Tetsuo Takashima

Megaquake

How Japan and the World Should Respond
Übersetzer: Eldridge, Robert D

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781612346649
• ISBN-10: 1612346642
• Artikelnr.: 40904600

Autorenporträt

TETSUO TAKASHIMA is a well-known Japanese writer. His debut novel, Fallout , has been translated into English.

Inhaltsangabe

Translator’s Foreword    
Introduction    
1. A Megaquake in Tokyo    
2. Problems That Will Emerge Following a Megaquake    
3. Trench-Type Megaquakes    
4. Tsunamis    
5. Disaster Prevention and Reduction    
6. What the Government of Japan Is Doing Now and Should Continue to Do in
the Future    
Conclusion    
Epilogue    
Appendix: Japan Meteorological Agency Seismic Intensity Scale    
Notes    
Index