TSUNAMI MITIGATION IN HAWAI`I

Hawai`i has a long, though sporadic history of deadly tsunami attacks.Since the 1946 tsunami disaster the State of Hawaii has developed increasingly sophisticated and effective mitigation strategies. The evolution and operation of these strategies is described in this paper. Tsunamis will no longer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George D. Curtis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsunami Society International 2008-01-01
Series:Science of Tsunami Hazards
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Online Access:http://tsunamisociety.org/274Curtis.pdf