Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned Environmental and Societal Significance /

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) and other conferences. The cha...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kontar, Y.A (Editor ), Santiago-Fandiño, V. (Editor ), Takahashi, T. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 35
Temas:
Natural disasters.
Environment.
Water.
Hydrology.
Natural Hazards.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1. The Tsunami and Earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture and Sanriku  2011-2012 - An Overview
  • 2. Assessment and Modeling of  Dispersal Contamination Incoming with Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in Tsunami Affected Coastal Areas
  • 3. Tsunami Inundation Modeling of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Using Three-dimensional Building Data for Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
  • 4. Numerical Simulation of Coastal Sediment Transport by the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake Tsunami
  • 5. NOAA's Historical Tsunami Event Database, Raw and Processed Water Level Data, and Model Output Relevant to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
  • 6. Tsunami Simulations in the Western Pacific Ocean and East China Sea from the Great Earthquakes along the Nankai-Suruga Trough
  • 7. Impacts of Tsunami Events on Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macro-invertebrate Assemblages of Marine Coastal Zones
  • 8. Discussion about Tsunami Interaction with Fringing Coral Reef
  • 9. Ecological Status of Sandy Beaches After Tsunami Events - Insights From Meiofauna Investigations After The 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami, Sendai, Japan
  • 10. Impact of Tsunami Inundation on Soil Salinisation - Up to one Year after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami
  • 11. Estimating the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Height and Period from Boulders' Distribution at Pakarang Cape, Thailand
  • 12. A Note on Imbricated Granite Boulders on NW Penang Island, Malaysia-Tsunami or Storm Origin?
  • 13. Effects of Tsunami Wave Erosion on Natural Landscapes: Examples from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami
  • 14. Concatenated Hazards: Tsunamis, Climate Change, Tropical Cyclones and Floods
  • 15. Domino Effects and Industrial Risks: Integrated Probabilistic Framework - Case of Tsunamis Effects
  • 16. Destruction Patterns and Mechanisms of Coastal Levees on the Sendai Bay Coast Hit by the 2011 Tsunami
  • 17. Damage and Reconstruction after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami
  • 18. Tsunami-Deck: A New Concept of Tsunami Vertical Evacuation System
  • 19. Identifying Evacuees' Demand of Tsunami Shelters Using Agent Based Simulation
  • 20. Multiple Wave Arrivals Contribute to Damage and Tsunami Duration on the US West Coast
  • 21. Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California's Tsunami Policy Working Group
  • 22. Preliminary 2013 Solomon Islands Tsunami Data Report and Historical Retrospective
  • 23. 2004 Tsunami in Southern Thailand, Lessons Learned for the Thai Communities
  • 24. Understanding Challenges at the "Last-Mile" in developing an Effective Risk Communication to Reduce People's Vulnerability in  Context of  Tsunami Early Warning and Evacuation
  • 25. The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermath: Preliminary Assessment of Carbon Footprint of Housing Reconstruction
  • Index.

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