CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL CITY IN OGAKI AND ITS PROCESS

Abstract

 This research focuses on the process that had rapidly evolved into an industrial city in modern Ogaki. During this period, which spanned more than 30 years, a wide variety of independent public projects, such as railways, electric power industry, river improvements, and urban planning projects, were carried out in succession. From the analysis of historical materials of the implemented projects in chronological order, this study shows the leading persons of these projects (engineers of each official affiliation, and industrialist) could collaborated beyond the frame of the projects, and continually shared the concept to build a logistics infrastructure across water and land to realise an industrial city.