It was during the period of high economic growth in the 1960' s that ports called social attention as a part of environmental problem8 in Japan. Port8 were built because Japan had to greatly depend upon countries overseas for their natural resources t...
It was during the period of high economic growth in the 1960' s that ports called social attention as a part of environmental problem8 in Japan. Port8 were built because Japan had to greatly depend upon countries overseas for their natural resources to make our large consumption here possible. This generated pollution and environmental problems in the middle of the 1960' s. Finally the national Diet became concerned with these problems, and the roles that ports had to play began to be discussed. Richness we can get from 'materials' began to be reflected on national policies.<br/>
Advanced countries had already entered the stage of nature 'highly industrialized society' Reforms on complete transportation systems by containers connected with many different countries greatly influenced the roles of the ports. Huge spaces for sorting out imported products and materials were reguired. And because of that, port facilities existing at that time became functionally outdated and they even became useless Furthermore, the decline of heavy industries such as steel manufaturing and ship building prompted the necessity of redevelopment of seaside areas.<br/>
The objective of the present paper is to discuss 'Problems of ports in relation to the natural environment, ' Problems of Historic Scenery in Redevelopment of Ports, and future of ' Ports and Problems of Citizens' Lives' from the perspectives discussed in the first paragraph.