Tsunami
Subtitle: from fundamentals to damage mitigation
By: edited by S. Mambretti
Series: Safety & security engineering series; Safety & security engineering series
Publisher: WIT Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Southampton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781845647704; 9781845647711
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Tsunamis; Tsunami damage; Tsunami relief; Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System; Tsunami Warning System
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Tsunami: from the open sea to the coastal zone and beyond / H. Regnauld; title: 1. Premise; title: 2. Genesis of a tsunami; title: 3. Evidence of the impacts of tsunami; title: 3.1. Offshore evidence; title: 3.2. Evidence on the coastal plain; title: 3.3. Evidence on the beach dune system; title: 3.4. Evidence on rocky coasts; title: 4. Field evidence and risk assessment; title: Acknowledgments; title: References; title: ch. 2 An inverse algorithm for reconstructing an initial Tsunami waveform / Tatyana Voronina; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Statement of the problem; title: 3. Inverse method; title: 4.r-solution; title: 5. Discretization of the problem; title: 6. Numerical experiments: description and discussion; title: 7. Conclusion; title: Acknowledgements; title: References; title: ch. 3 Tsunami maximum flooding assessment in GIS environment / D. Capolongo; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Coastal geomorphology; title: 3. Materials and methods; title: 4. Tsunami height and manning number; title: 5. The flooding area assessment; title: 6. Discussion and conclusions; title: Acknowledgements; title: References; title: ch. 4 Tsunami early warning coordination centres / A.N. Beard; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2.A systemic disaster management system model; title: 2.1. The basic structural organization of the model; title: 2.2. System 2: early warning coordination centre; title: 3. Modelling EWCC for the case of an Indian Ocean Country; title: 4. Conclusions and future work; title: Acknowledgements; title: Annexure A; title: References; title: ch. 5 RC buildings performance under the 2011 great East Japan Tsunami / C. Cuadra; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Characteristics of the earthquake and tsunami; title: 2.1. Tsunami source; title: 3. Damages due to tsunami; title: 3.1. Selected area; title: 3.2. Damages on buildings; title: 3.2.1. Damages on wooden houses; title: 3.2.2. Damages on steel structures; title: 3.2.3. Damages on RC structures; title: 4. Conclusions; title: References; title: ch. 6 Infrastructure maintenance and disaster prevention measures on Islands: example of the Izu Islands near Tokyo / T. Murata; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Outlines of Izu Islands; title: 3. Population, aging, and industrial structures of Izu Islands; title: 4. Land uses, infrastructures, and tourism of Izu Islands; title: 5. Living standards and environmental hygiene in Izu Islands; title: 6. Disaster prevention measures; title: 7. Conclusions; title: References; title: ch. 7 Health-related impacts of Tsunami disasters / Mark E. Keim; title: 1. Background nature of tsunamis; title: 1.1. Definition; title: 1.2. Causes of tsunamis; title: 1.3. The physics of tsunami phenomenon; title: 2. Scope and relative importance of tsunamis; title: 3. Factors that contribute to the tsunami problem; title: 4. Factors affecting tsunami occurrence and severity; title: 5. Public health impact: historical perspective; title: 6. Factors influencing mortality and morbidity; title: 6.1. Mortality trends; title: 6.2. Tsunami-associated illness and injury; title: 6.3. Infectious diseases; title: 6.4. Worsening of chronic diseases; title: 6.5. Psychosocial consequences; title: 7. Conclusion; title: Disclaimer.