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Tsunami alert

Brooks, Oakley, 1976-

Tsunami alert beating Asia's next big one / [electronic resource] : Oakley Brooks. - Marshall Cavendish Editions, c2010. - 1 online resource (215 p.) : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-213) and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Rocked; 2. Evolution and Intuition; 3. From Amnesia to Activism; 4. Hidden in Plain Sight; 5. Not that Bad?; 6. Deep in the Pit; 7. The Balance Point; 8.A Longhouse on the Hill; 9. What's a Warning System For?; 10. The Rising; Afterword; Notes on Sources; Further Reading; Index; About the Author.

After the 2004 Asian Tsunami wiped out whole communities on the Indian Ocean, Indonesia's West Sumatra province learnt a startling reality--they were next. A loosely allied bunch of scientists, students and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of this suddenly precarious location, centering on the area capital of Padang and hurrying together a plan to save it before it's too late.

9789814346108 (electronic bk.) 9814346101 (electronic bk.)


Tsunami Warning System--Asia.
Tsunami hazard zones--Indonesia--Padang.
Tsunamis--Forecasting.--Indonesia--Padang
Hazard mitigation--Indonesia--Padang.
Hazard mitigation--Padang.--Indonesia
Tsunami hazard zones--Padang.--Indonesia
Tsunamis--Forecasting.
Tsunamis--Padang--Forecasting.--Indonesia
Tsunamis--Safety measures.
Science.
Geology.
Social Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Law Enforcement.

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