OSAKA and Its Technology

No.45 [March 2004]

• The Third World Water Forum and the Fourth International Conference of Aquapolises (ICAP) (PDF 152KB)
• Initiatives for Restoring "Water Metropolis Osaka" (PDF 338KB)
• Dotombori Riverfront Development Project (PDF 221KB)
• Bridges: Highlights of Osaka's Urbanscape (PDF 404KB)
• Development of Water Supply/Distribution Centers by Osaka Municipal Waterworks Bureau (PDF 351KB)
• Initiatives to Improve Combined Sewer Systems (PDF 206KB)

No.44 [March 2004]

• Osaka City's Commitment to Urban Revitalization (PDF 280KB)
• Redevelopment of Osaka Station North District, the Last Remaining Large-scale Site for Urban Redevelopment in Osaka City Center (PDF 3.26MB)
• Demonstrative Experiments of "Ubiquitous Midosuji Boulevard" Plan (PDF 385KB)
• Osaka City Urban Revitalization Program (PDF 766KB)

No.43 [April 2003]

• Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
  - Usefulness against Tuberculosis and Application in Osaka City - (PDF 70.2KB)
• Construction Plan for Stations of Osaka Municipal Subway Line 8
  - Coping with Difficult Situations in Close Vicinity of Important Structures - (PDF 3.16MB)
• Osaka City Sign Systems for Visitors (PDF 318KB)
• Development of Osaka Visitor-friendly Sign System (PDF 3.80MB)
• Umeda Area Synergetic Sign System Development Project Promoted as a Hazard Reduction Project (PDF 2.12MB)

No.42 [December 2002]

• Waterfront Development and Soil Improvement (PDF 4.16MB)
• Harbor Surveillance Radar/Camera System (PDF 228KB)
• Treatment of Lead in Water Pipe in Osaka City (PDF 77.8KB)
• Construction of Inflow Manholes by the Upward Shield Tunneling Method (PDF 2.22MB)

No.41 [2001]

• Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Leverages Information Technology for 21st Century
• The Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center
  - basis for comprehensive housing information service
• Developing Attractive Residential Zones by Exploiting Local and Historical Characteristics
  - HOPE Zone Projects in the Hirano-go district and the area around the Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine -
• The Promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
• Advanced Water Treatment in Osaka

No.40 [2001]

• Is the Influence of Environmental Pollutants on the Health of Urban Inhabitants Altered by Aging?
• Construction of Maishima Sludge Center
• Rooftop Fire Surveillance Camera System and Helicopter TV Transmission System for Disaster Information Gathering
• Basic Greenery Plan for Osaka City

No.39 [2000]

• Construction Plan of Osaka Municipal Subway Line No. 8
• Pursuit of People-Friendly Public Transportation Service
  - Installation of Elevators and Escalators under the "Second EEMACHI Plan" -
• Outline of Osaka Municipal Art Space
• Construction of the Maishima Incineration Plant (provisional name)
• Construction of a Floating Swing Bridge - Yumemai Bridge

No.38 [2000]

• Osaka Maritime Museum
• Land Reclamation in Hokko District of Port of Osaka
• Water Supply to a Large Reclaimed Site (Maishima) Using a Water Service Tower
• Fire-fighting Information System "ANSIN"
  (Advanced Network System for Intelligence and Navigation)

No.36-37 [2000]

• The History of Osaka City
• Osaka's Urban Development in Perspective

No.35 [1999]

• Konohana Western Bay Area Redevelopment Project
  - Universal Studios Japan as a Core of the Redevelopment -
• Permeable Fired Block "RAITO"
• Extension and Upgrading of New Transportation System New Tram
  - Linked Operation Service with Osaka Port Transport System's Line -
• Prepaid Card Fare System "Surutto KANSAI"

No.34 [1999]

• Relations between Economic Trends and General Waste from Business Sources in Osaka City
• A Standard of Slip Resistance for Pedestrian Road Pavement
• Technological Development for Reducing Dioxins in Exhaust Gas from Waste Incinerators
• Present Status and Future Tasks of Environmental Countermeasures on the South Section
  (Yumeshima) of Osaka North Port Sea-based Solid Waste Disposal Site

No.33 [1998]

• Background and Current Status of the Olympic Bidding Campaign in Osaka City
• Minatomachi Project - Development of Osaka's New Gateway to the World
  - Completion of OCAT Building as the First Step in the Project -
• Osaka City's Large-scale Residential Development in Its Waterfront Areas
• Nagahori Streeet Redevelopment Plan
  -Construction of Spacious Underground Complex (Underground Shopping Mall, Parking Lots, and Subway Facilities)-

No.32 [1998]

