2013 年 19 巻 p. 471-476
Damages of crossing structures such as streambed protection works for bridge piers have been repeated for every flood due to the extreme degradation of river bed between 41.4km to 45.2km section at the upper reach of the Tama River. The section has been designated as the area which should hold a valuable ecosystem under the Tama river environment administrative plan in 1980. But scouring of low water channel has caused a great deal of problems relating to flood control and river environment. For example, gravels at the riverbeds were lost, acacia abnormally flourished on flood channels and endemic species on the gravel riverbeds decreased or became extinct.
In this paper, we propose a concept of river improvement work which considers both flood control and river environment at the section of necessary of urgent river management.