Land of the Rising Water
Flood disaster management practices and vulnerability in Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
News in Japan - May
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GEJET Exodus of disaster-panicked foreigners doesn't add up New standards for cesium exceeded in food Aftershocks may take over 100 y...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Field Trip to Tone weir and ADCP
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Despite the cloudy weather, we had a very educational day outside at a Tone river weir and doing some Acoustic Doppler Current Profile exper...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Field Trip to dams
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Today we visited two dams in the Tochigi prefecture: Ikari and Kawaji dam. In the afternoon we visited Sabo works in Ashio. What makes the...
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Field Trip to Tone river drills
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20,000 participants gathered today for the Tone river drills. Although the majority consisted of suibo (flood fighting), firefighting and mi...
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Field Trip to JMA
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Today we visited the Tokyo main office of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, and afterwards join a delegation from Pakistan around the Tone...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Hojo Town Tornado Aftermath
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Colleagues have taken pictures of the aftermath of the tornado in Hojo Town, at the North of Tsukuba municipality. The destruction is enor...
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Trip to Kokai and Kinu river
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We are safe! Today we returned from a trip to the Kokai and Kinu river. The news when we returned was that Tsukuba had been struck by a to...
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