Tsunami: Progress in Prediction, Disaster Prevention and Warning
By: edited by Yoshito Tsuchiya, Nobuo Shuto
Contributors: Shuto, Nobuo
Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research -- 4; Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research -- 4
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9789048145539; 9789401585651
Subjects: Geography; Hydraulic engineering; Physical geography
Description: The Sixteenth International Tsunami Symposium, TSUNAMI ¿93, drew more than 150 scientists, engineers and specialists in tsunami research and disaster mitigation from 13 countries. The leading contributions to the symposium, selected after a rigorous reviewing process, are presented here under three broad headings: - Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Inundation: Their Prediction and Simulation. - Tsunami Disasters: Their Prevention and Mitigation. - Tsunami Observations, and Warning Systems and Plans for Improvement. Audience: Scientists, engineers and graduate students interested in the prediction of earthquakes and tsunamis, tsunami disasters and their prevention and mitigation. Professionals in the field of coastal management and protection.
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