Ships within 1-5 business days: Did you know that the Arakawa River, which runs through the Tokyo metropolitan area and has a basin where about 10 million people live, is a river made by human hands?
By changing the flow of the once-turbulent Arakawa River, Edo's prosperity was created, and people were protected from repeated floods.
This book journeys through the past, present, and future of the Arakawa River, carefully tracing its history and the changes in the lives of its basin residents, and exploring how to prevent recent large-scale floods attributed to global warming.
●Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Arakawa River, a River That Changed with the Times
■The flow of the Arakawa River, which changed significantly
■The river's flow was altered to enrich people's lives
■A new river was created to protect people from floods
■How have people interacted with rivers?
Chapter 2: Did Edo and Rural Villages Develop Because of the Arakawa River!?
■Flows through the Kanto Plain, Japan's largest plain
■Enters Tokyo Metropolis in the lower reaches
■Were most of the Kanto Plain submerged in the sea during the Jomon period!?
■The vast plain was formed, but rice cultivation was challenging
■Edo has prospered since ancient times thanks to the river!
■As civil engineering technology advanced, rice paddies increased rapidly
■Tadaharu Ina moved the Arakawa River's flow westward and the Tone River's flow eastward
■The merits and demerits of changing the river's flow
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| Weight | 300 g |
| Product package size | 19 x 14 x 2 cm |
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