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Note publique d'information : This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions
presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly
held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
events) and other conferences. The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast,
policy and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest
tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan
2011 as well as the Central Pacific Ocean in 2012. The book is aimed at experts, scientists
and decision makers as well as students seeking recent updated information, knowledge
and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water
resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected
by tsunamis