TSUNAMI: TO SURVIVE FROM TSUNAMI (V32): To Survive from Tsunami

by Tomotsuka Takayama, Susumu Murata, Fumihiko Imamura, Kazumasa Katoh, Yoshiaki Kawata

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814338530
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/20/2009
Series:	ADVANCED SERIES ON OCEAN ENGINEERING , #32
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	9 MB

Table of Contents

Foreword v

Editorial Staffs and Authors ix

Prologue 1

Part I How to Survive a Tsunami 7

1 Examples of Tsunamis and Tsunami Disasters 9

1.1 Case Studies of Actual Tsunami Disasters 9

1.2 Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster 13

1.3 Hokkaido Nansei-oki Earthquake Tsunami Disaster (Japan, 1993) 56

1.4 Case Study - What Separated Life and Death? 65

1.5 Damage to Buildings 76

1.6 Damage by Ships and Other Floating Objects 88

2 Knowledge for Tsunami Survival 101

2.1 Tsunamis and the Coast 101

2.2 Tsunami Currents and the Danger to Humans 120

2.3 How Houses are Washed Away 133

2.4 Effect of Natural Objects 150

2.5 Effect of Artificial Structures 158

3 Prevention and Mitigation of Tsunami Disasters 177

3.1 Viewpoint of Disaster Prevention (Preparedness) 177

3.2 Countermeasures by Hardware 188

3.3 Countermeasures by Software 200

3.4 Transmission of Experience and Education 211

3.5Regional Efforts to Implement Comprehensive Tsunami Countermeasures 225

Part II Tsunami Behavior and Forecasting 241

4 Occurrence and Amplification of Tsunamis 243

4.1 Mechanism of Tsunami Occurrence 243

4.2 Amplification and Attenuation of Tsunamis at Coast 250

4.3 Tsunami Run-up and Wave Force 260

5 Tsunami Simulations and Forecasting Systems 281

5.1 Tsunami Simulations 281

5.2 Tsunami Forecasting Systems and Their Evolution 284

5.3 Future of Tsunami Forecasting Systems 293

Epilogue 297

Index 299