Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned: Environmental and Societal Significance

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Tsunami and Earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture and Sanriku 2011–2012: An Overview....Pages 1-54
Assessment and Modeling of Dispersal Contamination Incoming with Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in Tsunami Affected Coastal Areas....Pages 55-88
Tsunami Inundation Modeling of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Using Three-Dimensional Building Data for Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan....Pages 89-98
Numerical Simulation of Coastal Sediment Transport by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Tsunami....Pages 99-112
NOAA’s Historical Tsunami Event Database, Raw and Processed Water Level Data, and Model Output Relevant to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami....Pages 113-127
Tsunami Simulations in the Western Pacific Ocean and East China Sea from the Great Earthquakes Along the Nankai-Suruga Trough....Pages 129-146
Impacts of Tsunami Events on Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macro-Invertebrate Assemblages of Marine Coastal Zones....Pages 147-159
Discussion About Tsunami Interaction with Fringing Coral Reef....Pages 161-176
Ecological Status of Sandy Beaches After Tsunami Events: Insights from Meiofauna Investigations After the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami, Sendai Bay, Japan....Pages 177-191
Impact of Tsunami Inundation on Soil Salinisation: Up to One Year After the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami....Pages 193-214
Estimating the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Height and Period from Boulders’ Distribution at Pakarang Cape, Thailand....Pages 215-223
A Note on Imbricated Granite Boulders on NW Penang Island, Malaysia: Tsunami or Storm Origin?....Pages 225-241
Effects of Tsunami Wave Erosion on Natural Landscapes: Examples from the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami....Pages 243-253
Concatenated Hazards: Tsunamis, Climate Change, Tropical Cyclones and Floods....Pages 255-270
Domino Effects and Industrial Risks: Integrated Probabilistic Framework – Case of Tsunamis Effects....Pages 271-307
Destruction Patterns and Mechanisms of Coastal Levees on the Sendai Bay Coast Hit by the 2011 Tsunami....Pages 309-320
Damage and Reconstruction After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami....Pages 321-334
Tsunami-Deck: A New Concept of Tsunami Vertical Evacuation System....Pages 335-345
Identifying Evacuees’ Demand of Tsunami Shelters Using Agent Based Simulation....Pages 347-358
Multiple Wave Arrivals Contribute to Damage and Tsunami Duration on the US West Coast....Pages 359-376
Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California’s Tsunami Policy Working Group....Pages 377-386
Preliminary 2013 Solomon Islands Earthquake and Tsunami Data Report and Historical Retrospective....Pages 387-398
2004 Tsunami in Southern Thailand, Lessons Learned for the Thai Communities....Pages 399-416
Understanding Challenges at the “Last-Mile” in Developing an Effective Risk Communication to Reduce People’s Vulnerability in Context of Tsunami Early Warning and Evacuation....Pages 417-433
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermath: Preliminary Assessment of Carbon Footprint of Housing Reconstruction....Pages 435-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-467