Introduction of Modern Technologies
    Toronto's Sewer Improvement Program and Its Effect On Lakefront Water Quality Werner Michael Wichmann (Toronto)
    The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan in Focus Joanne Alter (Chicago)
    Sewerage Works and their Effect on Water Pollution Control in Osaka City Enao Takayanagi (Osaka)
    Water Supply Sources and Purification System in Osaka City Yoshihisa Sobajima (Osaka)
    New Methods for Waterborne Viruses Fast Isolation and Typing Roland Vilagines (Paris)
       
<Session III>
Restoration of Water Space and Development of Waterside Environment

Date & Time: July 27, 1990 (Fri.) 9:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: "Sakura no ma", International House, Osaka
Chairman: John R.Schmidt

Chairman, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
Vice Chairman: Yasuyuki Takaguchi
Dr.Eng. Professor of Domestic Science, Nara Women's University
  ♦Development of Water Space
    Historical Changes and Future Outlook of utilization of Coastal Zone in Japan Masataka Maeda (Ministry of Transport, Japan)
    Melbourne Docklands Project William Thomas Deveney / Julian Kennelly (Melbourne)
    Shanghai, Transition in Urban Structure and Planning Concept of Waterfront Development Fu Xiang Huang (Shanghai)
    Rebuilding Chicago's Waterways: Current Projects along Lake Michigan and Chicago River Miriam Gusevich(Chicago)
    Reclaiming Toronto's Waterfront Marc Baraness (Toronto)
    Waterfront Development in Kobe Nobuyuki Yamamoto (Kobe)
    Waterfront Development in Osaka Hideo Igarashi (Osaka)
    The Chicago Park District's Plan for Protecting Chicago's Publicly Owned Shoreline Edward Keith Uhlir (Chicago)
    San Francisco's Response to the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 Laurence M.Kornfield
  ♦Design of Waterside
    Construction of Super Levee and Town Formation Hiroshi Makino / Takao Nishikawa (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
    Design of Bridges across the Ohkawa River Masao Fujisawa (Osaka)
    San Antonio Riverwalk Ronald Ray Darner (San Antonio)
    Restoration of Water Space & Development of Waterside Environment. -The Birmingham Canal Improvement Programme Graham Shaylor (Birmingham)
    Planning and Designing of Nakanoshima Promenade Yukio Kawasaki (Osaka)
    Searching for an Attractive Relationship between City and River: The Evolutionary Development from Beautification to Recreation Keiu Hiwatashi (Hiroshima)
    Scenic Measures for Improving the Kamo River Koichi Yasumura (Kyoto)
    Examples of River Environment Improvement Measures in Osaka City Makoto Nishio (Osaka)
       
<Session IV>
Greenery Conservation and Creation

Date & Time: July 27, 1990 (Fri.) 9:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: MET HAll, International House, Osaka MET Hall
Chairman: Kimio Kondo

Dr.Agr Professor of Kobe Design University
Vice Chairman: German Viharev
Chief of Territorial Amalgamation of Greenery and Gardens
  ♦Greenery Conservation and Creation in Cities
    Greenery, as a Symbol of the City German Viharev (Leningrad)
    Greenery Conservation & Creation - Green Spaces and City Planning Graham Shaylor (Birmingham)
    Greenery Conservation and Creation Christian Daunat (Paris) )
    The Preservation and Creation of Greenery Isao Morita (Kyoto)
    The Protection and Planting of Trees Shoei Saito (Sendai)
    The Creation of Greenery in Kobe at Rokko Mt. Yoshiyuki Koyama (Kobe)
  ♦City Planning through Greenery Creation
    Greenery in Cities Today and the Future Challenges Takeyuki Kitayama (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
    Preservation and Creation of Green Areas - The Singapore Experience Wai Chin Lee (Singapore)
    Creating the City of Osaka full of Flowers and Greenery - Implementation of Innovative Tree-Planting Projects toward the 21st Century Akira Konishi (Osaka)
  ♦Creation of Waterside Scenery
    Changes in Toronto's Waterfront 1790-2040 Richard Gilbert (Toronto)
    Establishment and Improvement of Open Green Space for Port and Harbor Scenery Planning Atsushi Senba (Osaka)
    Montreal Island Waterside Development Jean Landry (Montreal)
    The World EXPO 1995 on River Danube Hannes Swoboda (Vienna)
    Town-Hall of Madrid. Madrid Green Areas Javier Corella (Madrid)

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