Open AccessLessons Learned from Tokai Heavy Rainfall
Author(s) -
Akira Tominaga
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2007.p0050
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood control , water resource management , environmental science , drainage system (geomorphology) , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage , geography , geology , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology
In September 2000, heavy rainfall in the Tokai district flooded Nagoya and its surroundings, wreaking heavy damage. This flood showed typical aspects of urban flood disaster. The damage expanded in a wide range and paralyzed city operations. This revealed the many problems of complex flood control systems in urbanized drainage basins and evacuation and rescue systems. The cases of the Shinkawa and Tenpaku Rivers are discussed below as typical urban flood problems.