Twenty Years of Historical Study on Civil Engineering in Japan-Past Achievement and Future Perspective-

Abstract

This paper summarizes the past achievement of historical study on civil engineering in Japan during past twenty years and gives their future perspective. The paper reviews 785 papers submitted to the conferences of Committee on Historical Engineering in Civil Engineering held through past nineteen years and picks up several outstanding papers. Finally, the paper emphasizes the importance of human aspect and also engineering analysis on the study of this field.