Stepped channel below a Sabo dam (Toyohashi, Japan) built to protect a temple and a kindergarden. The footpaths on each side were designed to act as flood plains during extreme events.
Author
Hubert Chanson
Date
1999
Copyright
Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Toyohashi, Japan - Stepped channel
