Lesson Learned from Catastrophic Floods in Western Japan in 2018: Sustainable Perspective Analysis

Natural hazards have a significant impact on the sustainable development of human society. This paper reports on the catastrophic floods in western Japan in 2018. Continuous rainfall resulted in catastrophic floods, leading to 212 deaths, damage to more than 2000 houses and 619 geological disasters...

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Main Authors: Song-Shun Lin, Ning Zhang, Ye-Shuang Xu, Takenori Hino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/9/2489