japanese
Utilization for water-familiar activities
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from left, Asakura-seki, Ichino-i-seki, Tategami-seki
The actual conditions of utilization of fixed weirs for water-familiar activities were investigated through asking those who manage the weirs and visiting some of those actually used in 255 cases of 79 watersheds. The results were the followings. a) 5 of them were utilized of their bodies as water-familiar spaces. Only one of them was utilized for admiration of flowing water. These facts were contradicted from what the previous researches implied their possibilities for water-familiar activities. b) Guided tours of the weirs were relatively popular among the cases, because it was rather easy for the administrators to secure visitors’ safety. It implied the possibilities of enhancing the aspect of water-familiar experience during the guided tours. c) Several safety measures were implemented in the cases in which the weirs and their surroundings were utilized as spaces, such as installation of safe passage and attendance of guides. They implied the possibility of coexistence of safety controls and water-familiar uses.
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more information
Murakami, S. (2013) : Research on Utilization of Fixed Weirs for Water-Familiar Activities in Domestic Watersheds: Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture:76(5)553-558
