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1990 Osaka (JAPAN), 1st. conference - OUTLINE

  • Period: July 25-27, 1990
  • Sponsored by: Osaka Municipal Government
  • Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Construction, Osaka Prefecture, etc..
  • Theme: “Creating Aquapolises of the 21st Century”
  • Languages:
              Mayors' session etc.: English, Italian, Chinese, Russian and Japanese, etc.
              Printed matter and experts' session: English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
  • Venue: International House, Osaka, etc

PROFILE OF OSAKA CITY

dummy      Osaka City, located roughly at the center of Japanese archipelago, serves as the core of western Japan, with a population of 2,640,000 and an area of 213 square km.

     Having developed as a transportational hub since ancient times, Osaka became the national capital in the seventh century. Since the late 16th century, the city has enjoyed particular prosperity as a commercial and industrial emporium. Developed on the alluvial plain created by Yodo River, one of Japan's largest, Osaka was naturally blessed with rivers; from early on, the city actively developed its waterways. This historic dependence on inland navigation for transport thus gained the city renown as Japan's representative "city of water". As the 21st century fast approaches, we of Osaka are committed to transforming our City into the cultural cosmopolis open to the world, by restoring the city's quality as a verdant "aquapolis" worthy of its fame.

SCHEDULE

1990
    
July 25
(wed.)
afternoon
Opening ceremony
Keynote Speech
evening
Welcome reception
(Tenjin Festival)
July 26
(Thu.)
morning
Mayors' session
Experts' session
afternoon
Mayors' session
Experts' session
July 27
(Fri.)
morning
Experts' session
afternoon
Plenary session
Closing ceremony
evening
Farewell party

 

Mayors' session

dummy†Mayors or their proxies participated in this session.

†This session discussed problems in relation to water and greenery in cities, as well as approaches to solving such problems, thereby elucidating the tasks aquapolises face in common or individually.

†This session also dialed with requirements, effects, systems and methods regarding realistic international exchange practices between cities in search of ideal urban planning for the 21st century

Experts' session

Municipal officials and urban problem researchers participated in four sessions.

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Plenary Session

dummy     Following reports and discussions at the mayors' and experts' sessions, the plenary session reached on the Osaka Declaration (provisional title), which, in summing up the Conference, celebrated the basic policy and the role of aquapolises in urban planning of the 21st century.

» OSAKA DECLARATION

ATTENDANCE

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