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