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where people can enjoy balanced where people can enjoy balanced urban and natural environment, urban and natural environment,

close to mainland Asiaclose to mainland AsiaKyushu Regional Development Bureau

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Kyushu Regional Development Bureau

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

A 10 to 15 year view

To show the direction of infrastthe direction of infrastructure development in Kyushuructure development in Kyushu, so that central and local governments etc.unitedly deal with regional development toward the same goal

Timescale

Purpose

Kyushu’s New Long-Term Vision

Kyushu(7 prefectures) ＋ Kanmon AreaArea

・・ FukuokaFukuoka・・ SagaSaga・・ NagasakiNagasaki・・ OitaOita・・ KumamotoKumamoto・・ MiyazakiMiyazaki・・ KagoshimaKagoshima

Kyushu’s New Long-Term Vision

Kanmon AreaKanmon AreaKyusyuKyusyu

Outline of the vision

• Kyushu’s characteristics

• Our goals for the future

• Basic policies

• Policy development

• Consideration for policy implementation

Kyushu’s characteristics

• The potential to equal a nation

• Close to mainland Asia

• Balanced urban /natural environment

• Frequent natural disasters

• Geographical constraints

The potential to equal a nation

Close to mainland Asia

Balanced urban /natural environment

Mt. Aso

Kirishima-Yaku

Mt. Aso

Yakushima

Frequent natural disasters

Frequent natural disasters

Geographical constraints

Our goals for the future

Kyushu, Japan’s Frontier in the 21st CenturyKyushu, Japan’s Frontier in the 21st Centurywhere people can enjoy balanced urban and naturalwhere people can enjoy balanced urban and natural

environment, close to mainland Asiaenvironment, close to mainland Asia

•a safe and comfortable life

•a recycling-based society in harmony with the environment

•a region showing its individuality to the full

•an independent, united and active region

•a region leading in international exchange with East Asia

Basic policies

Protection from natural disastersProtection from natural disasters and environmental conservation and restorationenvironmental conservation and restoration

Protection from natural disastersProtection from natural disasters and environmental conservation and restorationenvironmental conservation and restoration

Developing “spheres of urban-nature exchange”“spheres of urban-nature exchange”in which both the natural environment and

urban services can be enjoyed

Developing “spheres of urban-nature exchange”“spheres of urban-nature exchange”in which both the natural environment and

urban services can be enjoyed

Developing a network of exchange a network of exchange infrastructuresinfrastructures to support local vitality

Developing a network of exchange a network of exchange infrastructuresinfrastructures to support local vitality

Policy development 1-2

1. Enforcement of 1. Enforcement of land managementland managementand crisis and crisis managementmanagementsystemssystems for safe for safe livingliving

1. Enforcement of 1. Enforcement of land managementland managementand crisis and crisis managementmanagementsystemssystems for safe for safe livingliving2. Development of2. Development ofinfrastructures for infrastructures for a recycling-based a recycling-based societysociety

2. Development of2. Development ofinfrastructures for infrastructures for a recycling-based a recycling-based societysociety

Policy development 3-4

3. Enhancement ofmajor cities' functions

3. Enhancement ofmajor cities' functions

4. Development of infrastructures for living in nature-rich residential areas

4. Development of infrastructures for living in nature-rich residential areas

Policy development 5-6

5. Establishment of

a wide-area exchange network

5. Establishment of

a wide-area exchange network

6. Development of infrastructures for international exchange especially around the

Pan Yellow Sea region and the East China Sea

6. Development of infrastructures for international exchange especially around the

Pan Yellow Sea region and the East China Sea

Consideration for policy implementation• Promotion of a communicative administrationcommunicative administration that encourages

the participation / cooperation of different entities

• Development of high-quality infrastructureshigh-quality infrastructures

• Efficient and effective project implementationEfficient and effective project implementation

　　 ensuring fairness and transparency

• Improvement of evaluation systemsevaluation systems

toward establishing a management cycle

• Promotion of development and utilization of

new construction technologynew construction technology

Kyushu, Japan’s Frontier in the Kyushu, Japan’s Frontier in the 21st Century21st Century

where people can enjoy balanced where people can enjoy balanced urban and natural environment, close urban and natural environment, close

to mainland Asiato mainland Asia

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