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第７２回　WORKSHOP報告（１１月３０日） / 参加者９９名

（１：新人の方々です）

 

 

（２：渡豪を予定されているFさんが今回のマテリアルを作成してくれました）

 

（３：後半はSさんがマテリアルを作成してくれました）

 

（４：この日も100名近い方が参加されました）

 

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《　今回のworkshop　》

 

○workshop参加人数：９９名（うち新人の方：８名）

 

○【前半】：” Change”をテーマとしたディスカッション

 

○【後半】：” How will you deal with river improvement problem in Arashiyama “というテーマでディスカッション

 

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＜英語サークル　E’s club　第７２回workshopのご案内＞

 

みなさまこんにちは、E’s club幹事のKです。第７２回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

今回は前半のマテリアルをFさん、後半のマテリアルをSさんにそれぞれご作成いただきました。

前半は”Change”、後半は”How will you deal with river improvement problem in Arashiyama?”というテーマでそれぞれディスカッションを行ないます。

[今週のマテリアル]

＜FIRST HALF＞

こんにちは。

今回前半のマテリアルを担当するFと申します。

 

今回は”Change”をトピックとして取り上げたいと思います。

“Change”と一口に言っても環境の変化など受動的に受け入れるもの、自ら意志を持って変えること、など人によってイメージするものは様々だと思います。

若干抽象的かもしれませんが、人生につきものの”Change”について皆さんのお考えを知りたいと思い、テーマとして取り上げました。

いろいろな考え、経験を交換し、楽しんでいただければ幸いです。

 

[Questions]

1. What do you feel/think first when you hear the word “change”?

 

2. Do you have anything which you decided/would like to change from the current situation?

If you have, pls expalin what it is and why you would like to change.

 

3. What would you like to be the same as it is now forever?

 

4. What is the biggest change which you have experienced in your life?

 

5. Which do you think is difficult, to change or to stay the same?

 

 

＜LATTER HALF＞

<Agenda>

How will you deal with river improvement problem in Arashiyama?

 

Question 1

What is characteristic of the Arashiyama scenery?

What’s different from other Japanese scenery?

 

Question 2

Typhoon 18th hit Arashiyama and brought devastating damage.

So, we must prevent the disaster like that in the future and we must improve river safety.

But, river improvement has bad effect in scenery.

Which do you stress safety or scenery?

Please share your idea and the reason why you think so.

 

Question 3

What are the merits and demerits of each opinion?

Are there some merits other than increasing safety when you choose plan stressed on safety?

Are there some merits other than preservation of scenery when you choose plan stressed on scenery?

 

Question 4

What is the best way to solve this problem in Arashiyama?

Generally, river improvement approaches are widening river width, deepening river and construction of levee.

 

 

I attached one reference that is the article of river improvement in Prague.

This is very useful to consider later material because this case is very similar with Arashiyama river improvement problem.

 

<Reference>

Bloomberg Businessweek ’ The Rebirth of Prague’s Vltava River ‘(July 28, 2010)

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2010/gb20100728_713160.htm#p1

 

In the 1990s, the city made a major investment into a new water treatment system. That and the phase-out of heavy industry led to a dramatic improvement in water quality, although progress has slowed recently. “Lately, the improvement has not been that fast. I think we’ve hit our technological limit,” Valek said. Still, he added, the Vltava is safe for swimming, and fishermen say new species are returning to the river.

 

But flood protection remained in the background, as was dramatically illustrated during the catastrophic flood of August 2002. Although mobile walls protected parts of the city’s Old Town, there was no protection for the ancient Lesser Town, across the river, and for the city’s many underground spaces, including the metro system. For weeks afterward, neighborhoods along the river were no-go areas, blacked out and guarded from looters by police and soldiers.

 

Sprawling Stromovka park, usually full of joggers and families, was under several meters of water.

 

From that destruction, however, came a rebirth and a commitment by the city to protect its riverside areas – a project to be completed by the end of this year. The city estimates that the final price tag will top 3 billion crowns (120 million euros).

 

In the Karlin district, once home to factories and cheap workers’ housing, old buildings have been renovated since the floods into offices and multi-use spaces. The Karlin theater, a large hall for musicals and operettas, was modernized after the 2002 flood, and about five years ago the city finished a flood barrier on the nearby riverbank. The system uses a combination of fixed walls and embankments as well as mobile walls.

 

These improvements, along with rising prosperity, have encouraged developers to take the riverside areas seriously once again, especially the heavily flood-damaged districts of Karlin, Liben, and Holesovice.

 

Among major projects planned or under way are the 340-apartment Prague Marina, developed by the Lighthouse Group, a German, Polish, Israeli, and Czech consortium; from 150 to 200 apartments, along with shops and offices, on Rohansky Island, to be developed by the Prague-based Sekyra Group; and The Dock, which is being developed by Crestyl, a group of U.S., Czech, and U.K. investors.

 

Benes, from the planning office, said the value of riverside land shot upward as most of the flood barriers were completed between 2002 and 2005. “Also, you can barely find an area of similar size and infrastructure amenities in Prague anymore.”

 

Radim Sayed, project manager for The Dock, agrees. “We believe it’s one of the few beautiful places left in Prague where construction on such a large scale is possible. The river makes it a very attractive area and it’s close to the center,” he said. “However, we only chose to build here because the flood protection had been finished.”

 

Sayed’s project will include about 350 flats, along with offices, shops, and restaurants on a tributary of the Vltava;
Crestyl expects to sink about 7.5 billion crowns into the development.

 

Sales have been slow, but Sayed attributes that to potential buyers’ reluctance during the downturn to pre-pay for flats, something hundreds of people – residents and foreign investors alike – were willing to do a few years ago in Prague.

 

The builders also must deal with the river’s industrial heritage. “Because there used to be heavily active docks for decades here, we’re expecting lots of scrap and probably also hazardous chemicals on the bottom of the river,” Sayed said, noting that the mud on the riverbed will have to be dredged.

 

 

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