Natural Disaster and Coastal Geomorphology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haruyama, Shigeko (Editor), Sugai, Toshihiko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Coasts.; Geomorphology.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Coastal Sciences.

This book deals with the Tsunami intrusion in the lower plain in the Tohoku region and role played by the coastal and fluvial landforms in the damages. The land-use patterns and the recent urbanization has also been partly responsible for a risk level enhancement. The 2011 East Japan Earthquake and...