Broschiertes Buch

Intensified Sediment Disasters in Japan

The 2011 Kii Peninsula Torrential Rain Disasters

Herausgeber: Fukagawa, Ryoichi

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781032450667
• ISBN-10: 1032450665
• Artikelnr.: 73491780