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Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned: Environmental and Societal Significance

By Vicente Santiago-Fandiño (auth.) , Y.A. Kontar , V. Santiago-Fandiño , T. Takahashi (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2014
ISBN
978-94-007-7268-7, 978-94-007-7269-4
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-7269-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22939272 bytes)
Series
Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research 35
Edition
1
Pages
467\472
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Natural Hazards; Environmental Science and Enginee

Description

This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011. The book is aimed at experts, scientists and decision makers seeking recent updated information, knowledge and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected by tsunamis.

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