Abstract
The Ecology and Civil Engineering Society held a field workshop on natureoriented river works implemented in three river sections in and around Sapporo, Japan on 23 and 24 Sep. 2000. The participants made field reconnaissance and evaluated the achievement of the river training works in consideration of environmental restoration and riparian management under different developmental conditions. This paper reports the major suggestions made in the workshop and explicates the importance of scoping in evaluation process in order to have effective discussion not only from engineering or technical viewpoints but also from social and historical background of the river sections.
