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| Titel |
Coordinated management of coastal hazard awareness and preparedness in the USVI |
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R. A. Watlington, E. Lewis, D. Drost |
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Englisch
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1680-7340
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In: Caribbean Waves 2 Conference ; Nr. 38 (2014-04-30), S.31-42 |
| Datensatznummer |
250121295
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/adgeo-38-31-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| As far back as history has been written in the islands today known as the US
Virgin Islands (USVI), residents have had to endure and survive costly and
deadly onslaughts from tropical storms such as the 1867 San Narciso
Hurricane, Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Marilyn. Keenly alerted by recent
tragic events in the Indian Ocean in 2004, in Haiti in 2010 and in Japan in
2011, the USVI was reminded that it had suffered its greatest tsunami impact
in a well-documented event that had followed the 1867 hurricane by fewer
than three weeks. To address their community's continual vulnerability to
coastal hazards, USVI emergency managers, scientists and educators, assisted
by national and regional disaster management agencies and warning programs,
have engaged programs for understanding, anticipating and mitigating these
hazards. This paper focuses on how three public-serving institutions, the
Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA), the
University of the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean Ocean Observing System
have responded to the community's need for improved preparedness through
programs of physical preparation, planning, research, observations,
education and outreach. This report reviews some of the approaches and
activities employed in the USVI in the hope of sharing their benefits with
similarly vulnerable coastal communities. |
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