A method for estimating casualties due to the tsunami inundation flow

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-274

  Koshimura, Shunichi ^a   Katada, Toshitaka ^b   Mofjeld, Harold O ^c   Kawata, Yoshiaki ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casualty; Evacuation; Inundation flow; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; TSUNAMI;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33947325128     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0027-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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