MORIOKA Chiho
   Department   Matsuyama University  Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities
   Position   Associate professor
Language English
Publication Date 2019/10
Type Journal treatise
Peer Review With peer review
Title Effect of Communication Regarding Dam Operation on the Evacuation of Residents: A Case Study of the 2018 Inundation of the Hijikawa River in Japan
Contribution Type
Journal Geosciences
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher MDPI
Volume, Issue, Pages 9(10),pp.444
Total page number 19
Author and coauthor Isao Nakamura and Chiho Morioka
Details Communication on the operation of a dam is crucial in evacuating residents before downstream flooding occurs. This paper examines the e ect of communication regarding dam operation on evacuation, studying the case of the 2018 flooding of the Hijikawa River in Japan.After confirming the communication process and the messages of warning, we conducted a questionnaire survey of a ected residents.