Tsurumi

TsurumiRiver
WATER MANAGEMENT RiverMulti-Purposes
Multi-PurposesRetarding
RetardingBasin
BasinProject
Project
Background
Background
4 Major Islands:
1. Honshu
2. Hokkaido
3. Kyushu
4. Shikoku
Natural Hazards;
1. Geo-seismics; earthquake and volcanic activity, risk of tsunamis,
2. Hydro-meteorological events; typhoon, and
3. Frequent flood

127 million population River Basins :

1. Tamagawa
Most residential and industrial areas 2. Tsurumigawa
tend to be located in lowland areas along rivers, 3. Sagamigawa
highly flood-prone 4. Arakawa
5. Tonegawa

Flood
Flood Problem
Problem Theory
Theory
usess
Caause
C Strategies
(Oosterberg et al.,
2005)

Classic risk
Keep floods away
from urban areas

Flood probability reduction

Prepare urban areas for floods
Keep urban areas away
from floods

Potential damage reduction

Rapid Urbanization approach

Risk Approach of
insurers
Hazard reduction Vulnerability reduction Exposure reduction

Measures Technical Spatial Early warnings Adjustment to Location of new De-

measures Measures and emergency individual city districts, urbanization
measures houses and developing
infrastructures satellite cities

Constraints to No constraints No constraints, No constraints; Weak Strong constraints

urbanization (except at except adjustment constraints
location of for evacuation
measures)

Institutional Strong sectoral water Individual, local acceptance and Strong spatial planning
requirements management responsibility

Instruments Legal Mandate, Secure Information, Flood risk maps, Flood Mandatory dialogue of related
financing, Expropriation or insurance actors
‘priority use’
Tsurumi River Multi purpose Water Room for Water,
Basin Retarding reservoir Information &
1958 10% urbanized 1975 60% urbanized 1997 80% urbanized Basin Early warning
system

Short & Steep River

Spatial
Spatial Policy
Policy && Master
Master Plan
Plan Drawing up of the River Basin Management Plan
for the Tsurumi River Basin

Trend of heavy rain

1981 - Tsurumi River Basin Improvement Plan Committee of the River Basin Management Plan

frequency and intensity 1989 - New River Basin Maintenance Plan

Experts, Representative of Citizens,
Business Enterprises, Administration, etc.

Trend of frequency and intensity of heavy rain (1961-2001)

2002 - Tsurumi River Basin Water Committee
Administrative conference: Model sub-committee:
‘Master Plan’ Administration
River manager
Citizen Administration
River manager
2004 - River Basin Management Plan

Decreasing Respective studies Roundtable conference

Increasing Local government for the basin citizens
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency

Decreasing of tributary discharge

Strategy
Strategy
‘Multi-Purposes Retarding Basin Project’
Storm/typhoon

Early Warning System Community Participation

Impacts
Impacts Safe, secure and comfortable basin society
+
Sustainable development Water cycle Society

Social, economic & environment - Drawing up of the “River Basin Management Plan for the Tsurumi
River Basin” showing the vision and its implementation measure.
- “Committee of the River Basin Management Plan” is established.
It was settled on by citizens, enterprises, local government,
water manager based on the expert’s advice.

Flood control Results

Results Other purposes
Outflow Control Facilities Park Nature Recreation Health care

Recommendation
Recommendation
Integration between spatial planning and water management: Stakeholder involvement
- Planning process should involve water-related institutions - Important to make use the strength of both “bottom up” and
- Spatial plans should be reviewed by water-related institutions “top down” approach using an appropriate mix
- Water projects should refer to Spatial plans
Group Members:
Dewi, C. (1623230) - Duhari, M. A. (1623265) - Merylia (1624571) - Misna, A. F. (1627317) - Pawestri, A. (1623206) - Taufiq, D. H. (1623354)
Faculty Spatial Sciences, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2007