Meaning of geofront | Babel Free

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An underground urban area built to expand a city that is geographically limited.

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“Recently, intense interest⟳ has been shown in new frontier space development, such as waterfront and geofront, as underground space is called in Japan.”

“The tours covered a wide spectrum of subjects and places, including a geofront project, the Yokohama Exotic Showcase exposition, Sakaki town in Nagano.”

“To achieve⟳ the role of one of the world's leading international cities by the beginning of the 21st century, Tokyo must move⟳ quickly to liberate its skyfront and waterfront areas to create⟳ more living and office space, improve⟳ its infrastructure by developing its subterranean geofront, and construct the facilities necessary for an international city, especially a 24-hour airport.”

“However, as has been recently discussed as a topic in terms of geofront and waterfront developments, tunnelling of larger diameters and at greater depths is predicted to be necessary, so that the need⟳ for further automation and robotization is increased for the purpose of safety and improvement in productivity.”

“I figured you two had probably seen something like⟳ that before, but I've never even heard of these geofronts existing.”

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