1st JRRN Mini-Seminar on River Environment: Environmental Flows (July 18, 2008: Tokyo)

On July 18, 2008, the 1st JRRN Mini-Seminar on River Environment: Environmental Flows - Towards maintaining normal function of flows - was held. Participants were first given a lecture on means to control flows in normal state and the latest concept of environmental flows in foreign countries, and then exchanged opinions in the discussion held later.

○Mr. Toshikatsu Omachi (JRRN member, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.)
○Date : July 18, 2008 (Fri) 15:30 - 17:30
○Venue : Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration

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Date: 2008.07.22 18:09

JRRN English website has been renewed. (1 April 2008)

JRRN English website was renewed on 1st April 2008.

JRRN aims to establish a mechanism that enables people concerned with river and waterfront restoration to provide and exchange information of their common interests. As a way of achieving this, we work on the enhancement of our website content. The website is designed to promote information circulation and links between people concerning the restoration of river and water environment and it is targeted at civic groups, administrators, private practitioners, researchers and so on. It covers an extensive range of information such as domestic and international river restoration projects, local activities, technical gudelines, news, etc. Please expect substantiality of the further information.

JRRN Secretariat

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Date: 2008.04.01 15:50

JRRN joined NARBO on 3rd General Meeting (22 Feb. 2008)

The 3rd General Meeting of NARBO was held on 20-22, February 2008 in Solo/Surakarta, Indonesia with approximately 100 participants from 17 countries, and JRRN officially joined NARBO as one of new 9 members.

>> What’s NARBO ?
>> About 3rd General Meeting of NARBO

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Date: 2008.02.22 15:44

“JRRN Workshop on River Restoration and Water Environmental Preservation in China” was held. (21 January 2008)

On January 21, 2008, the Mini-workshop on River Restoration: River Restoration and River Environment Conservation in China was held, where latest topics of Chinese river restoration were provided based on current condition of water resources and water environment in China. In the discussion held later, participants exchanged opinions vigorously.

-Lecturer: Prof. Jianhua Li
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongjiu University, Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment, Ministry of Education
-Date: 21th January 2008, 15:00-17:00
-Venue: Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration (Tokyo, Japan)

>>Materials (PDF 158KB: Language: Japanese only)

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Date: 2008.01.21 15:59

“Workshop on Urban River Restoration, Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan” was held. (11 Oct. 2007)

On the 11th October 2007, "Workshop on Urban River Restoration, Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan " was held in Tokyo under the joint sponsorship of Nihon University and JRRN.

Presentations:

1) The Revitalization of Love River Kaohsiung ,Taiwan
Mr. Chi-tze Chen, Former Director General of Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government

2) Urban Cultural Renovation Led by River - the Kaohsiung experience
Mr. Hong-Mo Wu, Director General of Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government


>> Program and Profile of Presenter(PDF 710KB)
>> Report 1 “The Revitalization of Love River Kaohsiung, Taiwan”(PDF 930KB)
>> Report 2 “Urban Cultural Renovation Led by River the Kaohsiung experience”(PDF 1,170KB)

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Date: 2007.10.11 15:52

“2nd Advisory Committee Meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities” was held. (24 July 2007)

In this 2nd advisory committee meeting, JRRN secretariat reviewed the international activities of the Foundation for Riverfront Improvement as ARRN secretariat up to date and also gained diverse opinions on the expected future efforts concerning international networking on river environment from the representatives of administrative agencies, research institutions, universities, civic groups and private companies.

Participants:

Dr. Nobuyuki TAMAI (ARRN chairperson, Kanazawa Gakuin University), Dr. Katsuhide YOSHIKAWA (Nihon University), Dr. Naoki SHIRAKAWA (Tsukuba University), Dr. Akiko SEINO (Tokyo University), Dr. Keigo Nakamura (River Restoration Team at the Public Works Research Institute), Mr. Tetsumi NAKAMURA (Japan Civil Engineering Consultants Association), Mitsuyuki IKEDA(Asahikawa Basin Network), Dr. Koutaro TAKEMURA (RFC) and ARRN secretariat

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Date: 2007.07.24 16:15

“1st Advisory Committee Meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities” was held. (6 February 2007)

With a view to learn experts' views on the future operation policy of ARRN and JRRN, JRRN secretariat held the 1st advisory committee meeting for ARRN/JRRN activities titled "Information Networking on Waterfront Environment" and gained valuable opinions from the representatives of various bodies including administrative agencies, research institutions, universities, civic groups and private companies.

Participants:

Dr. Keigo Nakamura (River Restoration Team at the Public Works Research Institute), Mr. Tetsumi NAKAMURA (Japan Civil Engineering Consultants Association), Mitsuyuki IKEDA(Asahikawa Basin Network) and JRRN secretariat

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Date: 2007.02.06 16:12