Yokohama

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City of Yokohama

• 概要

  1. Become a leading city of the 21st century
  　Yokohama was first opened as a port in 1859 and has experienced rapid growth to become the second largest city in Japan. Now, the City of Yokohama is becoming a leading city of the 21st century by creating opportunities, harmonizing growth and protection of the global environment.
  2. Technical capabilities and city-to-city cooperation
  　Yokohama has been making use of its numerous technical capabilities, including technologies for water services and resource recycling systems, to contribute to city-to-city cooperation between Asian-Pacific cities for more than 20 years.
  3. Reputation as an International City
  　With research institutes and international organizations such as the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gathered in Yokohama, the successful holding of TICAD IV in 2008, and the selection of Yokohama as the host city for the 2010 APEC summit, the City of Yokohama has received much global praise and recognition as an international city.

• City Data (2009)

  人口	3,670,411
  面積(km2)	437.38
  世帯数	1,576,718
  GDPの人口割(US$)	$32,800
  気候	Average Temperature 15.6 °C, Annual Rainfall 2132.5 mm
  主な使用言語	Japanese
  主な産業	1. Wholesale and Retail Trade, 2. Service, 3. Manufacturing (Machinery, Food, Transportation, Information and Communication, Electronics), 4. Medical, Health care

• 都市の抱える問題及びプロジェクト

  優先度の高い関心分野

  Low birth rate and aging society progress
  Changes in the economic climate and the industrial structure
  Changes in the social system and promote decentralisation

  主要事業及び貢献

  ➣ Provided resource persons for technical exchange
  1997 Sewage-River Project and Comprehensive Flood Control
  Project in Bangkok
  1998 Sewage-River Project and Comprehensive Flood Control
  Project in Bangkok
  1999 Project on combat Subsidence and Cracks on ground in
  Muntin Lupa City
  2000 Waste Reducing Project in Makati City
  2001 Water Project Management and Water Purifying System
  in Colombo City
  2002・Seminar by ADPC in Bali
  　　　・Water Project Management and Water Purifying System
  　　　　in Ho Chi Minh City
  2003 Training Program for the water supply and sewerage
  　　　 systems by KLRTC in Kuala Lumpur
  2004 AWAREE Project in Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Nanjing
  2005・Training Program for the Sustainable Transportation
  System by KLRTC in Kuala Lumpur
  　　　・AWAREE Project in Hanoi, Phnom Penh
  　　　・Assistance for disaster recovery to Banda Aceh
  (Sumatra Earthquake / Indian Ocean Tsunami)
  2006・AWAREE Project in Hanoi, Phnom Penh
  ・Workshop for Crisis Management of the Earth by AIM
  in Yogyakarta
  　　　・Training Program for Partnership between the
  government and the Water Sanitary Project by KLRTC
  in Kuala Lumpur
  ・Assistance for disaster recovery to Islamabad and
  Muzaffarabad (Major earthquakes in Pakistan etc.)
  2007 Assistance for disaster recovery to Islamabad and
  Muzaffarabad (Major earthquakes in Pakistan etc.)
  2008 Training Program for Sustainable Transportation
  System by KLRTC in Seoul
  
  ➣ Receiving Trainees from CITYNET member cities
  ・2006-2008 AWAREE(Awareness of Environmental Education in
  Asian Cities) Project
  (Trainees from Hanoi City, Phnom Penh City)
  ・2007-2009 Post-AWAREE Project
  (Trainees from Colombo City, Dakka City, Da Nang City,
  Dhaka City, Makati City / Theme for 2007 was Solid
  Waste Management / Theme for 2008 was Water
  Management)
  
  ➣ Hosted events (seminars, workshops, training courses,
  　study visits)
  ・CITYNET Congress in 1997 and 2009
  ・ExCom in 1991, 1997 and 2009
  ・CITYNET Seminars (since 1988)
  ・CITYNET Japan Forum (since 2003)

  他都市との技術協力

  Sister Cities : San Diego, Lyon, Mumbai, Manila, Odessa, Vancouver, Shanghai, Constanza
  Disaster recovery aid to the region of Sumatra Coast, Training of personnel for water supply Project (Huê City), Environmental education projects (Phnom Pénh, Nanjing, Hà Nôi), etc.

  提供可能な協力

  Disaster Management Issues (Pre and Post-Disaster), Human Resource Development (Education and Training)

  協力の要請

  Urban Planning and Zoning, Sewage/Waste Recycling, Infrastructure/Transportation Planning and Engineering, Disaster Management Issues (Pre and Post-Disaster), Human Resource Development (Education and Training)