“人类来自于人海,归宿于大海”这虽是浪漫的幻想,然而到了2001年,人们必将会越过这一幻想,开始领悟到要在海洋上建造起无数海上城市,开辟新的居住环境,以此来对付本世纪末的人口爆炸,只有这样才是解救新世纪面临的史无前例居住危机的唯一出路。到1980年,我们就可略见这种危机的前兆,这是由于世界各地的难民、定居以及人口过密等问题所致。日本认为这些并不是个别的、偶发性的问题, "It is a romantic illusion that mankind will come from the sea and return to the sea. By 2001, however, people will certainly pass this illusion and begin to realize that it is necessary to create countless maritime cities on the sea and open up new living conditions In order to deal with the demographic explosion at the end of this century, the only way to save the unprecedented crisis of living in the new century. By 1980, we can see the precursors of this crisis as a result of the problems of refugees, settlements and overcrowding all over the world. Japan believes that these are not isolated, sporadic problems,