Print Email Facebook Twitter Analysis of Tsunami Culture in Countries Affected by Recent Tsunamis Title Analysis of Tsunami Culture in Countries Affected by Recent Tsunamis Author Esteban, M. Tsimopoulou, V. Shibayama, T. Mikami, T. Ohira, K. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-11-07 Abstract Since 2004 there is a growing global awareness of the risks that tsunamis pose to coastal communities. Despite the fact that these events were already an intrinsic part of the culture of some countries (such as Chile and Japan), in many other places they had been virtually unheard of before 2004. Nevertheless, the frequent reoccurrence of these events in recent years has led to the emergence of a “tsunami culture” in many areas of the world, which has resulted in increased awareness, disaster preparedness and willingness of local populations to evacuate when the threat of these events arises. This paper will explore these cultural issues using as a basis questionnaires carried out by the authors during their own field visits to the last three major events (in Japan, Chile and Indonesia), and interpret these through the willingness of coastal communities to build protection measures along the shore and the impact that these can have on sustainable development. Subject tsunami culturemulti-layer safetysustainability of coastal defences To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:722ab682-93b7-4b30-a9ca-58f80af9a323 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2013.02.086 Publisher Elsevier ISSN 1878-0296 Source Procedia Envrionmental Sciences, 17, 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2013 The Author(s) Files PDF Tsimopoulou 2013.pdf 1.27 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:722ab682-93b7-4b30-a9ca-58f80af9a323/datastream/OBJ/view