• Osaka City's Earthquake Preparedness Improvement Measures
• Seismic Retrofitting for Bridges in Osaka City
• Measures to Cope with Earthquake in Port Facilities
• Measures to Protect Osaka City's Subway Lines Against Earthquakes
• Response to the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and the Promotion of Measures for Earthquake Disaster Preparedness by the Osaka Municipal Fire Department

No.31 [1997]

• Networking of Underground Traffic in the Osaka Station Diamond District
• Comprehensive Information Networks of the Sewerage System in Osaka City
• Memorandum on Mutual Disaster Relief among 12 Municipal Waterworks Bureaus
• Osaka Municipal Waterworks Earthquake Preparedness Improvment Plan 21(Basic Concept)

No.30 [1997]

• An Outline of the Basic Environment Plan of the Osaka City Government
• Effort toward Controlling Air Pollution-caused Automobile Exhaust
• Environmental Education and Study in Osaka City
• Local Agenda 21 Osaka
  (Action Program for Global Environmental Conservation)
• Environmental Impact Assesment System in Osaka City

No.29 [1996]

• Masterplan for Cityscape in Osaka
• Guidelines for Buildings along Midosuji Boulevard
• Grand Design of Osaka as a New City of Water
• The "Green Hill Stream" in Tsurumi-ryokuchi EXPO'90 Commemorative Park
• Creation of a New Water Environment Using Effluent of Advanced Wastewater Treatment

No.28 [1995]

• Bus Location System and Comprehensive Bus Operation Management System in Osaka City Special Feature: Osaka Dome Construction
  -Community Development Centering around Osaka Dome: Iwasakibashi-
• Community Development Centering around Multi-purpose Dome
• Construction and Operation of Osaka Dome
• Comprehensive Urban Development Project in Iwasakibashi District
• Formation of New Multiple Urban Centers in Osaka

No.27 [1995]

• 100 Years of Water Supply System Development in Osaka City
• Water Resource Development and Water Quality Conservation in Osaka City
• Changes in Water Purification Technology
• Reinforcement of Water Distribution Control System
• Changes of Supply Service System
• Changes in Leakage Prevention Measures in Osaka City
• Changes in Piping Materials in Osaka Municipal Waterworks Bureau

No.26 [1995]

• Roles of Osaka in the Metropolis -Present and Future
• Creating the New Attractions of Osaka as a Residential City
  - Basic Approach to Recovering the City's Population -
• Economic Situations of Osaka City and Vitalization Plans
• The Nanko Air Cargo Terminal (NACT)
• New Undersea Tunnel in Osaka Bay
• Construction of Osaka Municipal Subway Line No. 7 Osaka Business Park Station by Slurry Type Triple Multiface Shield Method

No.25 [1994]

• Restoration of the Shirokita River
  -From a Canal to a River -
• Osaka's Greenery-Recycling Project
• Utilization of Wastewater Subjected to Advanced Treatment for the Improvement of Osaka City's Environment
• Harbor Redevelopment Project; Tempozan Harbor Village

No.24 [1994]

• Water Pollution Countermeasures in the City of Osaka
• Building Guidance Administration
• Research in Advanced Water Treatment in the City of Osaka
  (Removal of Ammonia Nitrogen by the Addition of Phosphoric Acid in Ozone and Granular Activated Carbon Treatment, and Water Quality Standards Concerning Pesticides Used for Golf Courses and their Behaviors in the Water Treatment Processes)
• Artwork for Osaka City General Hospital

No.23 [1993]

• Underground Shopping Malls in Osaka
• Construction and Improvement of Space for Pedestrians in Osaka
• Sewage Treatment Plant Environmental Color Planning
• Tempozan Harbor Village Plan

No.22 [1993]

• City Planning for Urban Amenities - Urban Design of Osaka City
• Comprehensive Measures for Car\parking in Osaka City
• Environmental Conservation Measures in the City of Osaka
• Introducing a Computer Mapping System to Osaka Municipal Waterworks Bureau

No.21 [1991]

• Foreword
• The History of International Cooperation in Osaka
• International Technological Exchange at the Osaka Municipal~ Technical Research Institute
• How the Osaka City Government Approaches Technical Cooperation with Developing Countries
  - Experiences of an expert in urban transport planning for .JICA in Malaysia
• Overseas Assistance in Port and Harbor Engineering
• Technical Cooperation for Waterworks in Kenya
• The Environment Plan of Osaka City-Urban planning friendly to people and the environment
• The UNEP Environmental Technology Centre and The Global Environment Centre Foundation

No.20 [1991]

