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About StaffAbout StaffFUJII, Miho
Current Research Interests
Mr. A, a resource person from the local community, explains the agricultural drainage system. Mr. A, 84 years old, was born and raised in the Yasu River area in Moriyama city. Historically, the river embankments in a farming village in the lower reaches
of the Yasu River in Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture suffered from frequent
collapse due to typhoons that caused so much damage in the area.
In 1953, the people in the village petitioned the government for the construction
of an infrastructure to manage river flooding. This resulted in the completion
of a drainage canal on the Yasu river in 1979.
This project was the last of the five large drainage canal projects in
Japan after the World War II. It is similar to dam projects that require
a large area of land for the resettlement of affected residents, and the
construction of related infrastructures and facilities.
The rice field area known as the “grain belt” was destroyed by the construction
of the drainage canal. This area consisted of land inherited from generations
of past ancestors. The destruction of the drainage canal led some people
in the area to abandon agricultural work altogether.
What this case shows is that the use of river water by the local people
who have been using the river for generations and the public management
of the river can be mutually exclusive, benefiting as well as simultaneously
disadvantage the local people.
Local perspectives on community life, including the local wisdom of “working
together,” are necessary in overcoming this kind of conflict. I aim to
study these issues using the Yasu river drainage canal construction project
as a case study.
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