The local ramifications of the Expo project had mainly to do with
development. For many Osaka officials, the Expo was a regional
rather than a national concern, despite the inherent international
orientation of any world’s fair. The infrastructural development of
the Expo encompassed not only the clearing of bamboo forest at
the Senri Hills site, but was also tied into the construction and
extension of transit lines, including the Hankyu Senri rail line and
the Meishin and Chugoku Expressways, and the development of
Senri New Town, a planned community nearby the Expo site.
Given all this building, the inevitable influx of tourism and,
hopefully, investment, one can perhaps forgive local Osaka
officials for seeing the Expo as a local project, and an opportunity
for “city marketing” (Wesemael, 569). Despite a certain degree of
regional boosterism, however, one of the main effects of all this
new infrastructure was to situate Osaka within a tighter web of
connection to other commercial centers, to say nothing of Tokyo.
The concrete local ramifications of the project were nonetheless
subservient to the Expo’s symbolic, national dimension.
The local ramifications of the Expo project had mainly to do withdevelopment. For many Osaka officials, the Expo was a regionalrather than a national concern, despite the inherent internationalorientation of any world’s fair. The infrastructural development ofthe Expo encompassed not only the clearing of bamboo forest atthe Senri Hills site, but was also tied into the construction andextension of transit lines, including the Hankyu Senri rail line andthe Meishin and Chugoku Expressways, and the development ofSenri New Town, a planned community nearby the Expo site.Given all this building, the inevitable influx of tourism and,hopefully, investment, one can perhaps forgive local Osakaofficials for seeing the Expo as a local project, and an opportunityfor “city marketing” (Wesemael, 569). Despite a certain degree ofregional boosterism, however, one of the main effects of all thisnew infrastructure was to situate Osaka within a tighter web ofconnection to other commercial centers, to say nothing of Tokyo.The concrete local ramifications of the project were nonethelesssubservient to the Expo’s symbolic, national dimension.
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