Tsunami alert [electronic resource] : beating Asia's next big one / Oakley Brooks.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (215 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:- 9789814346108 (electronic bk.)
- 9814346101 (electronic bk.)
- Tsunami Warning System -- Asia
- Tsunami hazard zones -- Indonesia -- Padang
- Tsunamis -- Indonesia -- Padang -- Forecasting
- Hazard mitigation -- Indonesia -- Padang
- Hazard mitigation -- Indonesia -- Padang
- Tsunami hazard zones -- Indonesia -- Padang
- Tsunamis -- Forecasting
- Tsunamis -- Indonesia -- Padang -- Forecasting
- Tsunamis -- Safety measures
- Science
- Geology
- Social Science
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement
- ცუნამი, საფრთხის ზონები, ინდონეზია, სოციალური დახმარების სისტემები
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- GC223 .B76 2010eb
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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.
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