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Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 13 000
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Tsunami: To Survive From Tsunami (Hardcover)
Series: Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering, 32
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This book provides comprehensive scientific information and
knowledge survival tips on how to survive a tsunami. It is
especially useful to those living (or about to live) in
tsunami-prone areas, and to travelers who may visit such areas. The
book is composed of two parts: the first consisting of three
chapters on how to survive a tsunami by (i) describing precious
lessons obtained from actual tsunami disasters, (ii) imparting
fundamental knowledge of tsunami science for survival, and (iii)
listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation. The second part
provides more detailed scientific knowledge on tsunamis and
consists two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism
and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation
and tsunami forecasting. This book has been awarded the 2009 Book
of the Year Award by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
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