Planning for tsunami: Reducing future losses through mitigation

Natural Hazards

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Eisner, Richard K ^a  

^a CISN and Earthquake Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal development; Land use planning; Tsunami risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

EID: 14944368517     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-2417-x     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. California Geological Survey: 1995, Planning Scenario in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California for a Great Earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. CDMG Pub. 115.
2. California Governor's Office of Emergency Services: 1998, Local Planning Guidance on Tsunami Response: A Supplement to the Emergency Planning Guidance for Local Governments. State of California, Oakland.
3. FEMA: 2002, Coastal Construction Manual, Third Edition. FEMA Publication 55 CD, available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, at www.fema.gov.
4. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: 2001, Designing for Tsunamis: Seven Principles for Planning and Designing for Tsunami Hazards. NOAA, J. Lawrence Mintier et al, Sacramento, CA, 60 pp. Available as a PDF file at: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/ links.html#multi, along with detailed technical background papers.