It is widely accepted that sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. However, the question of how to apply this principle to flood...
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS 18(1) 22-27 2011年9月
Human modification to rivers may induce considerable barriers to sediment movement, whether directly and immediately or otherwise. For example, dams may prevent sediment from moving through the system once constructed. In-channel vegetation is a f...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEDIMENT RESEARCH 26(1) 27-35 2011年3月
The disruption of sediment supply from river to coast by dam development has been a topic of global concern. In Japan, among the top 30 dams in terms of height, 14 dams were constructed prior to 1970 and another 6 dams before 1980. However, the co...
International Journal of River Basin Management 9(1) 79-84 2011年
Policy impacts have been studied in different contexts. A change in watershed characteristics may be perceived as positive by one sector, but negative by other sectors. It is also likely that an impact is positive for a period of time but may turn...