Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
Editors: Kawase, Hiroshi (Ed.)
Free Preview- Covers the different disciplines involved in investigating the disaster resulting from the Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan Earthquake of 2011
- Presents detailed research findings for various aspects of the Tohoku disaster to initiate further detailed studies in order to prevent/mitigate similar disasters in future
- Leading researchers in their respective fields provide in-depth specific investigations
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The Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011, officially designated the “Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan Earthquake” by the Japan Meteorological Agency caused an unprecedentedly severe disaster in the northeastern part (Tohoku) of the Japanese island of Honshu. This first volume of the series Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI Reports covers various aspects of investigations of scientific findings as well as issues related to the disaster and the subsequent evacuation necessitated by the earthquake. The series presents recent advances in natural disaster sciences and mitigation technologies developed in Japan, which will be valuable for the mitigation of disasters of a similar kind resulting from future events around the world.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-2
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Coseismic Deformations of the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Triggered Events Derived from ALOS/PALSAR
Pages 3-15
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Source Process of the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
Pages 17-36
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Field Survey of the Damage Caused by the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami
Pages 37-48
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Revisiting the Concept of Tsunami Tendenko: Tsunami Evacuation Behavior in the Great East Japan Earthquake
Pages 49-63
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Studies on the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake
- Editors
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- Hiroshi Kawase
- Series Title
- Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI reports
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Japan
- eBook ISBN
- 978-4-431-54418-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-4-431-54418-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-4-431-54417-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-4-431-56355-6
- Series ISSN
- 2196-4394
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 196
- Number of Illustrations
- 31 b/w illustrations, 120 illustrations in colour
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