Management Of Tsunamis

Question 1

How can they be predicted

Answer 1

Only possible through undersea seismic activity for prediction

Tide gauges and detection buoys can be used to record changes that show tsunami is created

Once tsunami is created the arrival can be alarmed

Pacific Tsunami warning system has been warning countries for 70 years allowing evasive action to take place

Question 2

How can tsunamis be modified

Answer 2

Coastal defended and hard enefijeering for example japan has built 400km in t chains of concrete walls in places 12m high

Soft engineering like redevelopment of mangroves to protect rural areas by disapating wave energy

Question 3

How can human vulnerability be modified to a tsunami

Answer 3

Warning and prediction systems

Education

Clearly marked evacuation routes

Coastal zone management and land use planning like set-back zones where development isn’t allowed