Flood Management in Japan—From Rivers to Basins

Abstract

The River Commission of the Ministry of Construction in Japan recommended a basin response to floods in its December 2000 Interim Report to Minister of Construction. This is practically an official declaration of the policy accepting inundation in habited areas. By this policy shift, it is anticipated that more basin response measures and non-structural measures against floods will be promoted to complement structural measures such as continuous levees and dams. Such a policy is not new in the world but is a significant governmental move in Japan, a densely populated, highly developed, and highly flood hazardous country. Although living with floods is a universal coping strategy, the implementation of measures should be different from region to region reflecting region's nature and socio-economic conditions. This paper reviews the flood fighting history of Japan and her statutory evolution against floods and shows the process by which the ever-increasing flood damage potential and the recent increase of flood damages necessitated the official move in flood control management from rivers to basins.     

Transforming River Basin Management in South Africa

Abstract

This paper analyzes the transformation of river basin management in South Africa by focusing on the political processes involved in the creation of new water management bodies and irrigation infrastructure in the Lower Komati sub-basin. Institutional reform is described and analyzed in terms of the collaboration theory of Gray (1985). Attention is paid to the absence of mutual collaboration in the water domain through the analysis of three phases that are characteristic of collaborative management: problem setting, direction setting, and structuring. The perceptions and strategies of stakeholders in the change process are informed by the skewed access to land and water, the protracted struggle for redress of historical inequities, the quest for autonomy in water management by commercial farmers, and large political power differentials. This has resulted in differential access to decision making and political influence and in the materialization of these skewed relations in water control technology. The reluctance of stakeholders to explicitly recognize their interdependence and the role of the state as the convener of the change process has hampered the emergence of a shared appreciation of the problems in the water domain. Despite efforts by government to move towards equitable and inclusive water management, little redress of past inequities has taken place, and the majority of small farmers are uninformed and excluded from the change process. This suggests that the proposed Catchment Management Agency will not be representative nor attain equitable water management unless a well-conceived redistribution of water entitlements and land rights is carried out as part of an encompassing program to strengthen political democracy.     

River basin water resources management in China: a legal and institutional assessment

China's rivers face major challenges arising from social and economic development, particularly associated with pollution and over-abstraction. Although these issues vary significantly across the country, China has adopted a national, unified approach to manage water resources in a river basin context. This paper assesses the legal and institutional arrangements for river basin management in terms of decentralization and centralization. It considers the appropriate roles for the different levels of government, including providing for participation and integration across these levels. It proposes strengthening institutional development and capacity building in the future.     

水电站消力池导墙抗疲劳破坏问题研究

为研究水电站消力池导墙抗疲劳破坏问题,对某大型水利枢纽消力池导墙流激振动疲劳破坏问题进行了系统研究。通过枢纽整体水力学模型试验,测量与分析导墙两侧面的水流脉动压力,进行导墙的自振特性计算与水力共振校核;进行导墙静应力和流激振动响应计算与强度校核;对不满足强度要求的墙段,进行配筋计算与防裂验算,用2种方法对配筋后的导墙进行抗疲劳破坏计算研究,根据抗疲劳要求增加导墙的配筋量,使其满足安全要求。     

1960年以来长江流域太阳总辐射的时空变化

基于长江流域147个站点的气象数据,利用气候学计算方法估算1960年以来的太阳总辐射数据,运用线性回归和相关分析等方法,探讨1960年以来太阳总辐射在长江流域的时空变化特征,并分析太阳总辐射的影响因子.结果表明:太阳总辐射在整个长江流域(除去上游源头区金沙江流域)自东向西递减,且上游地区变化波动大,中下游地区下降趋势显著;自1960年以来太阳总辐射在长江流域呈现下降趋势,1990年以后开始呈现上升趋势;近50a来太阳总辐射的减少趋势与云量和大气水汽含量没有显著相关性     

基于水管理对象的数字流域顶层设计技术方法研究

水利信息化是实现水利现代化的基础和重要标志。以水管理对象为基础,利用现代信息技术构造数字流域,集中管理流域内的水事问题,是实现流域现代化管理的有效途径。从数字流域体系架构、水管理对象构造及全息化描述、基础平台构建、业务系统的构件化开发、数字功能流域等方面详细介绍了基于水管理对象的数字流域构造技术方法。     

Maximum speedup ratio curve (MSC) in parallel computing of the binary-tree-based drainage network

Restricted computational capacity has become a key factor in limiting the development of a majority of distributed basin models. Parallel computing is one of the most effective methods for solving this problem. Although many parallel-computing methods have been employed in basin models, few studies have carried out theoretical research on parallel characteristics of river basins. In this paper, the drainage network of river basins is treated as a binary-tree structure. Using the binary-tree theory, we find that there exists a maximum speedup curve (MSC) for an arbitrary drainage network. The x-coordinate of the MSC represents the number of processors used during the computing, while the y-coordinate corresponds to the maximum speedup ratio (MSR) that can be obtained. Under several essential assumptions, the theoretical function of MSC is established. The function indicates that the MSC consists of an ascending section and a horizontal section. A parallel algorithm capable of acquiring the MSC is proposed as well. Using this algorithm, the MSC is tested at two different-resolution drainage networks of the Lhasa River Basin. A 2-year rainfall-runoff process is simulated. The results prove the existence of MSC. However, primarily influenced by the load imbalance of subbasins, the simulation values of MSR are usually smaller than the theoretical ones.     

鄂尔多斯盆地东南部长7油层组沉积相研究

为了明确鄂尔多斯盆地东南部长7油层组沉积体系类型和沉积相展布特征,总结其沉积演化规律,以沉积学的基本原理和方法为指导,综合运用地球化学、盆地分析等理论和方法,通过野外露头、钻井、测井等资料的综合分析,认为鄂尔多斯盆地东南部长7油层组主要发育三角洲和湖泊沉积体系,可进一步划分为3类亚相,其中以三角洲前缘和深湖2种亚相为主．     

龙门山盆-山耦合带遥感地质解译

随着晚三叠世龙门山造山带的崛起,四川前陆盆地开始形成。强烈的喜马拉雅运动使龙门山进一步崛起,造就了龙门山与四川前陆盆地的盆-山耦合景观。结合遥感解译与实地调查,发现江油-灌县断裂带控制着前陆盆地的边缘,是一个构造形迹较为复杂的盆-山耦合断裂,由二王庙断裂和香水断裂组成,其主体断裂为二王庙断裂。而在四川前陆盆地西缘的香水断裂是半隐伏乃至全隐伏的盆地基底断裂构造,断裂在江油南西裸露地表且控制盆地边界,但在江油北东到广元则处于隐伏状态。香水断裂对盆地边缘早-中侏罗世盆地沉积相和晚侏罗世-早白垩世所谓＂城墙岩系＂巨厚磨拉石建造的形成均具有较强的控制性。