Planning for tsunami: Reducing future losses through mitigation

Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities: The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

Volumn , Issue , 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

EID: 84891454800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3607-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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.