• Electrical Facilities Control System of Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
• Transportation and Urban Development in Osaka City
• Osaka Municipal Telemetric Monitoring System for Tap Water Quality Control
• Elevated Camera Data Gathering System

No.19 [1990]

• The Comprehensive Transportation Policy in OSAKA City
• Development of an Underground Traffic Network at "Diamond Area" in Front of Osaka Station
• Linear Motor Driven Car of Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line, Subway
• Communication Facility for Osaka City Subway Tsurumi ryokuchi Line

No.18 [1990]

• Osaka The Aquapolis of the 21st Century
• River Environment Improvement Measures in Osaka City
• Establishment and Improvement of open Green Spaces for Port and Harbor Scenery Planning
• Water Supply Sources and Purification System in Osaka City
• Sewerage Works and Their Effect on Water Polution Control in Osaka City
• Water Pollution Control Measures in Osaka City (Clean Water Plan 1983)

No.17 [1989]

• Goods Movement in City of Osaka
• Technoport Osaka Project
  - Sets the stage for the information-intensive society of the 21st century -
• Outline of Automobile Pollution Prevention Plan by Osaka City Government
• Water Pipe Management System in Osaka
• Overall Traffic Improvement Measures and Revitalization of the Bus System along Taisho Street

No.16 [1989]

• Greeting
• Outline of the EXPO Site Plan
• Sakuya Konohana Kan"
  - The Great Conservatory -
• Flowers and Greenery of Osaka
• Coustruction of Subway Line No. 7 for Access to the EXPO Site
• Transport Plan and Road Development for the International Garden Exposition, Osaka, Japan, 1990 (EXPO '90)
• International Garden and Greenery Exposition Sound Scape Design

No.15 [1988]

• Preface
• On the 40th Anmiversary of the Osaka Fire-Fighting Forces
• Command and Information System of Fire-Fighting Operation
• Computer System for Fire-Prevention Administration
• Profile of the Fire Bureau of the Osaka Municipal Office

No.14 [1988]

• Studies on the Effluent Pollution Control of Osaka North Port Solid Waste Disposal Site (North Section - Site II, III)
• Leachate's Organics Removal Mechanisms in the Combined Facultative Pond and Aerated Lagoon
  System at the Sea-Based North Port Solid Waste Disposal Site
• Energy-Saving via Improved Anaerobic Digestion Process Adopting Centrifugal Thickening
• Disinfection of Water by Ozone and Oxidation of Manganese in Water Purification Process
  - Experiment with Pilot Plant -
• Practical Application of Recycling of Excavated Surplus Soils from Road Construction
• A Study on the Mechanical Properties of Improved Soil

No.13 [1987]

• Housing Situation and Population Changes of Osaka City
• Housing Policy Measures and Objectives in Osaka City
• Construction of Quality Housing by Public Bodies
• Public Assistance and Control to Private Construction of Housing
• Promotion of Improvement of Living Environment
• The 21st Century Housing Activities Plan
  - Hope Plan for Osaka City -

No.12 [1987]

• Storage and Infiltrations Measures
  - One of the Synthetic FIood Control Conutermeasures in the City -
• Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute and Osaka Koken Kyokai
• Variation in Virus Particles as Detected by Electron Microscopy in Fecal Extracts of Infants with Nonbacterial Gastroenteritis
• Creation of Urban Landscape by Greening
  - Greening and Landscaping in Osaka City -
• Damage to Streetlined Trees by Borers and the Countermeasures
  - An Example by Platanus occidentalis along the Chikko-Fukae Line -
• Bus Service Improvement Strategies
  - Mainly Regarding Bus Transfer Terminals -

No.11 [1987]

• Sewage Works in Osaka City
• Construction of Naniwa Grand FIoodway
• Treatment of Wet Weather Influent in Combined Sewer System Using Sloping-Plate Sedimentation Tanks
• Significant Energy Saving for Aeration System
  - Study on Aeration Performance in Deep Aeration Tanks -
• Study on Sludge Melting Process and Effective Utilization of Slag Generated

No.10 [1987]

• Pipe Rehabilitation Works in Osaka
• Conception of "Park Planning"
  - An Approach to Basic Residential Area Parks in Osaka City -
• Illumination of City Parks
• Mass Spectral Library Search System for Analysis of Environmental Chemicals
• Formation of Sophisticated Information Intensive Society and of the Metropolitan Nucleus in the 21stCentury
• Postscript by Editor Post Card for Questionnair

No.9 [1986]

• The Urban Redevelopment in Osaka City
• Redevelopment Project in the Urban Area
• Redevelopment Project in Residential Area
• Land Readjustment Project
• City-Planning for the 22nd Century in Osaka
  - Ariadne Proposals -

No.8 [1985]

