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These tunnels stop part of Tokyo flooding

Tom Scott
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If you believe the hype, then the Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel stops Tokyo flooding. It doesn't. But it is one colossal part of a huge network of flood defences that protect a city that would otherwise be... well, very wet. MORE ABOUT THE DISCHARGE CHANNEL: The Discharge Channel's site (in Japanese): http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/gai... Advice for English-speaking visitors: https://matcha-jp.com/en/4002 REFERENCES: "Below sea level" and "aging levees": http://www.kensetsu.metro.tokyo.jp/co... [PDF, parts translated in https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/cl... ] "All that protects the two and a half million people": https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/... Discharge channel stats: http://www.japanriver.or.jp/EnglishDo... [PDF] THANKS TO: Local fixer: Yamada Masato Post translator: Dominic Jacobs Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com on Twitter at   / tomscott   on Facebook at   / tomscott   and on Instagram as tomscottgo ...more
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These tunnels stop part of Tokyo flooding
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2019Jul 8
If you believe the hype, then the Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel stops Tokyo flooding. It doesn't. But it is one colossal part of a huge network of flood defences that protect a city that would otherwise be... well, very wet. MORE ABOUT THE DISCHARGE CHANNEL: The Discharge Channel's site (in Japanese): http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/gai... Advice for English-speaking visitors: https://matcha-jp.com/en/4002 REFERENCES: "Below sea level" and "aging levees": http://www.kensetsu.metro.tokyo.jp/co... [PDF, parts translated in https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/cl... ] "All that protects the two and a half million people": https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/... Discharge channel stats: http://www.japanriver.or.jp/EnglishDo... [PDF] THANKS TO: Local fixer: Yamada Masato Post translator: Dominic Jacobs Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com on Twitter at   / tomscott   on Facebook at   / tomscott   and on Instagram as tomscottgo

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Tom Scott

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