Tsunamis and earthquakes in coastal environments : significance and restoration /: significance and restoration. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: V. Santiago-Fandiño, H. Tanaka, M. Spiske, editors.
• Editors: Santiago-Fandiño, V (Vincente); Tanaka, H; Spiske, Michaela
• Contents: Revisiting the 2001 Peruvian Earthquake and Tsunami Impact along Camana Beach and the Coastline using Numerical Modeling and Satellite Imaging -- Long and Short-term Geomorphological Changes Caused by the AD 1755 Tsunami in Algarve (Portugal) -- Ecosystem Based Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesian Coastal Areas -- Post-tsunami Assessment of Coastal Vegetation, With the View to Protect Coastal Areas from Ocean Surges in Sri Lanka -- Shoreline and Coastal Morphological Changes Induced by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Katchal Island, Andaman and Nicobar? A Study Using Archived Satellite Images -- Mud Volcanoes in an Active Fore-arc Setting: A Case Study from the Makran Coastal Belt, SW Pakistan -- Response of Sheltered Coasts and Built-up Coasts in the Wake of Natural Hazards: The Aftermath of the December 2004 Tsunami, Tamil Nadu, India -- Characteristics of Shoreline Retreat Due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami and Its Recovery After Three Years -- Investigating the 2011 Tsunami Impact on the Teizan Canal and the Old River Mouth in Sendai Coast. Miyagi Prefecture, Japan -- Morphological Characteristics of River Mouths After the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture -- Post-tsunami Lagoon Morphology Restoration Sendai, Japan -- Minato River Reconstruction and Restoration -An Overview -- Tsunami Impacts on Eelgrass Beds and Acute Deterioration of Coastal Water Quality Due to the Damage of Sewage Treatment Plant in Matsushima Bay, Japan -- Effects of the Great East Japan Tsunami on Fish Populations and Ecosystem Recovery, The Natori River, Northeastern Japan.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.46/37; Earth sciences; Tsunamis; Earthquakes; Coasts; Geology; Oceanography; Ecology; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Coasts; Earthquakes; Tsunamis; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Natural disasters; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Oceanography (seas); Ecological science, the Biosphere; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319285283; 3319285289; 3319285262; 9783319285269
• Related ISBNs: 9783319285269
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 20, 2016).
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