A Study on Flood Control Policy of Toyama Prefecture in the Meiji Era

Abstract

This paper deals with the flood control works of Toyama prefecture in the Meiji era which has been suffered from flood disasters from ancient times, clarifying the historical process in executing flood control works from both administrative and financial aspect and also discusses the historical materials of flood control which is proposed to prefectural consultative committee in consideration of the social backgrounds at the that times.
It is verified that flood control works in Toyama prefecture has played pioneering role in both field of regulations and engineering compared to other prefectures, which however, resulted in a large burden to the resident people.