Print Email Facebook Twitter A multi-layered safety perspective on the tsunami disaster in Tohoku, Japan Title A multi-layered safety perspective on the tsunami disaster in Tohoku, Japan Author Tsimopoulou, V. Jonkman, S.N. Kolen, B. Maaskant, B. Mori, N. Yasuda, T. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-11-22 Abstract This paper presents an assessment of the multi-layered safety system in Tohoku, Japan based on the tsunami disaster of March 2011. The performed analysis has been based on data provided by local researchers and field observations. First an overview of the tsunami behaviour along the affected coastline of Tohoku is presented, which shows clearly that the disaster has site-specific features. The assessment that follows has a descriptive character and it is divided in two parts. First the performance of each safety layer in Tohoku is separately assessed, and conclusions are drawn for the efficiency of the system. The second part points out some implications of this disaster for the use of multi-layered safety in flood risk management. Subject multi-layer safetydisaster managementtsunami To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6967c623-2595-4dc4-9094-68ed15ba03a6 Source FLOODrisk 2012: The 2nd European Conference on FLOODrisk Management "Science, Policy and Practice: Closing the Gap", Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 20-22 November 2012; Authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 Tsimopoulou, V. Files PDF FR2012_full_paper_V.Tsimopoulou.pdf 518.92 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6967c623-2595-4dc4-9094-68ed15ba03a6/datastream/OBJ/view