Main Body
Chapter 5: Tsunami
Read an excerpt from chapter 8 of Abbott’s “Natural Disasters”: Tsunami versus Wind-Caused Waves”. You will have to log in with your SFU CANVAS credentials to view the link.
Abbott, Patrick L. Natural Disasters. Tenth edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2017.
Tsunami Chapter (higher quality if you download and open as a .pdf rather than viewing in your browser window).
Then read chapter 2 of the book: Playing against nature: Integrating science and economics to mitigate natural hazards in an uncertain world. You may have to log-in to SFU’s library system using your SFU ID.
Stein, Seth, and Jerome L. Stein. Playing against Nature: Integrating Science and Economics to Mitigate Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World. Chichester: Wiley, 2014.
