Tsunami hazard mitigation by mangrove forests-experiment on hydrodynamic coefficients

• Main Author: Sim, Shawn Yi Sheng.
• Other Authors: Huang Zhenhua
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report is an overview of my final year project (FYP) done in Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The main scope of this project is to understand the importance of mangrove forests in mitigating tsunamis. Through recent global incidents, we have come to realize the devastating effects of tsu...