Coastal Disaster Surveys and Assessment for Risk Mitigation

ISBN-13: 9780367741280 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 392 str.

Opis

This covers the essentials of coastal disaster management, for students and engineers. It outlines recent field surveys of tsunamis and storm surges, with measurements of flood heights, distributions of structural destruction, testimonies, and numerical simulations and practical trials, for effective coastal disaster mitigation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction – What Are Coastal Disasters? 2. Field Surveys of Tsunami Disasters around the World 3. Field Surveys of Storm Surge Disasters around the World 4. High Wave Attacks and Coastal Flood - Case Studies from Japan 5. Mechanics of Tsunamis and Storm Surges - The Driving Forces and Hydrodynamics 6. Mechanisms of Disasters and the Damage to Coastal Settlements 7. Numerical Simulations and Future Predictions 8. Disaster Mitigation and Protection of Residents 9. Case Reports of Selected Countries