In Tokyo Bay, there are many landfills which are important area for modern Japanese economy. Total area of landfills which is shown in Figure 1 has been over 2.5 million hectares. Although many of reclamations were executed by the government and the municipalities in Japanese post-war economic ...
TOKYO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government intends to halt land reclamation work at the site of a controversial new U.S. military base being built in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa to protect coral in the area, government sources were cited as saying Thursday. Despite staunch ...
In the Yangzi River delta, the rise of the cotton economy during the seventeenth century reversed the balance of power between the lower inland area, the so-called dixiang (低乡), and the higher sand dunes, the so-called gaoxiang (高乡), and further contributed to massive land reclamation...
“When urban landscapes are built, people will be drawn because of the economic promises these places make. But in the case of the reclaimed lands in Manila Bay, people are going to be put directly in harm’s way,” he said, adding that reclamation works also threatened the area’s marin...
In Tokyo Bay, there are many landfills which are important area for modern Japanese economy. Total area of landfills which is shown in Figure 1 has been over 2.5 million hectares. Although many of reclamations were executed by the government and the municipalities in Japanese post-war economic ...
In this manuscript, the history of land reclamation in the Tokyo Bay area is briefly introduced, and current technologies regarding ground improvement and preservation of environmental conditions are presented to determine the future trends of sustainable land reclamation technologies.Masaki Kitazume...