EVACUATION BEHAVIOR AND FATALITY DURING THE 2011 TOHOKU TSUNAMI

The 2011 Great East Japan earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves, causing disastrous damages in a vast area and took more than 18,000 lives. Despite the unprecedented disaster, some of the buildings and concrete bridges located in tsunami-inundated areas survived and functioned as effective she...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nam-Yi Yun, Masanori Hamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tsunami Society International 2014-10-01
Series:Science of Tsunami Hazards
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Online Access:http://www.tsunamisociety.org/333Yun&Hamada.pdf