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Additional authors

1. Kong, Laura S. L. (Laura Sau Lin)
2. Dunbar, Paula K.
3. Arcos, Nicolás (ITIC)
4. International Tsunami Information Center, publisher.

Description

1. 188 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 x 31 cm

Subject

1. Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System > Pacific Ocean > History
2. Natural disaster warning systems > Pacific Ocean > History
3. Tsunamis > Pacific Ocean > History
4. Tsunami hazard zones > Pacific Ocean
5. Emergency management > Pacific Ocean
6. Emergency management
7. Natural disaster warning systems
8. Tsunami hazard zones
9. Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
10. Tsunamis
11. Pacific Ocean

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Foreword -- Reflections. Canada ; Chile ; France ; Japan ; Russian Federation ; USA -- Personal reflections. Tsunamis and science / Hiroo Kanamori ; Tsunamis and science / Kenji Satake ; Tsunami warning / Charles McCreery ; Tsunami warning and mitigation / Eddie Bernard ; Tsunami warning and mitigation / George Pararas-Carayanis ; Tsunami preparedness / Fumihiko Imamura ; Tsunami preparedness / Laura Kong -- Key tsunami events -- Evolving the PTWS -- Science and Technology. Seismic monitoring, detection, & analysis ; Sea level monitoring and detection ; Forecast modelling ; Warning Communications ; Hazard risk assessment: looking back in history ; Hazard risk assessment: engineering stronger structures ; Hazard risk assessment: ports and harbors ; Policy ; Historical databases -- Disaster management and tsunami preparedness. Education and awareness ; Evacuation ; Exercises ; Training ; Media ; Indigenous knowledge -- Warning centers and organizations. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) ; International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO ; Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) ; National Tsunami Warning Centers and Systems ; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Tsunami Commission ; ICSU World Data System -- PTWS today and tomorrow -- Appendices.

Call number

1. JBG 17-20

Note

1. "This historic book commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission PTWS from 1965-2015, highlighting the dedication and contributions of 46 Member States in protecting lives and reducing property damage from destructive tsunamis."--back cover.
2. Associated conference: International Tsunami Symposium Commemorating 50th Anniversary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System "Making the Pacific Ready for the Tsunami Threat" held 20-21 April 2015, NOAA Inouye Regional Center, Ford Island, Oahu, Hawaii.
3. Shipping list no: 2015-0025-S.

Title

1. Pacific Tsunami Warning System : a half-century of protecting the Pacific 1965-2015 / editors: Laura Kong, Paula Dunbar, Nicolás Arcos.

Publisher

1. Honolulu, Hawaii : International Tsunami Information Center, 2015.

Distributor

1. Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Kong, Laura S. L. (Laura Sau Lin), editor.
2. Dunbar, Paula K., editor.
3. Arcos, Nicolás (ITIC), editor.
4. International Tsunami Information Center, publisher.

ISBN

1. 9780996257909
2. 099625790X

Gpo item no.

1. 0250-E-02

Sudoc no.

1. C 55.2:T 78/15

Research call number

1. JBG 17-20