Bank Erosion along the Rajang River and Its Social Impacts [Watakabe, Soda, Mokudai, Ikeda, Yuhora]
Bank Erosion along the Rajang River and Its Social Impacts Takuma Watakabe（Graduate School of Regional Sciences,Tottori University） Ryoji Soda（Graduate School of Literature and Human Sceiences, Osaka City University） Kuniyasu Mokudai（Pro Natura Foundation Japan） Hiroshi Ikeda（Fukada Geological Institute） Kazuhiro Yuhora（Muroto Geopark Promotion Office） Introduction Fig. 1 Study area Introduction The district of Sarawak, Malaysia is stretched in the tropical forest and the residents of this area are facing a drastic environment change ever since the logging operation began. One example is the Rajang river basin (Fig. 1) where people witness serious riverbank erosion. According to the residents, the problem began to surface from the end of 1960s or 70s which coincide […]