Overview
Written by three experts in coastal risks management, specifically for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Compares studies about previous tsunami damages to the ones from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Includes geomorphologic and land use factors to the risk assessment
Discusses the lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and discusses the disaster mitigation planning that can be drawn from these lessons
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book deals with the Tsunami intrusion in the lower plain in the Tohoku region and role played by the coastal and fluvial landforms in the damages. The land-use patterns and the recent urbanization has also been partly responsible for a risk level enhancement. The 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami has violently hit the coastal plain in the Tohoku and Kanto regions. The coastal geomorphology of these regions have played an important role in the impacts of this natural disaster. The authors introduce tectonic settings, explain and assess these different risks, and discuss future disaster prevention and mitigation planning.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Disaster and Coastal Geomorphology
Editors: Shigeko Haruyama, Toshihiko Sugai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33814-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33812-5Published: 06 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81609-8Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33814-9Published: 23 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 165
Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Geomorphology, Coastal Sciences