The importance of mangrove forest in tsunami disaster mitigation

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Osti, Rabindra ^a   Tanaka, Shigenobu ^a   Tokioka, Toshikazu ^a  

^a Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal community development; Disaster mitigation; Mangrove forest; Poverty; Storm surge; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TREE; TSUNAMI;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TIDAL WAVES; TREES;

EID: 59549102855     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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