Megaquake : how Japan and the world should respond / Tetsuo Takashima ; translated and edited by Robert D. Eldridge.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publication details: Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781612346656
- 9781612346649
- HV551 .M443 2015
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) | G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE | Non-fiction | HV551.5.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn899158569 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Contents -- Translator's Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. A Megaquake in Tokyo -- 2. Problems That Will Emerge Following a Megaquake -- 3. Trench-Type Megaquakes -- 4. Tsunamis -- 5. Disaster Prevention and Reduction -- 6. What the Government of Japan Is Doing Now and Should Continue to Do in the Future -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y
In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild. Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond, by the prolific and award-winning writer Tetsuo Takashima five years before this disaster, appears here for the first time in English. This edition of Megaquake has been updated with additional information, including a new chapter coauthored by Robert D. Eldridge, translator and one of the key Am.
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