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TSUNAMI: TO SURVIVE FROM TSUNAMI: 32
Author(s): TAKAYAMA TOMOTSUKA ET AL (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
- Publication Date: 20 Dec. 2009
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 316 pages
- ISBN-10: 9814277479
- ISBN-13: 9789814277471
Book Description
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.
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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.
