"Civil Engineering, JSCE, 2007, Vol.44" is a collection of the articles selected from the monthly magazine "Civil Engineering." Considering interesting topics and timely issues in civil engineering for our international readers, the editors selected the articles among those published in the magazine during the year.

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Article 1(Vol.91, No.4)

Exploring Tokyo Bay: Present problems and future prospects of Tokyo Bay

1. Tokyo Bay ? The large foundation that supports the Tokyo metropolitan area

IKEMACHI Madoka, AKAGI Naohiro, TODA Tetsuya

2. Improvement of the aqueous environment in Tokyo Bay

HOSOKAWA Yasushi, FURUKAWA Keita

3. Disposing of waste in Tokyo Port

YOKOYAMA Hidenori

4. Strengthening disaster management functions in the Tokyo Metropolitan area

JIGE Osamu

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Article 2(Vol.91, No.6)

Japan's Increasingly Subtropical Climate: The Future of Civil Engineering Technology

Feature 2: Implications of an increasingly subtropical climate for civil engineering technology Chapter 1 Climatic damage and railroads: Railroads too, may operate with an eye on the sky

Makoto SHIMAMURA

Feature 2: Implications of an increasingly subtropical climate for civil engineering technology Chapter 2 Civil engineering materials and climate change

Sakae USHIJIMA

Feature 3: Response of Japan’s civil engineers How civil engineering can deal with Japan's increasingly subtropical climate

Toshio KOIKE

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Article 3(Vol.91, No.8)

Arabian nights are hot! The situation of civil engineering in the Mideast/Persian Gulf region Moving away from oil dependence

1. Development of Dubai and the situation of civil engineering

Hitoshi YAMAJI

2. Transportation plan for Doha, an aspiring world-class city:West Bay Area Transport Study

Junji SHIBATA

3. Lessons that Japanese engineers should learn:Survival in the Arab world

Katsumi TAMURA

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