著者

飯田 一根

出版者

一般社団法人 日本エネルギー学会

雑誌

燃料協会誌 (ISSN:03693775)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.11, pp.892-898, 1987-11-20 (Released:2010-06-28)

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The City of Osaka proposes the Technoport Osaka Project to meet challenges of the 21st century, as part of Centennial Project for the municipality of Osaka.The project is an ambitious plan for an ultra-advanced urban complex to be constructed in Osaka Bay on newly created islands of a total of some 775 hectares comprising Hokko (north port) and Nanko (south port).The fundamental functions of Technoport Osaka consist of information communication, advanced technological development, world trade and culture, sports and recreation. Based on this concept, the vast space will be zoned. Technoport Osaka will establish Osaka Teleport therein, which is designed to operate as the nucleus of information communications, equipped with satellite communications base followed by optical fiber networks inside and outside the existing city area. An integral distribution system concerning technological information, trade information, economic information will also be established.The project is now underway to build infrastructures such as transportation, communication. The earth station facility of Teleport is scheduled to serve in 1989, Hokko bridge connecting Hokko and the exisiting coastal area will be completed in 1989. INTEX OSAKA, a convention facility was established in 1985 and a number of mechatronics research institutes, factories and system houses have begun to be constructed.