Land of the Rising Water
Flood disaster management practices and vulnerability in Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
News - October
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Divers of the KNNV nature club will hold a lecture about underwater nature in November. More>>> The union of water boards hig...
Friday, October 15, 2010
Federal or state?
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Both Dutch and Japense people expect their government to take care of mostly everything when it comes to floods, from prevention to evacuati...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Old Skipper's House
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In the center of Hoogeveen , deprived of any natural water whatsoever, lies the quaint restaurant the Old Skipper's House. There are wid...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
An NHK special report on Tokyo at risk from rain related floods
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The reason for the special report is the governmental report released a few months ago, called 'Tokyo Metropolitan Area Submerged'....
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Heavy rain in Japan
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NHK reports heavy rain in the Kanto and Touhuko regions of Honshu, Japan (North and North-East, see image below). One particular area rec...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Losser - a final movie
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The regional broadcasting channel RTV Oost made an overview of the floods from a helicopter. This is what 5.5 cm of rain in 12 hours looks l...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Losser - a follow up
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Yesterday I thought I might visit the Dinkel again and see how much the water had lowered, expecting it to be gone. It was a calm, sunny ev...
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