December 2015 JSCE Magazine

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vol.100 No.12 December. 2015

No.12 2015

Feature Articles : Now of river management -It captures the change, to protect-

Rivers and river infrastructure mainly consist of river channels formed by natural forces, embankments that are built by repeated earth fill over the years, seawalls that protect embankments and river banks, and other constructions that are built for water utilization.

Since maintenance and management of rivers need to be done in accordance with different characteristics in each long stretch of river and location, and floods, which are special phenomena, experience-based management has been carried out by accumulating the knowledge of shape change and river disasters in the past under various conditions, and the knowledge of restoration and maintenance.

At the present time, disasters are getting more severe due to global warming and local heavy rain, and there is a concern regarding dilapidated facilities. Focusing on maintenance and management that ensures that rivers function properly, this special issue introduces current maintenance and management activities, and the current situation on site, and technology development.

≪Index≫

(02) Message from the President
HIROSE Noriaki

(04) Admiration of Civil Engineering Heritages by JSCE：Civil Engineering Heritage Sites Selection：Tunnels of the Sinetsu Line
ONODA Shigeru

(06) Feature articles:Now of river management -It captures the change, to protect-

(08) About the way of the river maintenance
FUKUOKA Shoji

(12) Measures for strategic maintenance management
TOKIOKA Shinji

(14) Operation and Maintenance for River Structures on Sites
NAKAZAKI Kaoru

(16) Improving bank protection and riverfront environment using sandbars with boulders in rapid and stony bed rivers
MANGYOU Yasufumi

(18) Preservation of Biodiversity-Rich Estuarine Tidal Flats -The Role of the Ota River Floodway Structure-
HIBINO Tadashi

(20) Mole（Small Animals）Hole Detection System Attached to Large Weeding Machine -For Acquiring High- Resolution Digital Spatial Data of Embankment Continuously at Low Cost-
SUZUKI Kiyoshi, KINOSHITA Takashi

(22) Visualization of water seepage in earth structures - Application of electric resistivity exploration method to monitor moisture changes in real time -
SHOJI Yasunori, KOBAYASHI Tsuyoshi

(24) Development of vegetation dynamics model that focused on the vegetation succession with interdisciplinary approach using new spatial index "plant community cluster"
TAGASHIRA Naoki

(26) Prediction tool for the vegetation succession of the riparian zone
ASAEDA Takashi

(28) Launching New River Engineer’s Certification System
KAWASAKI Kazuaki

(30) Future studies for river management

(32) Letters from Tohoku Action for the support of local government in Tohoku region -Outline of the actibities of Infra-management Research Center, Tohoku University-
HISADA Makoto

(36) Working Abroad One of Approaches to ease the world’s worst traffic congestion in Dhaka -One Card for All Public Transports, JICA Clearing House Project -
MITANI Katsuaki

(38) Reliable senior engineer ! I want to establish the standpoint of generalists, as a biologist in the construction company!
NAKASE Kota

(40) The Dankai junior chronicles At the age of seventeen,life began from Z-kai text.

(42) Studying Abroad Research life in Imperial College London –The importance of making opinions in cross-cultural communication
ITO Yasuaki

(43) My Bookshelf
HORIGUCHI Masakazu

(44) Pleasures of CE Researches ─Lessons from Young Researchers
SUZUKI Mika

(46) JSCE Member's Report Messages from Civil Engineering Works in Nagano Prefecture
KONISHI Junichi, YAMAURA Naoto

(50) Messages from outside
KAMAMOTO Misako

(52) Advisers' Column

(54) International Activity Center

(57) JSCE Updates

(63) News

(64) CE Careers