Natural hazards in the Asia-Pacific region : recent advances and emerging concepts

Cover......Page 1
Natural Hazards in the Asia–Pacific Region......Page 2
Natural Hazards in the Asia–Pacific Region:Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts......Page 4
ISBN 978-1-86239-339-4......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Living with natural hazards in the Asia–Pacific region......Page 7
The special vulnerability of Asia–Pacific islands to natural hazards......Page 9
Flood generation during the SW monsoon season\rin northern Thailand......Page 13
Marine inundation hazards in French Polynesia:\rgeomorphic impacts of Tropical Cyclone Oli in February 2010......Page 27
Records of submarine natural hazards off SW Taiwan......Page 47
Bedding structures in Indian tsunami deposits that provide clues\rto the dynamics of tsunami inundation......Page 67
Tsunami hazard related to a flank collapse of Anak Krakatau\rVolcano, Sunda Strait, Indonesia......Page 85
An examination of hazard communication logs and public response\rduring the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that impacted Hilo, Hawaii......Page 97
Towards better design and management of tsunami evacuation routes:\ra case study of Ao Jak Beach Road......Page 113
GIS-based techniques for assessing the vulnerability of buildings\rto tsunami: current approaches and future steps......Page 121
Impacts, recovery and resilience of Thai tourist coasts to the 2004\rIndian Ocean Tsunami......Page 133
Earthquake catastrophe models in disaster response planning,\rrisk mitigation and financing in developing countries in Asia......Page 145
Geological hazards of SW Natib Volcano, site of the\rBataan Nuclear Power Plant, the Philippines......Page 157
Influence of the institutional and socio-economic context for\rresponding to disasters: case study of the 1994 and 2006 eruptions\rof the Merapi Volcano, Indonesia......Page 177
Exploratory spatial analysis of typhoon characteristics\rin the North Pacific basin......Page 193
Geovisualization of tropical cyclone behaviour in the South Pacific......Page 201
The value of a Pacific-wide tsunami database to risk\rreduction: putting theory into practice......Page 215
Index......Page 227
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