Advances in River Engineering
Online ISSN : 2436-6714
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL DAMEGE BY FLOOD
Ayaka KOBAYASHITatsuya KIMISAWAWataru HIRAIDETakatoshi YOSHIDAManabu CHIBAHirofumi SASAKIHirokazu OKABE
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2019 Volume 25 Pages 19-24

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Terrible flood occurred at Hokkaido region in August 2018 because of four Typhoons that reached and landed. It brought the damage regarding not only river and road but also agriculture. For example, bad harvest in Hokkaido affected food supply in Japan.

This research interviewed organization related to agriculture in order to grasp overview of the damages , organize categories of economic impacts and estimate the damage amount. As a result, economics impact on related industries associated with bad harvest amount to 36 billion that is 1.4 times as much as bad harvest.

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© 2019 Japan Society of Civil Engineers
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