Assessing tsunami vulnerability, an example from Herakleio, Crete

Recent tsunami have caused massive loss of life, destruction of coastal infrastructures and disruption to economic activity. To date, tsunami hazard studies have concentrated on determining the frequency and magnitude of events and in the production of simplistic flood maps. In general, such map...

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Main Authors: M. Papathoma, D. Dominey-Howes, Y. Zong, D. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/3/377/2003/nhess-3-377-2003.pdf