Front cover; Contents; List of tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. History of urban water in Japan; Chapter 3. Historical floods with responding flood control; Chapter 4. The development of river management: Tone River; Chapter 5. Urban flood control on the rivers of Tokyo metropolitan; Chapter 6. Stormwater management and multi source water supply in Japan: Innovative approaches to reduce vulnerability; Chapter 7. Development of lowland areas; Chapter 8. Parallel planning approach for urban water management; Chapter 9. Challenges for delta areas in coping with urban floods
Summary
In Japan, situated in a low-lying delta, half of the population and 75 per cent of the property are concentrated in flooding-vulnerable areas. This book treats the implementation of measures and management practices in Japan to realize climate robust sustainable urban water management
