Paper:
The 2015 Flood Impact due to the Overflow and Dike Breach of Kinu River in Joso City, Japan
Naoko Nagumo†, Miho Ohara, Daisuke Kuribayashi, and Hisaya Sawano
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Public Works Research Institute
1-6 Minamihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
†Corresponding author,
- [1] Central Disaster Management Council, “Report on Isewan Typhoon in 1959,” 2008 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/kyoiku/kyokun/kyoukunnokeishou/rep/1959–isewanTYPHOON/index.html [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [2] Central Disaster Management Council, “Report on Kathleen Typhoon in 1947,” 2010 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/kyoiku/kyokun/kyoukunnokeishou/rep/1947-kathleenTYPHOON/index.html [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [3] H. Kubota and S. Sudo, “Floods in the Kokai River lowland,” J. of the Agricultural Engineering Society, Japan, Vol.55, pp. 513-517, 1987 (in Japanese).
- [4] H. Ohkawara, H. Ikeda and F. Iseya, “Evolution of fluvial environment in the lowland of the middle part of the River Tone,” Bulletin of Environmental Research Center, the University of Tsukuba, Vol.16, pp. 79-91, 1992 (in Japanese).
- [5] M. Oya, “Geomorphology and flooding of the plain in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River in Kanto Plain,” J. of Geography, Vol.78, pp. 341-354, 1969 (in Japanese).
- [6] Y. Doi, “Water transport of Kinu River and Mitsukaido Port,” Illustrated history of Koga, Iwai, Mitsukaido and Sashima, Kyodo Shuppansha, 2005 (in Japanese).
- [7] M. Ikeda, Y. Kim, R. Ochiai, Y. Horie, K. Yamashita and M. Mori, “Regional characteristics of employment status and lifestyle of Japanese Brazilians in Joso City with a focus on the impact after the Global Economical Crisis of 2008 and the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake,” Annals of Human and Regional Geography, Vol.36, pp. 55-90, 2014 (in Japanese).
- [8] History of Ishige Town Editing Committee, “History of Ishige Town,” 1988 (in Japanese).
- [9] Joso City, “Flood hazard map of Joso City (Kinu River),” 2009.
- [10] T. Fujitani, T. Kato, H. Tsuguchi, K. Yoshimura and K. Tsuboki, “Report on research meeting of Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain and flood disaster, September 2015,” Tenki, Vol.63, pp. 243-250, 2016 (in Japanese).
- [11] Japan Meteorological Agency, “Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain in September 2015 and heavy rainfall by Typhoon 18, 2015,” 2015 (in Japanese), http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/books/saigaiji/saigaiji_2015/saigaiji_201501.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [12] Investigation Committee for the Kinu River bank, “Report of Investigation Committee for the Kinu River bank,” 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/ktr_content/content/000643703.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [13] Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Report on flood damages and restoration status for Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain in September 2015 (As of Jan. 29, 2016),” 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/ktr_content/content/000639863.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [14] Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Outline and Correspondence for disaster of Kinugawa River,” Kasen, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 16-21, 2016 (in Japanese).
- [15] Ibaraki Prefectural Disaster Management Headquarters, “Report on flood damages and response status (As of 4PM, Dec. 25, 2015),” (in Japanese).
- [16] N. Nagumo, M. Ohara, H. Sawano, H. Koumoto and S. Tanaka, “Geographical characteristics of flood occurred in Joso City, Ibaraki Prifecture in September, 2015,” Proc. of the Annual Conf. of the Institute of Social Safety Science, No.37, pp. 69-72, 2015 (in Japanese).
- [17] Disaster Prevention Committiee of Joso City, “Disaster Management Plan of Joso City,” 2013 (in Japanese).
- [18] D. Kuribayashi, M. Ohara, T. Sayama, A. Konja and H. Sawano, “Proposal of a method for evaluating community-level flood vulnerability using an inundation analysis model,” Proc. of the Annual Conf. of the Institute of Social Safety Science, No.38, pp. 171-174, 2016 (in Japanese).
- [19] Central Disaster Management Council, “Clarification of evacuation,” Materials for 3rd Expert Committee for Evacuation during Disasters, No.2, 2010 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/kaigirep/chousakai/saigaijihinan/3/pdf/shiryou_2.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [20] Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Guidelines for flood damage indicators,” 2011 (in Japanese).
