Tsunami vulnerability of buildings and people in South Java – field observations after the July 2006 Java tsunami

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Tsunami vulnerability of buildings and people in South Java – field observations after the July 2006 Java tsunami

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A team of scientists from New Zealand and Indonesia undertook a reconnaissance mission to the South Java area affected by the tsunami of 17 July 2006. The team used GPS-based surveying equipment to measure ground profiles and inundation depths along 17 transects across affected areas near the port city of Cilacap and the resort town of Pangandaran. The purpose of the work was to acquire data for calibration of models used to estimate tsunami inundations, casualty rates and damage levels. Addi...

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2007-10-01

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S. Nugrahadi / I. G. Tejakusuma / N. G. Palmer / W. L. Power / W. J. Cousins / S. Reese

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Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

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http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/7/573/2007/nhess-7-573-2007.pdf

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Environmental technology / Sanitary engineering / Geography / Anthropology / Recreation / Environmental sciences / Geology

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