Hazardous Seas: A Sociotechnical Framework for Early Tsunami Detection and Warning

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Comfort, Louise K., Editor.

Rahayu, Harkunti P., Editor.

Karnawati, Dwikorita, Author of introduction, etc.

Riza, Ir. Hammam, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

Island Press 2023

Summary:

Tsunamis are infrequent but terrifying hazards for coastal communities. Difficult to predict, they materialize with little warning, claiming thousands of lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. Now a groundbreaking new approach to tsunami detection and warning developed by an international team of researchers that relies on low-cost underwater sensors and networks of smartphone communication gives at-risk coastal communities an economically viable, scientifically sound means to protect themselves. Hazardous Seas, edited by disaster preparedness experts Louise K. Comfort and Harkunti P. Rahayu, is a guide for policy makers and international NGOs looking to save lives from tsunamis and mitigate crippling damage to communities.

ISBN:

9781642831641

1642831646