this is a small presentation on the urban change in osaka- kobe. igcse geography. source- wider world book

1. URBAN CHANGE IN OSAKA-KOBE

2. GENERAL
Osaka and Kobe lie in the Kansai region of the
Japanese island of Honshu. With 9 million
people it has become the world leader of
education, science, business, technology and
industry. To get this they had to resolve a lot of
Problems.

4. PROBLEMS

5. HOUSING
As people migrated here
from the countryside
surrounding the cities
moved outwards. The
density increased also.
The houses are 8 times
smaller than 4.5 m
consisting of only 1 main
room and a bathroom.

7. HIGH LAND VALUE
The HQ of the Japanese
banks, corporations and
major shopping and
entertainment sites are
found in the center of
the city.
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Land value
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8. TRANSPORT & PORT
Unplanned growth of the
region has lead its roads
to be congested. At some
places there are
mountains, making it
difficult to pass by. The
ports are very busy.

10. INDUSTRY & POLLUTION
There is lack of space for
new docks, bigger
container port, and storing
goods. Air pollution is
caused by road traffic, and
smoke from industries.
Water pollution is caused
by oil spills and rubbish
being dumped.

12. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Japan is located at a destructive plate
margin. They have mountains (not very
high) forested and steep. Japan is prone
to earthquakes and typhoons.

14. SOLUTIONS

15. HOUSING
Flats are the new way of housing, letting
more people live taking less ground
space. The houses are spacious with 2
large and 1 small room. The residential
area is near schools shopping centers,
hospitals, parks and entertainment. Traffic
is less and a new railway has been built.
the only drawback is that the housing is
expensive.

17. PORT DEVELOPMENT & INDUSTRY & POLLUTION
Land has been reclaimed
for extensions. Land has
been leveled to extend
industries. Fish and oyster
farms created in the sea.
Nuclear energy produces
less air pollution and new
high-tech industries also
pollute less.

19. TRANSPORT & ENVIRONMENT
Rail service in now popular. These trains go at
300km/h and are very prompt in timings. They
has never been a crash. New bridges and roads
have been built for easy access. A new airport
has been built which is 24hrs working. Attempts
have been made to reduce the effect of the
natural disasters. New buildings can withstand
earthquakes.