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Revision of Flood Control Act and Measures for Underground Shopping Complexes
Yasuaki Asahori
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism
2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8918, Japan
Received:July 31, 2015Accepted:February 3, 2016Online released:March 18, 2016Published:March 1, 2016
Keywords:underground spaces, underground shopping complexes, the Flood Control Act, rainfall inundation, Anticipated Inundation Areas
Abstract
Underground spaces are enclosed spaces that collect aboveground floodwater, which causes the inundation height to rise rapidly and thus makes them extremely dangerous spaces from the standpoint of water disasters. Due to the changing rainfall patterns in recent years, incidences of inundation damage to underground spaces have increased. In this situation, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan revised the Flood Control Act in May 2015. This paper provides an overview of this latest revision.
Cite this article as:Y. Asahori, “Revision of Flood Control Act and Measures for Underground Shopping Complexes,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.11 No.2, pp. 285-288, 2016.Data files:
