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19 Feb 2020
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Assessing transportation vulnerability to tsunamis: utilising post-event field data from the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, Japan, and the 2015 Illapel tsunami, Chile
James H. Williams
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Thomas M. Wilson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
Nick Horspool
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
Ryan Paulik
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand
Liam Wotherspoon
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
Emily M. Lane
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
Matthew W. Hughes
Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand
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Short summary
Post-event field survey data from two tsunami events, the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, Japan, and the 2015 Illapel tsunami, Chile, are used in this study to develop fragility functions for roads and bridges. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of supplementing post-event field surveys with remotely sensed data. The resulting fragility functions address a substantial research gap in tsunami impacts on infrastructure and include a range of subtleties in asset and hazard characteristics.
Post-event field survey data from two tsunami events, the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, Japan, and the...
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