ANALYSIS OF INUNDATION DISASTER AND MITIGATION IN WATERFRONT AREA BASED ON FIELD SURVEY OF STORM SURGE IN NEW YORK CITY CAUSED BY 2012 HURRICANE SANDY

• MIKAMI Takahito

  早稲田大学大学院創造理工学研究科

• SHIBAYAMA Tomoya

  早稲田大学 理工学術院

• ESTEBAN Miguel

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 2012年ハリケーンサンディによる高潮災害のニューヨークにおける現地調査に基づく臨海都市域の浸水災害と減災策に関する考察

Abstract

 On October 29th, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the east coast of the United States and generated storm surge in the states of New York and New Jersey. The flooding in New York City caused heavy damage on infrastructures such as an electricity and a subway system. In this paper, the actual situation of this disaster in New York City are summarized based on the results of a field survey and information on public websites and lessons for increasing preparedness in Japanese waterfront area are discussed.

Journal

• Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B3 (Ocean Engineering)

  Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B3 (Ocean Engineering) 69 (2), I_982-I_987, 2013

  Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Keywords

• storm surge
• waterfront area
• field survey
• 2012 Hurricane Sandy
• New York City

Details

• CRID: 1390282680329589504
• NII Article ID: 130004961858
• DOI: 10.2208/jscejoe.69.i_982
• ISSN: 21854688
• Text Lang: ja
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