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Tsunamis : economic impact, disaster management and future challenges /
For most of us, the impression of the word ""tsunami"" is a combination of multiple elements of action movie, thriller, drama and science fiction, which can only be experienced through movies such as ""The Poseidon Adventure"", ""The Impossible"...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""TSUNAMIS: ECONOMIC IMPACT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES""; ""TSUNAMIS: ECONOMIC IMPACT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: EMERGENCY AND DISASTER POINT-OF-CARE TESTING IN SOUTHERN THAILAND AND PHANG NGA PROVINCE: TSUNAMI IMPACT, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, GEOSPATIAL PREPAREDNESS, AND FUTURE RESILIENCE ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ACUTE RESPONSE�KRABI, PHANG NGA, PHUKET, AND TRANG PROVINCES""; ""RECOVERY AND ADAPTATION""
- ""NEEDS ASSESSMENT�PHANG NGA PROVINCE""""CONCLUSION""; ""EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: ADAPTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: A BOTTOM-UP EMPOWERMENT PROJECT IN THE COASTAL SUBSIDED AREA OF TAIWAN""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW OF DONGSHI TOWNSHIP IN CHIAYI""; ""LAND SUBSIDENCE""; ""FLOODS IN LOW-LYING AREA""; ""INDUSTRIAL DECLINE AND SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION""; ""PUBLIC PARTICIPATION""; ""CONCLUSION: ONGOING EFFORTS SINCE 2012""; ""FUTURE CHALLENGES""; ""REFERENCES""
- ""Chapter 3: MIXING AND SEDIMENT PROCESSES INDUCED BY TSUNAMIS PROPAGATING UPRIVER""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FIELD OBSERVATIONS""; ""BASIC THEORY""; ""APPLICATION""; ""TURBULENT MIXING IN BORES PROPAGATING UPRIVER: THE EXPERIENCE WITH TIDAL BORES""; ""SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES IN BORES PROPAGATING UPRIVER""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: ""WHAT- ME WORRY?"" ""WHY SO SERIOUS?"" A PERSONAL VIEW ON THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""QUESTIONS""; ""QUANTIFYING RADIOLOGICAL EVENTS""
- ""ESTIMATING CORE DAMAGE FREQUENCY""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Chapter 5: FUTURE ROLE OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ENERGY DISPATCH OPTIMIZATION UNDER EMERGENCY OF TSUNAMIS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CURRENT MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR TSUNAMI""; ""MOTIVATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ENERGY DISPATCH OPTIMIZATION FOR TSUNAMIS""; ""MOTIVATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ENERGY DISPATCH OPTIMIZATION FOR TSUNAMIS""; ""METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK""; ""APPLICATION DEMONSTRATION""; ""CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""