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

✍ Scribed by Eddie N. Bernard (auth.), E. N. Bernard (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 185
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Tsunamis remain an ever-present threat to lives and property along the coasts of most of the world’s oceans. Because of the geographical extent of U.S. coastlines, an earthquake in Alaska can generate a local tsunami for Alaskans and, hours later, a distant tsunami for communities in Hawaii and along the Pacific Coast . This volume chronicles the development and accomplishments of a joint State/Federal partnership that was forged to reduce tsunami hazards along U.S. coastlines – the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. By integrating hazard assessment, warning guidance, and mitigation activities, the program has created a roadmap and a set of tools to develop communities more resilient to local and distant tsunamis. Among the set of tools are tsunami forecasting, educational experiments, early alerting systems, and design guidance for tsunami-resilient communities. Part of this book has already been published in a recent journal issue.

✦ Table of Contents

The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership....Pages 5-24
The NTHMP Tsunameter Network....Pages 25-39
Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions....Pages 41-58
The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program....Pages 59-72
Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center....Pages 73-88
Progress in NTHMP Hazard Assessment....Pages 89-110
Local Tsunami Warning in the Pacific Coastal United States....Pages 111-119
Planning for Tsunami-Resilient Communities....Pages 121-139
The Role of Education in the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program....Pages 141-153
Planning for Tsunami: Reducing Future Losses Through Mitigation....Pages 155-162
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) — A Coastal Solution to Tsunami Alert and Notification....Pages 163-171
Measuring Tsunami Preparedness in Coastal Washington, United States....Pages 173-184

✦ Subjects

Applied Geosciences; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Social Sciences, general; Science Education; Oceanography