1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A HISTORICAL STUDY ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF OKINAWA ISLANDS
Project/Area Number |
02650373
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
交通工学・国土計画
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Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS |
Principal Investigator |
UYEMA Kiyoshi Prof. Eng. Did.. Univ. of the RYUKYUS, 工学部, 教授 (60044989)
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Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1992
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Keywords | OKiNAWA AREA / TRANSPORTATION / HiSTORY, GENERAL |
Research Abstract |
In this study. the author aims to describe fundamentals of a comprehensive transportation history of Okinawa Islands. the southernmost prefecture of Japan. The description is made under the five historical eras. that is . pre-hisotoric-. the RYUKYU-KINGDOM - pre-modern - . early-modern- . modern-. and the U. S control era . the last one being the early part of present age. The prefecture had kept its own Kingdom for more than 400 years since the middle of fifteen century until 1879 when the kingdom was forced to unite to MEIJI-ERA Japan. With this historical backgrounds. the prefecture has abondant uniqueness in many fields such as history. folklore. foreign exchange and other cultural aspects. caughting the schooler's interests to-date since the late period of MEIJI-ERA. In the light of the importance of the historical study of transportation in this area. so far many accademic results have been accumulated . but . according to the auther's point view . the transportation history as a whole has not yet been descrived . still leaving many research questions today. The author associated with the engineering historical study in the area has been engaged in the study of the transportation history of the area since 1989. The synopsis of the study is as follows. (] SY.encircleoa.[) For each era of five periods classification the fundamentals of transportation are illustratively described with reference to the events in surrounding ares such as Japan. China and other Asian countries. (] SY.encircleob.[) A detail clonological table of transportation is made with readable classification marks for land-. sea-. and aerotransportation. (] SY.encircleoc.[) Transportation data books in two volumes. including recent planning materials as well as historic references. The data in the books with more than2000 pages are essential to further. detailed discussion in the future to complete the description.
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Research Products
(8 results)