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Levee system transformation in coevolution between humans and water systems along the Kiso River, Japan
Shinichiro Nakamura
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
Fuko Nakai
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
Yuichiro Ito
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
Ginga Okada
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
Taikan Oki
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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The formation of levee systems is an important factor in determining whether a society fights or adapts to floods. This study presents the levee system transformation process over the past century, from the indigenous levee system to modern continuous levees, and its impacts on human–flood coevolution in the Kiso River basin, Japan, and reveals the interactions between levee systems and human–water systems involving different scales and water phenomena.
The formation of levee systems is an important factor in determining whether a society fights or...
