| 书目名称 | Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities | | 副标题 | The National Tsunami | | 编辑 | E. N. Bernard | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Focuses on the accomplishments of a single program in the US to reduce the impacts of tsunamis to threatened communities | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | As the world grieves over the catastrophic loss of humanity from the 26 December 2004 tsunami, we must resolve to learn from nature’s lessons. This issue provides a framework and a set of tools to develop communities that are resilient to tsunami. This collection of papers represents a starting point on our new journey toward a safer world. The history of tsunami hazard mitigation tracks well with the history of destructive tsunamis in the United States. Following the 1946 Alaska g- erated tsunami that killed 173 people in Hawaii, the Paci?c Tsunami Warning Center was established in Hawaii by a predecessor agency to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Following the 1960 Chilean tsunami that killed 1,000 people in Chile, 61 in Hawaii, and 199 in Japan, the United States formed the Joint Tsunami Research E?ort (JTRE) and sta?ed the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) in Hawaii. JTRE was formed to conduct research on tsunamis while ITIC, sponsored by the United Nations, was formed to coordinate tsunami warning e?orts of the Paci?c Countries. Many research and mitigation e?orts were focused on the distant tsunami problem. Following the 1964 Alaskan t | | 出版日期 | Book 2005 | | 关键词 | Coast; Ocean; coastal populations; coastlines; earthquake; earthquake prediction; earthquakes; submarine la | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3607-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-8905-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-3607-1 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005 |
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