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Creating Safety, Courting Disaster on the Lower Shinano River, Japan
Engineering the Lower Shinano River in northeastern Japan expanded the risk of other flood and tsunami damage.
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How a Catastrophic Flood of the Gürbe River Triggered the Rethinking of Local Flood Protection
From channelizations to renaturations—the catastrophic flood of the Gürbe River in July 1990 prompted profound changes in approaches to flood protection.
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The 1096 Eichō Earthquake and Tsunami
The 1096 Earthquake and Tsunami extensively damaged coastal communities, but it was the shock to the capital that mattered more.