TSUNAMI - TO SURVIVE FROM TSUNAMI (V32)

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 three chapters on how to survive a tsunami by i) describing precious lessons obtained from actual tsunami disasters, ii) imparting fundamental knowledge of tsunami science for survival, and iii) listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation. The second part provides more detailed scientific knowledge on tsunamis and consists two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and tsunami forecasting.

List of contents

Tsunamis and Their Disasters; Knowledge for Tsunami Survival; Prevention and Mitigation of Tsunami Disasters; Occurrence and Amplification of Tsunamis; Tsunami Simulations and Forecasting Systems.

Product details

• Authors: Fumihiko Imamura, Kazumasa Katoh, Yoshiaki Kawata, Susumu Murata, Fumihiko Imamura Et Al Susumu Murata, Shigeo Tahashi, Tomotsuka Takayama
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2009
• EAN: 9789814277488
• ISBN: 978-981-4277-48-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Series: Advanced Ocean Engineering
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)