- [21] Cabinet Office of Japan, “Expert Committee Report on prevention measures for large-scale flood disaster,” 2010 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/kaigirep/chuobou/senmon/daikibosuigad/pdf/100402_shiryo_2.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [22] Cabinet Office of Japan, “Guidelines for Producing a Decision and Dissemination Manual for Evacuation Orders and Instructions,” 2015 (in Japanese).
- [23] Y. Matsumoto and H. Ikeda, “Sedimentary controls on the migration of sand-bedded meandering river channels,” Bulletin of Environmental Research Center, the University of Tsukuba, No.21, pp. 51-59 (in Japanese).
- [24] Central Disaster Management Council, “Report on evacuation and emergency response measures of flood disaster,” Working Group on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures of Flood Disaster, 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/fusuigai/suigaiworking/pdf/suigai/honbho.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [25] Joint Research Group of Japan Society of Civil Engineering and The Japanese geotechnical Society in Kanto Region for the Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain in September 2015, “Report on disaster investigations for the Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain in September 2015,” 2016 (in Japanese).
- [26] Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, “Land classification map for flood control, updated version,” map tile of GIS web map (in Japanese), http://maps.gsi.go.jp [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [27] Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, “Information about Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain and flood disaster, September 2015” (in Japanese), http://www.gsi.go.jp/BOUSAI/H27.taihuu18gou.html [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [28] T. Sayama, K. Otsuki, H. Nagano and Y. Nihei, “ Investigation of inundation depth around Joso City due to Kinu River flood, the Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain, 2015 (2nd version)” (in Japanese), http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/6105/ [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [29] Y. Sato, Y. Miyachi, S. Tanabe, J. Komatsubara and T. Naya, “Crevasse-splay deposits of the 2015 Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain Disaster in Kami-Misaka, Joso City, Ibaraki, Japan,” Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, HGG12-P07, 2016.
- [30] A. Izumida, S. Uchiyama and T. Sugai, “Crevasse splay of Kinu River formed from the 2015 heavy rain,” Proc. of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, No.89, pp. 165 (in Japanese).
- [31] Special Investigation Committee of the Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain, “Special Investigation Committee report on Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain,” 2016, (in Japanese).
- [32] Cabinet Office of Japan, “Situation of issuing evacuation information in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture,” Materials for 1st Working Group on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures of Flood Disaster, No.2-1, 2015 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/fusuigai/suigaiworking/pdf/dai1kai/sirys2_1.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [33] River Engineering and Hydrology Laboratory, Chuo University, “Results of hearing survey about inundation and evacuation during Kinu River flood,” Materials for 3rd Working Group on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures of Flood Disaster, No.4, 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/fusuigai/suigaiworking/pdf/dai3kai/sirys4.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [34] Education Bureau, Ibaraki Prefecture, “Flood damages of Education Bureau by Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain and flood disaster, September 2015 (As of Oct. 26, 2015)” (in Japanese).
- [35] Ibaraki Prefectural Disaster Management Headquarters, “Impact on Ibaraki Prefecture by Typhoon 18 (5PM, Sep. 15, 2015)” (in Japanese).
- [36] T. Shibata, “Flood , damage and response situation,” Materials for 3rd Working Group on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures of Flood Disaster, No.8, 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/fusuigai/suigaiworking/pdf/dai3kai/siryo8.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [37] Ibaraki Prefectural Disaster Management Headquarters, “Impact on Ibaraki Prefecture by Typhoon 18 (As of 20PM, Sep. 10, 2015),” (in Japanese).
- [38] Cabinet Office of Japan, “Supporting materials for each discussing point,” Materials for 3rd Working Group on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures of Flood Disaster, No.2, 2016 (in Japanese), http://www.bousai.go.jp/fusuigai/suigaiworking/pdf/dai3kai/siryo2.pdf [accessed Jun. 9, 2016]
- [39] M. Hanzawa, “Emergency restoration, 300 hours in raging billows,” Kasen, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 26-30, 2016 (in Japanese).
- [40] Investigation Committee of Joso City for Flood Disaster Response, “Report on flood disaster response during Kinu River flood in Joso City, 2015 Kanto–Tohoku Torrential Rain,” 2016 (in Japanese).
This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationa License.