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1. Regional Economic Impacts from Timber Check Dam Construction—A Comparison with Concrete Check Dam Construction

Author:
Huzita, Tomohumi; Noda, Ryu; Kayo, Chihiro
Source:
Forests 2020 v.11 no.10
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
business enterprises; concrete; dams (hydrology); disaster preparedness; disasters; economic impact; flood control; harvesting; income; input output analysis; interviews; lumber; prices; rain; runoff; sediments; typhoons; Japan
Abstract:
... Recently, many mountain disasters caused by natural phenomena, such as typhoons and heavy rains, have struck Japan, where check dams are used as important disaster prevention structures. Meanwhile, increased timber use in Japan is expected to revitalize regional economies, thus drawing attention to the use of timber in check dams. However, comparisons between timber and concrete check dams, in ter ...
DOI:
10.3390/f11101073

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

Author:
Saito, Hiroaki; Hashimoto, Hiroshi; Hino, Teruaki; Motokawa, Masaharu
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