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Tsunami : to survive from tsunami /
This book provides comprehensive scientific information and knowledge survival tips on how to survive a tsunami. It is especially useful to those living (or about to live) in tsunami-prone areas, and to travelers who may visit such areas. The book is composed of two parts: the first consisting of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Advanced series on ocean engineering ;
v. 32. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. How to survive a tsunami. 1. Examples of tsunamis and tsunami disasters. 1.1. Case studies of actual tsunami disasters. 1.2. Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. 1.3. Hokkaido Nansei-oki earthquake tsunami disaster (Japan, 1993). 1.4. Case study
- what separated life and death? 1.5. Damage to buildings. 1.6. Damage by ships and other floating objects. 2. Knowledge for tsunami survival. 2.1. Tsunamis and the coast. 2.2. Tsunami currents and the danger to humans. 2.3. How houses are washed away. 2.4. Effect of natural objects. 2.5. Effect of artificial structures. 3. Prevention and mitigation of tsunami disasters. 3.1. Viewpoint of disaster prevention (preparedness). 3.2. Countermeasures by hardware. 3.3. Countermeasures by software. 3.4. Transmission of experience and education. 3.5. Regional efforts to implement comprehensive tsunami countermeasures
- pt. II. Tsunami behavior and forecasting. 4. Occurrence and amplification of tsunamis. 4.1. Mechanism of tsunami occurrence. 4.2. Amplification and attenuation of tsunamis at coast. 4.3. Tsunami run-up and wave force. 5. Tsunami simulations and forecasting systems. 5.1. Tsunami simulations. 5.2. Tsunami forecasting systems and their evolution. 5.3. Future of tsunami forecasting systems.