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Author Brooks, Oakley, 1976-

Title Tsunami alert : beating Asia's next big one / Oakley Brooks
Published Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) and index
Notes English
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Subject Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System -- Asia
Tsunami hazard zones -- Indonesia -- Padang
Tsunamis -- Indonesia -- Padang -- Forecasting
Hazard mitigation -- Indonesia -- Padang
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
Hazard mitigation
Tsunami hazard zones
Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
Tsunamis -- Forecasting
Asia
Indonesia -- Padang
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011315022
ISBN 9789814346108
9814346101