Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned Environmental and Societal Significance /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kontar, Y.A (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Santiago-Fandiño, V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Takahashi, T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 35
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Environmental sciences.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events) and other conferences. The cha...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Foreword
• 1. The Tsunami and Earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture and Sanriku  2011-2012 - An Overview
• 2. Assessment and Modeling of  Dispersal Contamination Incoming with Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in Tsunami Affected Coastal Areas
• 3. Tsunami Inundation Modeling of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Using Three-dimensional Building Data for Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
• 4. Numerical Simulation of Coastal Sediment Transport by the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake Tsunami
• 5. NOAA’s Historical Tsunami Event Database, Raw and Processed Water Level Data, and Model Output Relevant to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
• 6. Tsunami Simulations in the Western Pacific Ocean and East China Sea from the Great Earthquakes along the Nankai-Suruga Trough
• 7. Impacts of Tsunami Events on Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macro-invertebrate Assemblages of Marine Coastal Zones
• 8. Discussion about Tsunami Interaction with Fringing Coral Reef
• 9. Ecological Status of Sandy Beaches After Tsunami Events – Insights From Meiofauna Investigations After The 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami, Sendai, Japan
• 10. Impact of Tsunami Inundation on Soil Salinisation – Up to one Year after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami
• 11. Estimating the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Height and Period from Boulders’ Distribution at Pakarang Cape, Thailand
• 12. A Note on Imbricated Granite Boulders on NW Penang Island, Malaysia-Tsunami or Storm Origin?
• 13. Effects of Tsunami Wave Erosion on Natural Landscapes: Examples from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami
• 14. Concatenated Hazards: Tsunamis, Climate Change, Tropical Cyclones and Floods
• 15. Domino Effects and Industrial Risks: Integrated Probabilistic Framework – Case of Tsunamis Effects
• 16. Destruction Patterns and Mechanisms of Coastal Levees on the Sendai Bay Coast Hit by the 2011 Tsunami
• 17. Damage and Reconstruction after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami
• 18. Tsunami-Deck: A New Concept of Tsunami Vertical Evacuation System
• 19. Identifying Evacuees' Demand of Tsunami Shelters Using Agent Based Simulation
• 20. Multiple Wave Arrivals Contribute to Damage and Tsunami Duration on the US West Coast
• 21. Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California's Tsunami Policy Working Group
• 22. Preliminary 2013 Solomon Islands Tsunami Data Report and Historical Retrospective
• 23. 2004 Tsunami in Southern Thailand, Lessons Learned for the Thai Communities
• 24. Understanding Challenges at the “Last-Mile” in developing an Effective Risk Communication to Reduce People’s Vulnerability in  Context of  Tsunami Early Warning and Evacuation
• 25. The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermath: Preliminary Assessment of Carbon Footprint of Housing Reconstruction
• Index.