Raised Beds vs. Raised Row

I have been doing a lot of reading on the Internet about the benefits of using raised beds over a raised row when it comes to making plots in the garden. Raised bed is really good especially with people like me with a back problem and because of ageing ha-ha-ha. As much as I would like to have a raised bed in the new hill garden because of its advantages, it's just not possible at this time. You see, we are currently building the 4th unit in our rental apartment and that is our priority project for now. In the meantime, I will have to contend myself with using raised rows instead of raised beds for now. The raised rows that we made on the higher portion of the garden is not going up and down the hill but rather, it goes across the hill. This should help to prevent soil erosion and the rain water will soak into the soil instead of it running off downhill. In some areas with a gentle slope, we had to make a short terrace just to contain the soil. We made some provisions for the excess rain water that comes from the north which is on higher ground, to drain on the left side where there is a canal instead of it going downhill to the south where it previously eroded the retaining wall. I just hope that we will not be visited by another strong typhoon again so as not to aggravate the problem. It is still the rainy season here and the Weather Bureau people are saying that it could be rainy until the early part of next year. I hope that this will not happen because I am looking forward to doing some vegetable gardening pretty soon.