SUPPORT AT DISASTER

Recent cases

• Case 1: Field survey on a slope failure along National Highway 333 in the Hokuyo district of Kitami City in 2001
• Case 2: Field survey on damage in the Saru River basin caused by Typhoon No.10 (Typhoon Etau) of 2003
• Case 3: Field survey on damage from the Tokachi-oki Earthquake of 2003
• Case 4: Field survey of damage to Omori Bridge caused by Typhoon No.18 (Typhoon Songda) of 2004
• Case 5: Field survey on damage from the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and Tsunami of 2004
• Returns to Support at Disaster

Case 1:
Field survey on a slope failure along National Highway 333 in the Hokuyo district of Kitami City in 2001
We conducted a field survey at the site of a slope failure that occurred in October 2001 in the Hokuyo district of Kitami City. The purposes were to observe the damage and to clarify the causes toward formulating recovery measures. We found that the site lies in the Tokoro geological belt and that the slope is gentler than any for which failure had been reported. We studied measures against such slope failure, including assessment of its risk.

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