Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami

The book is organized into two parts: the first part covers (i) the precious lessons obtained from recent actual tsunami disasters including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, (ii) fundamental knowledge of tsunami for our survival, and (iii) concludes the lessons learnt and listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation for saving human lives. The second part presents tsunami from academic perspective in two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and forecasting of tsunami.

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• Authors: Fumihiko Imamura, Imamura Fumihiko, Kazumasa Katoh, Katoh Kazumasa, Yoshiaki Kawata, Susumu Murata, Murata Susumu, Shigeo Takahashi, Takahashi Shigeo, Tomotsuka Takayama, Takayama Tomotsuka, Kazumasa Katoh Fumi Tomotsuka Takayama
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2018
• EAN: 9789813239388
• ISBN: 978-981-3239-38-8
• Series: Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering; Advanced Ocean Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Earthquake, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Natural disasters, Coastlines