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Handbook of coastal disaster mitigation for engineers and planners /
The world{u2019}s population is expected to increase to over 8 billion by 2020. About 60% of the total population of the world lives in coastal areas and 65% of the cities with a population of over 2.5 million are located in coastal areas. Written by an international panel of experts in the fields o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Front Cover""; ""Handbook of Coastal Disaster Mitigation for Engineers and Planners""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Lessons fron the Last 10 Years of Coastal Disasters""; ""1. From the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami to the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan Storm Surge""; ""References""; ""Part I: Analysis of Recent Disasters""; ""Chapter 1: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Methodology and Description of Basic Tsunami Parameters""; ""3. Surveys in Sri Lanka (Shibayama et al., 2006)""
- ""4. Surveys in Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Shibayama et al., 2006)""""5. Discussion""; ""6. Summary and Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: 2005 Storm Surge by Hurricane Katrina""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Survey Results of JSCE Team (Shibayama et al., 2006)""; ""2.1. Interviews with Residents in Waveland""; ""2.2. Field Survey in Northeast Part of New Orleans""; ""2.3. Field Survey Along the Lower Parts of the Mississippi Delta""; ""2.4. Field Surveys in Gulfport""; ""2.5. Field Surveys at Biloxi""; ""2.6. Investigation in Gautier and Graveline Bay""; ""3. Discussion and Conclusions""
- ""Chapter 4: Storm Surge Due to 2008 Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and Post-cyclone Preparedness Activities""""1. Introduction""; ""2. Cyclone Nargis and Field Surveys""; ""2.1. Overview of Cyclone Nargis""; ""2.2. Post Cyclone Field Surveys""; ""3. Numerical Simulation""; ""3.1. Calculation Condition""; ""4. Results""; ""4.1. Cyclone Track and Intensity""; ""4.2. Storm Surge due to Present and Future Potential Cyclone""; ""5. Post Nargis Disaster Management Preparedness in Myanmar""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""References""
- ""Chapter 5: Tsunami Disasters in Remote Islands: 2009 Samoan and 2010 Mentawai Islands Tsunamis""""1. Introduction""; ""2. Field Survey of the 2009 Samoan Islands Tsunami""; ""2.1. Satitoa, Upolu Island""; ""2.2. Ulutogia, Upolu Island""; ""2.3. Poutasi, Upolu Island""; ""2.4. Maninoa, Upolu Island""; ""2.5. Saanapu, Upolu Island""; ""2.6. Faleaseela, Upolu Island""; ""2.7. Poloa, Tutuila Island""; ""2.8. Amanave, Tutuila Island""; ""3. Field Survey of the 2010 Mentawai Islands Tsunami""; ""3.1. Bosua""; ""3.2. Old-Gobik""; ""3.3. Masokut""; ""3.4. Bere-Berilou""; ""4. Discussion""