River Bureau

...The Construction and Economic Bureau is responsible for land acquisition, housing development, the acquisition of public land, the construction industry, real estate, etc., while the Urban Bureau is responsible for urban planning, urban redevelopment, streets, land readjustment, parks, green spaces, sewerage, etc. In contrast, the River Bureau and the Road Bureau are both public property management administrations, with the River Bureau in charge of river repair and management, multipurpose dams, coasts, erosion control, and general disaster prevention work, and the Road Bureau in charge of construction, maintenance, etc. of general national highways, national expressways, local roads, etc. The Housing Bureau is responsible for the supply of public housing, subsidies for private housing, housing construction and production, building standards, and urban redevelopment. ...

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "River Bureau" is listed below.

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…建設経済局は，土地収用，宅地開発，公共用地の取得，建設業，不動産業等を担当し，都市局は都市計画，都市再開発，街路，土地区画整理，公園，緑地，下水道等を担当する。これに対し河川局，道路局はいずれも公物管理行政であり，河川局は河川の改修，管理，多目的ダム，海岸，砂防さらに防災工事一般を担当し，道路局は一般国道，高速国道，地方道等の工事，維持管理等を担当する。住宅局は公共住宅の供給，民間住宅の助成，住宅建設および住宅生産，建築基準および市街地再開発を担当する。…

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