1st Edition
Intensified Sediment Disasters in Japan The 2011 Kii Peninsula Torrential Rain Disasters
1. Introduction
Ryoichi Fukagawa
2. Intensification of Sediment Disasters in the World and in Japan
Ryoichi Fukagawa
3. Rainfall Characteristics of Severe Tropical Storm Talas and Topographical and Geological Features of the Kii Peninsula
Muneki Mitamura
4. Disasters in Nara Prefecture
Muneki Mitamura
5. Disasters in Wakayama Prefecture
Yasuyuki Nabeshima
6. Disasters in Mie Prefecture
Kenji Okajima
7. Slope Protection Measures in Japan and Restoration and Recovery Measures in the Kii Peninsula Disaster
Ryoichi Fukagawa
8. Disaster-Prevention and Mitigation Measures Following the Kii Peninsula Disaster
Kazuaki Hioki
9. Response to Sediment and Flood Disasters Caused by "Unexpected" Heavy Rainfall and Lessons Learned
Ryoichi Fukagawa
Biography
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.