• Heat Recovery from Incineration Plant and Materials Recovery in Osaka City
• Experiment for the Reduction of Trihalomethane and Musty Odor Substances in Tap Water by Ozonation /Granular Activated Carbon Treatment
• A Study Based on the Actual Condition of Utilization of the Cyclists Roads
• Planning of Terminals with Flowers and Greenery
• On the New Features of a Stork Cage Construction

No.7 [1985]

• Problems of High Density Cities and the Vein System of Man
• NOx Diffusion Simulation in Urban Areas and its Application to Air Quality Management Planning
• The Project of the City of Osaka to Provide the Citizens with Shopping Information
  - A Report Focussing on "the Daily Standard Retail Price Bulletin" and "the Regional Difference Indexes of Consumer Prices" -
• Development of the Nanko Port Town
• Pneumatic Municipal-waste Conveying System as Part of Regional Environment Improvemen Project
  - Case in South-port Town of Osaka City -
• Underground Stormwater Detention Reservoir
  - Project Planning and Construction
• Occurrence of Fire-induced Wind and Fire-induced Vortex on Large-scale Earthquake Fire
• Aseismatic Calculation for Buried and Its Application to Executive Design of Water Service Pipelines

No.6 [1984]

• Grade Separation between Roads and Railroads under City Planning
• VVVF Inverter Control System for Electric Car
  - 3-Phase Induction Motor Driving System -
• Experiment of Secondary Sewage Treatment Using Contact Aeration Process
• Facsimile System for Fire Fighting Operation
• Production Mechanism of Trihalomethane in Drinking Water
  - Hydrolysis Reaction of the Trihalomethane Intermediate and Production Reaction of Bromine containing Trihalomethane -
• Fish Containing Large Amounts of Nontriglyceride Lipids

No.5 [1984]

• An Evaluating System for Street Landscape and Its Application
• A Demand Forecast System for Railway Passengers in the Metropolitan Area with the City of Osaka
• Basic Investigation on Water Pollution Control Problems in the Yodo River System
• On Characteristics of the Cross-Sectional Deformation Two Single-Web Main Girder Bridges with Steel Plate Decks
• Application of Fire Prevention Engineering for the Disaster Prevention City Plan
• An Outline of Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
  - Centering on Facilities and Activities in the Field of Polymer Chemistry -

No.4 [1983]

• Relationship Between the Growth Activity of Plants and Air Pollutants in Osaka
• Contents of Heavy Metals and Synthetic Organic Compounds in Plankton from the Estuary and Harbor Area in Osaka City
• Construction of Waste Disposal Site by Sea-filling and Measures for Environment Preservation
• District Information System for Osaka City
• Development of a Fog Stream-Fire Extinguishing System for Medium-and High-Storied Buildings (Apartments, etc.)
• Monitoring System of Acute Toxicity Upon the Breathing Rate, Heart Beat and Avoidance Reaction of Fish

No.3 [1983]

• Urban Development Strategy for Osaka City
• Construction of Abeno Station on The Tanimachi Line of Osaka Municipal Subway Using the Shield Method
• Construction of Tennoji-Benten Trunk Sewer
• SIL.B PROCESS
  - A New Method for the Solidification Treatment of Sludge -
• Studies on Deodorization by Activated Sludge
• Estimation of Long-Term Average Concentration of NO2 in Areas Adjacent to Trunk Roads
• Development of A Soil Waste Recycling Plant and its System
• Upright Wave-dissipating Caisson-Type Breakwaters and Dikes

No.2 [1982]

• Bridges in Port Area of Osaka City
• Circumstances of Water Use and Water-Saving Measures
• Halophilic Bdellovibrio and Bacterial Predators Distributed in Estuarine Environments
• Studies on Treatment of Waste Water from Office Buildings and Sludge in Water Works
• A Study of Energy Conservation - Oriented Buildings
  - An Investigation on an Energy Conservation-Oriented Building Method for Municipal Buildings
• Soil Engineering Studies on the Banking Construction of Tsurumi Park

No.1 [1982]

• Urban Transport and The Environment
• A NOx Diffusion Model in an Urban Area and lis Application to the Urban Planning.
• New-Tram,
  The New Transportation System in South Port Area of Osaka
• Road and Amenity
• Revitalizing The Central District of The City
  - Urban Renewal of Osaka City -
• Ground Improvement Technique for Vast
  Reclaimed Land by Combination of Vertical Drains and Dewatering
• Study on Ecology and Control of Housefly at a Waste Disposal Site
• Continuous Water Quality Monitoring System
  Using Telemetry and Establishment of Automatic Method
• Computer-aided Command and Control System for Fire-Fighting and Ambulance Services