Journal of Natural Disaster Science

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF FLOODS AND THEIR DAMAGE IN THE TONE RIVER BASIN*

Yutaka TAKAHASI
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
and
Takashi OKUMA
Instructor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Niigata

(Received 19 November, 1979 and in revised form 27 December, 1979)

Abstract

Flood damages closely related to the accumulated effects of river improvement works and land development in a catchment basin. The study of flood damage can benefit from a knowledge on the history of former river improvement projects, the land use, and the flood damage records.

Using as an example the Tone River, which is one of the most important rivers in Japan, the authors have made a chronological table on flooding in the past four centuries and have recorded the changing nature of flood damages over time.

Key words

flood damages, flood control, river improvement, Tone River basin