Intensified Sediment Disasters in Japan: The 2011 Kii Peninsula Torrential Rain Disasters [Paperback]

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.

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.

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

Although the scale and intensity of the disaster were expected to occur just once every 100 years, global warming has seen the intensification of such disasters around the globe. This book therefore presents an invaluable in-depth reference for readers on how to prepare for such a disaster, identify risk factors, and react accordingly. Contributors draw on the results of field surveys conducted by the Japaneslc2