by Susumu Murata (Coastal Development Institute of Technology, Japan), Fumihiko Imamura (Tohoku University, Japan), Kazumasa Katoh (Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan), Yoshiaki Kawata (Kyoto University, Japan), Shigeo Tahashi (Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan), & Tomotsuka Takayama (Kyoto University, Japan)

This book provides comprehensive scientific information and knowledge survival tips on how to survive a tsunami. It is especially useful to those living (or about to live) in tsunami-prone areas, and to travelers who may visit such areas. The book is composed of two parts: the first consisting of three chapters on how to survive a tsunami by (i) describing precious lessons obtained from actual tsunami disasters, (ii) imparting fundamental knowledge of tsunami science for survival, and (iii) listing measures for tsunami disaster mitigation. The second part provides more detailed scientific knowledge on tsunamis and consists two chapters: one describes tsunami occurrence mechanism and near-shore behavior; the other mentions numerical simulation and tsunami forecasting.