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1. Coastal erosion and shore protection: A brief historical analysis

Author:
Enzo Pranzini
Source:
Journal of coastal conservation 2018 v.22 no.5 pp. 827-830
ISSN:
1400-0350
Subject:
clay; coastal plains; coasts; concrete; deforestation; human development; humans; resorts; river deltas; rivers; sea level; sediments; stream channels; subsidence; tourists; wetlands; wood; China; Japan; Yellow River
Abstract:
... Since the Neolithic, humans have gathered along coastal plains, where they had to face sea level rise and subsidence without the technology to oppose these processes. When sea level stabilized, approx. 6.000 yr. B.P., coastal colonization was allowed, but where mountain deforestation was carried out river sediment input increased tremendously: settlements were disconnected from the shore and harbo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11852-017-0521-9

2. Empirical fragility analysis of building damage caused by the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami in Ishinomaki city using ordinal regression, and influence of key geographical features

Author:
I. Charvet; A. Suppasri; F. Imamura
Source:
Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment 2014 v.28 no.7 pp. 1853-1867
ISSN:
1436-3240
Subject:
buildings; coasts; concrete; diagnostic techniques; models; rivers; statistical analysis; steel; topography; tsunamis; Japan
Abstract:
... Tsunamis are disastrous events typically causing loss of life, and extreme damage to the built environment, as shown by the recent disaster that struck the East coast of Japan in 2011. In order to quantitatively estimate damage in tsunami prone areas, some studies used a probabilistic approach and derived fragility functions. However, the models chosen do not provide a statistically sound represen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00477-014-0850-2

3. How Does the Japanese Water Shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus Cross the Concrete Walls of Check Dams?

Author:
Hiroaki Saito; Hiroshi Hashimoto; Teruaki Hino; Masaharu Motokawa
Source:
Mammal study 2019 v.44 no.1 pp. 1-11
ISSN:
1348-6160
Subject:
concrete; dams (hydrology); rivers; sediments; shrews; streams; surveys; Japan
Abstract:
... The concrete walls of check dams are considered a physical barrier for aquatic and semiaquatic animals that inhabit mountain streams. Traveling behaviors around concrete check dams by the Japanese water shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus, a semi-aquatic mammal, were directly observed via radio-tracking in Kamikoshi Stream in central Honshu, Japan. Traveling behaviors were mainly observed on the wet ...
DOI:
10.3106/ms2017-0056

4. Spatial distribution and habitat preferences of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, at the reach and channel-unit scales in four rivers of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Author:
Kazuki Matsushige; Yoshiya Yasutake; Noritaka Mochioka
Source:
Ichthyological research 2020 v.67 no.1 pp. 68-80
ISSN:
1341-8998
Subject:
Anguilla japonica; body size; concrete; eel; environmental factors; extinction; gravel; habitat preferences; habitats; linear models; population density; rivers; shorelines; stream channels; Japan
Abstract:
... Catches of Japanese eels have been decreasing at an alarming rate and extinction of wild stocks is of concern. Therefore, conservation of eel habitats has become increasingly important. Here, we analyzed the habitat preferences of Japanese eels using generalized linear models from the relationships between presence/absence or population density with physical environmental factors. The models sugge ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10228-019-00704-x