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|  Outline
of Town Building Scheme
Master Plan Flatland
forests and uncultivated fields instead of existing residential areas and farmlands
were chosen for the construction of the Science CSity,
in order to avoid impeding
local people's daily lives and farm management as much as possible. For this reason,
the city's Master Plan was targeted on long thin development area running from
north to south from the beginning.
In its first blueprint(see the map
to the right), the new city has two main arterial roads running through it from
north to south like a backbone; in the middle of those is the main city area,
and at the center of this is the heart of the city, where urban institutions are
concentrated. As one travels east from this center, another arterial road leads
to the Tsuchiura city center. With the university area in the north, and the research
facilities in the south, the two arterial roads serve as an arena to bring those
separate areas of activity together.
This blueprint, the first complete
image of Tsukuba Science City, played a very large role later. The first Master
Plan was created in July 1965. Since then, details of the plan had been refined
many times, taking opinions from research and educational institutions and a trend
of land procurement negotiations into account. The forth master plan which forms
the backbone of the present project was drawn in 1969. The present city plan is
based on that, but with further modifications to match the existing reality.
[See
the complete plan diagram]
 |  | The
Science City Planning Area |  | Urbanization
Area |  | City
Center District |  | District
for Research and Educational Institutions |  | Parks
and Greenway |  | Planned
Housing District |  | Private
Housing Area |  | Suburban
Private Housing Area |  | Industrial
and Service Industry District |
The First Plan
(Jul.1965)
 | The
Second Plan
(Feb.1966)
 | The
Third Plan
(Apr. 1967)
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