（社）日本港湾協会　Porto

～The rebirth of seashore; what to do and what has been done for the sake of protection of seashore～

Measures taken to stop the erosion of seashore are very significant not only in terms of disaster prevention but in terms of territorial protection. In addition, rebirthing eroded seashore will have a favorable impacts on the maintenance and improvement of beach environments and even on the creation of beach utilization.
The feature of this month introduces some examples of efforts on the rebirth of seashore. Also, it introduces the technology development of sand-bypass construction being implemented by Port and Airport Research Institute and the instances of beach rebirth which utiliges material from works concerned.

・	Contribution of sandy beach for territorial protection and its rebirth /Masahiko Isobe

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The history of technology concerning the rebirth of sandy beach
/Yoshiaki Kuriyama

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New efforts for the protection of sandy beach /Hitoshi Noguchi

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Overall earth and sand control efforts 　/Kei Maeda

<Case 1>	Port of Fushiki Toyama 　/Yoshiaki Miyasaka
<Case 2>	Port of Hamada,Shimane 　/Yoji Kaneyuku

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"Today is yesterday's pupil" - from the origin of sea bathing to the current ocean resorts　 /Takeo Kondo

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<interview>
Beach as my workplace, from a beach volleyball player
/Satoko Urata,
/Kei Maeda(interviewer)

<some examples>

1.	Efforts of NPO and local residents at the beach of Nahari, Kochi; "committee of natural resource use","Nahari nature school on the beach", "hometown seashore partners agreement" /Ryo Ogasawara
2.	Local resident participation on the restoration efforts of Matsubara beach of Tsuruga,Fukui, nationally well-known for its white sand and pines /Sea and Airports Division, Fukui Prefectual Government /Tsuruga Port Office, Fukui Prefectual Government
3.	Upgrading efforts on three beaches of Port of Beppu, Ohita , through collaboration between local residents and administrative offices /Yukinori Watanabe

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