Vegetation bioshields for tsunami mitigation: Review of effectiveness, limitations, construction, and sustainable management

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Tanaka, Norio ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Forest structures; Integrated management system; Participation and support of local authorities; Tsunami protection

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 59149097811     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-008-0058-z     Document Type: Review

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