| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Interdisciplinary Research on Tsunamis and Practical Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Main Convener | Dr. Anawat Suppasri (Tohoku University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Natt Leelawat (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Dr. Volker Roeber (University of Hawaii, United States) Dr. Shaun Williams (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand) |
| Session Description | Tsunamis are low-frequency waves that can cause high-impact on a global scale. Based on lessons from the last two major tsunami events in the Indian Ocean and in Japan, it is important to integrate all research perspectives of hazards and vulnerability for future tsunami risk reduction. This session welcomes submissions from all research perspectives of geoscience, engineering, information system, social science and other tsunami-related research topics. The session will cover research-based applications regionally and globally and aspects of tsunami disasters including, but not limited to, 1) Seismic/non-seismic source mechanisms and their return periods including tsunami deposits perspectives, 2) Earthquake/Tsunami modelling techniques and their applications, 3) Probabilistic disaster analyses and statistical approaches, 4) Vulnerability, damage and risk assessment at both micro and macro scales, 5) Warning, emergency and humanitarian response related issues such as ICT tools, evacuation and resources mobilization, 6) Disaster education, traditional environmental knowledge and community-based initiatives for preparedness and mitigation and 7) Urban planning and recovery/reconstruction related issues. This session will be a platform for presentations and discussions of interdisciplinary research on tsunami disaster risk reduction and their practical applications throughout the whole disaster cycle namely, response, recovery, mitigation and preparation. |