Daerah Manna dan sekitarnya di Kabupaten Bengkulu Selatan, Provinsi Bengkulu, merupakan wilayah pesisir yang berhadapan langsung dengan Samudra Hindia dan berada pada zona subduksi aktif antara Lempeng Indo-Australia dan Eurasia sehingga memiliki potensi tinggi terhadap bencana tsunami. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis zona bahaya tsunami di daerah Manna dan sekitarnya dengan menggun…
It is a comprehensive and well illustrated textbook on all aspects of tsunami. I don't think there is any other book on the topic published. As one bookseller said after the Indian Ocean tsunami event, "I would have just filled my front window with copies and they would have walked out the store." This statement was just as relevant after the Japanese tsunami of 2011 and will be as relevant whe…
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Disaster Risk Reduction Education (DRRE) have overlapping areas of concern focusing on strengthening the link to local communities. In reality, there is significant synergy in ESD and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Both concepts urge looking at the communities, both focus on behavior changes, and both call for linking knowledge to action. The De…
This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events) and other conferences. The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast, policy and lessons learned as well as environmenta…
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