A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the sudden
displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an
ocean. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater
explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices),
landslides, glacier calving, meteorite impacts and other
disturbances above or below water all have the potential to
generate a tsunami. These waves are very different from normal sea
waves, because their wavelength is far longer. Large events can
generate wave heights of tens of metres and therefore, although the
main impact of tsunamis is to coastal areas, their potential
destructive power is enormous and they can affect entire ocean
basins; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was among the deadliest
natural disasters in human history with over 230,000 people killed
in 14 countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Tsunami: from
fundamentals to mitigation comprises seven chapters, dealing with
the different aspects of the field. The first chapter deals with
the different types of tsunami and their historical data. Chapter 2
describes an inverse type solution to find a posteriori of the
tsunami waveform.One of the main problems with tsunamis, described
in Chapter 3, is how to assess the flooding they produce. Chapter 4
deals with the very important topic of Early Warning Systems.
Chapter 5 not only studies the behaviour of RC buildings under the
2011 Japanese Tsunami but puts forward a series of recommendations.
One of the most damaging aspects of Tsunamis is the damage to
infrastructure and building systems. Chapter 6 discusses this along
with providing guideline measures to take in the future. Finally
Chapter 7 studies the important problem of health and related
issues due to tsunami disasters.
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