Natural Disaster and Coastal Geomorphology, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016

Chapter 1. Introduction: Overview of natural disasters and coastal landforms (Shigeko Haruyama).- Chapter 2. Geomorphology and tectonic setting of the Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan, and review of recent studies on the formation of alluvial plains and Holocene crustal movements along the coast (Yuichi Niwa and Toshihiko Sugai).- Chapter 3 Coastal geomorphology and tsunami disaster by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Tomoya Abe and Kazuaki Hori).-  Chapter 4. Relationships between coastal and fluvial geomorphology and inundation processes of the tsunami flow caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Hiroshi Shimazu). Chapter 5. Distribution of liquefaction sites and coastal alluvium in  Japan(Toshihiko Sugai and Keita Honda) . Chapter 6. Landform and Vulnerability for disaster in land use changing (Shigeko Haruyama).- Chapter 7. Reconstructing Areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster: Progress and Challenges (Shizuka Hashimoto).

Written by three experts in coastal risks management, specifically for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami Compares studies about previous tsunami damages to the ones from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami Includes geomorphologic and land use factors to the risk assessment Discusses the lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and discusses the disaster mitigation planning that can be drawn from these lessons Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras