Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bernard, E. N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Science education.; Nature.; Environment.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Social Sciences, general.; Science Education.

Tsunamis remain an ever-present threat to lives and property along the coasts of most of the world’s oceans. Because of the geographical extent of U.S. coastlines, an earthquake in Alaska can generate a local tsunami for Alaskans and, hours later, a distant tsunami for communities in Hawaii and alon...

Table of Contents:

• The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership
• The NTHMP Tsunameter Network
• Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions
• The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
• Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• Progress in NTHMP Hazard Assessment
• Local Tsunami Warning in the Pacific Coastal United States
• Planning for Tsunami-Resilient Communities
• The Role of Education in the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
• Planning for Tsunami: Reducing Future Losses Through Mitigation
• NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) — A Coastal Solution to Tsunami Alert and Notification
• Measuring Tsunami Preparedness in Coastal Washington, United States.