Tsunami events and lessons learned : environmental and societal significance /

Tsunami events and lessons learned : environmental and societal significance /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 467 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 1878-9897 ; volume 35 Advances in natural and technological hazards research ; v. 35.
Subject:	Indian Ocean Tsunami -- (2004) Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan : -- 2011) Tsunamis. Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. Tsunamis. Indian Ocean. Japan -- Tōhoku Region.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082149

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Other authors / contributors:	Kontar, Y. A., editor. Santiago-Fandiño, V. (Vincente), editor. Takahashi, Tomoyuki, editor.
ISBN:	9789400772694 9400772696 9400772688 9789400772687 9781306545259 1306545250 9789400772687
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 11, 2013).
Summary:	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 chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast, policy and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011 as well as the Central Pacific Ocean in 2012. The book is aimed at experts, scientists and decision makers as well as students seeking recent updated information, knowledge and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected by tsunamis.
Other form:	Print version: 9781306545259
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-94-007-7269-4

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Summary:	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). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011. The book is aimed at experts, scientists and decision makers seeking recent updated information, knowledge and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected by tsunamis.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 467 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789400772694 9400772696 9400772688 9789400772687 9781306545259 1306545250
ISSN:	1878-9897 ;