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Statistical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Seawalls and Coastal Forests in Mitigating Tsunami Impacts in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures

The Pacific coast of the Tohoku region of Japan experiences repeated tsunamis, with the most recent events having occurred in 1896, 1933, 1960, and 2011. These events have caused large loss of life and damage throughout the coastal region. There is uncertainty about the degree to which seawalls redu...

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Autores principales: Nateghi, Roshanak, Bricker, Jeremy D., Guikema, Seth D., Bessho, Akane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27508461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158375