A short history of tsunami research and countermeasures in Japan

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Shuto, Nobuo ^a   Fujima, Koji ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal dikes; Comprehensive countermeasures; Hazard mitigation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HISTORY; JAPAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 74949128021     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.85.267     Document Type: Review

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