Tsunami Risk Management in the Context of the Pacific Islands

Tsunami Risk Management in the Context of the Pacific Islands

Tsunamis can be devastating. The 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tohoku disasters provide frightening examples of the power of tsunamis. The Pacific has long been recognized as a place where tsunamis occur - the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' (PRF) co...

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Main Authors:	Dominey-Howes, Dale, Goff, James
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE BATHYMETRY BREEDING GROUNDS CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE COAST COASTAL COMMUNITIES COASTAL ZONES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER SITUATIONS DISASTERS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY PLANNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SERVICES ERUPTION EVACUATION FIRE FLOOD FLOODING HURRICANES ISLAND LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS OCEAN RIDGES OCEANOGRAPHERS ORANGE PACIFIC OCEAN PHYSICAL DAMAGE PUBLIC SAFETY RECONSTRUCTION RESCUE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK EXPOSURE SAFETY SEA SEA FLOOR SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SEDIMENTS SURVIVORS TECTONIC PLATE TOPOGRAPHY TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES WATER DEPTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14617117/tsunami-risk-management-context-pacific-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10085

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Summary:	Tsunamis can be devastating. The 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tohoku disasters provide frightening examples of the power of tsunamis. The Pacific has long been recognized as a place where tsunamis occur - the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' (PRF) contains regions of volcanoes and large earthquakes associated with tectonic plate motions that are ideal breeding grounds for tsunamis. The Pacific Ocean covers an area of 30 million km. Some 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are dotted throughout the Pacific and are vulnerable to varying degrees, to the effects of tsunamis generated locally, regionally and distantly tsunamis in the Pacific have claimed numerous lives, caused widespread damage to coastal infrastructure and heavily impacted natural ecosystems.

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