Intensified Sediment Disasters in Japan

The 2011 Kii Peninsula Torrential Rain Disasters
Herausgeber: Fukagawa, Ryoichi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 2011 Kii Peninsula disaster was postwar Japan's largest sediment and flood disaster. This book analyses the disaster and the emergency response and subsequent disaster prevention efforts. It also provides an international comparison and recommendations for mitigation and recovery efforts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 189
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781032450674
• ISBN-10: 1032450673
• Artikelnr.: 68475496

Autorenporträt

Ryoichi Fukagawa, PhD, is a Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He earned a BE and an ME in civil engineering at Kyoto University in 1977 and 1979, respectively. He is a member of several societies, including the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, the Japanese Geotechnical Society, the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems. He was the head of the Kii Peninsula Disaster Study Group, on which this publication is based, as well as the chairman of the subsequent Research and Study Committee.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Intensi¿cation of Sediment Disasters in the World and
in Japan. 3. Rainfall Characteristics of Severe Tropical Storm Talas and
Topographical and Geological Features of the Kii Peninsula. 4. Disasters in
Nara Prefecture. 5. Disasters in Wakayama Prefecture. 6. Disasters in Mie
Prefecture. 7. Slope Protection Measures in Japan and Restoration and
Recovery Measures in the Kii Peninsula Disaster. 8. Disaster-Prevention and
Mitigation Measures Following the Kii Peninsula Disaster. 9. Response to
Sediment and Flood Disasters Caused by "Unexpected" Heavy Rainfall and
Lessons Learned.