Title :
Post-disaster assessment of northeastern coastal region for the 2011 Sendai Earthquake and tsunami
Author :
Li, Ruopu ; Liu, Shishi ; Guan, Qingfeng ; Peng, Yi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
Abstract :
The 2011 Sendai Earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan triggering a destructive tsunami that has caused extensive damage. A fast and effective post-disaster assessment is highly imperative for the recovery of this region. This study modeled the tsunami-affected areas of coastal Fukushima Prefecture using Landsat-7 ETM+ data and terrain analysis. The result shows that most of the coastal areas were significantly affected by the tsunami. The low-lying plains along the coast are particularly vulnerable to the tsunami.
Keywords :
disasters; earthquakes; ocean waves; terrain mapping; tsunami; AD 2011; Landsat-7 ETM+ data; Sendai; coastal Fukushima prefecture; earthquake; northeastern coastal region; post disaster assessment; terrain analysis; tsunami affected areas; Earth; Earthquakes; Floods; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Tsunami; Fukushima; GDEM; Landsat; NDVI; Sendai; Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami; tsunami;
Conference_Titel :
Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-339-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893759
