Publication Announcement(online)
URL: http://www.a-rr.net/publication/Ver. 2

Reference Guideline
for Restoration
by Eco-Compatible Approachin River Basin of Asia

Asian River Restoration NetworkMarch 2012

ARRRN’s Ne
ew Publiication: Refer
rence Guideeline for
fo Resstorattion byy Eco-Compa
atible Approa
Aach in River Basin of Asiia verr.2
Asiann River Restoratio
Ron Netw
work is ple
eased to publish a new rev
vised guiddeline to assist
all praactitionerrs involve
ed in the river resttoration activities
ain Asia. (Online)
Downnload URL from AR
RRN website:Conntents ofo this Guide

htttp://wwww.a-rr.ne
et/publica
ation/

Purrpose ofo this Guide
G1 Intro1.
oduction(1)Why restore thee river env
vironment?
?
(2)Purpo
ose of this guide(3)Targe
et readers of this guidde(4)Outlin
ne and pos
sitioning off this guideeThis guuide is to show
sbasicc ideas andd policies indispensaiable for res
storing desirable riv
ver environ
nmentsin Asiaa, raise thee interest of readerss in a riverr nearby, create
can opportunit
oty toward new projeects forriver reestoration, and also support current
criv
ver restora
ation proje
ects.

22.

Tarrget Rea
aders
This guuide targets all peop
ple who want to brinng rivers andawaterffronts bac
ck into a healthy
hforrm andpass onn rich riveer environm
ments to thetfollowing genera
ations.

Bacckgrounnd and Progress
In the nature reestoration session off the 4th WorldW
Watter Forum (held in M
Mar. 2006 in Mexicoo), two
propossals were mademin co
onnection withw
estab
blishing an Asian nettwork relatted to riverr restoration andthe prreparationn of an Assian riverr restorattion guidee toward improvem
ment of riiver restooration
technoology. In response to these proposalss, the “Assian River Restoration Network” (ARRNN) wasestablished by Japanese, Chinese andaKoreann agencies
s jointly concerned in November of thee same
RN, preparration of thistriver restoration
rn guide wa
as position
ned as one
e of the primarypyear. In the ARR
e network activities,aand Japannese, Chineese and Ko
orean speccialists aree working towardt
objectiives of theestablishing a prractical gu
uide that ca
an contrib
bute to cre
eating healthy river eenvironme
ents in Asiia.

33.

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[Revisionn history ofo this Refference Guuideline]

In this guideline,, a menu ofo basic ide
eas and concrete me
easures tow
ward riverr restoratio
on is explained in
a compprehensiblle form soo that evenn non-spe
ecialists wh
ho are inte
erested in improvem
ment of the riverenvironnment cann understa
and them easily.
eThe rev
vision in th
his Guideliine ver.2 is intende
ed to enhance the coontents of tthe guideline so thatt it canserve asa basic da
ata that sh
how the fea
atures andd difference
es between Japan, C
China and Korea
K
as regards
variouss backgrou
unds, prob
blems and measures regarding
g river environment rrestorationn in Asia. A list of
online resourcess (websitess in Englissh) has als
so been ad
dded to thee Appendix as a refeerence.
ARRN membersmwill make continuou
us efforts tot upgradee the gloss
sary of riveer environm
ment restoorationterms, and to coollect as ma
any as pos
ssible reference casees containing lesson
ns learned from expe
eriencein river environm
ment resto
oration for ver.3.
Publishing:
Asiann River Restooration Netw
work (ARRN)
Writing:: China River Restoration NetworkN(CRRRN), Korea Riv
ver Restoration Network (KRRNK), Japan River Restoraation Network (JRRN)Supervissor:
ARRN
N Technical Committee
CEditing:
Japann River Restooration Netw
work (JRRN)
Publicattion:
Marcch 2012 (onlline)(1)Beingg familiar wwith the na
atural, historical and cultural traansition off rivers(2)Perce
eiving the rriver as a basinb(3)Undeerstanding dynamism
m of rivers(4)Grasp
ping the roole of riverss and stakeholders

Basicc items too rememmber in restoringrg river ennvironmeent(1)Clariffying problems of thee river environment tto set targe
ets for resttoration
fromthe(2)Plann
ning river rrestoration
viewpoint
vof the basiin(3)Considering riveer restorattion based on dynammism of riveers(4)Proceeeding withh river resttoration in cooperatio
on with thee local people concerned

Mar. 2009:2Refere
ence Guideline
e for Restoration by an Eco-Compatible Approach
Ain RiverR
Basin of A
Asia Ver.1, publishedpJan. 2011:
2
Case studies
sas a seeparate volum
me of the Reference Guidelinne ver.1, pub
blishedMar. 2012:2
Refereence Guideline
e for Restoration by an Eco-Compatible Approach
Ain RiverR
Basin of A
Asia Ver.2, published

Maiin Upda
ates in ver.2
v

Impo
ortant vie
ewpoints
s in undeerstanding the true natu
ure of a rriver

55.

Imple
ementattion apprroaches for riverr environ
nment reestoratioon(1)Outlin
ne of meassures towa
ard river ennvironmentt restoratio
on(2)Surveey and research to cllarify the nature
nof riivers(3)Creatting awareness amonng residentts in the baasin(4)Building consen
nsus for sustainable activities
a(5)Securing healthhy water quuality and quantity(6)Creatting a lively
y waterfront and watter amenity
y space(7)Restooration of nnature to regainr
the naturalenvironment off the riverMeassures takken to ac
chieve riv
ver environmentt restoraation(1)Case studies off river resto
oration in ChinaC(2)Case studies off river resto
oration in Korea
K(3)Case studies off river resto
oration in JapanJ

Appendix 1
Countermmeasure Cha
art for Rive
er Restoration (draft)Appendix 2
List of onlline resourc
ces for river restoratioon (websitee in English)
EpilogFor promo
otion of furtther river environmen
ent restoratio
on in Asia
Contact:Japan Rivver Restoration Network secretariat

Foundation for Riverfrront Improvem
ment and Resttoration, 17-24, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tok
kyo, JAPAN, 1002-0082
TEL: +81
1-3-6228-386
60, FAX: +81
1-3-3523-0640, E-mail: seecre@a-rr.net, URL: http:///www.a-rr.net//jp/en/

Japan Rive
er Restoration Network (JRRRN) has a rolee of ARRN secretariat from Nov. 2006 to Oct. 2012.
Secretariatt of ARRN andd JRRN is operrated by Foun
ndation for Riverfront
RIm
mprovementt and Restora
ation andCTI Engin
neering Co., Ltd.
Las joint study
sondevelopme
ent of Asian River Restoratio
on network.