Tsunamis: From the Scientific Challenges to the Social Impact

Dear Colleagues,

Tsunami science is continuously evolving and improving. The intrinsically interdisciplinary nature of the tsunami research field has been significantly enhanced and widened after the 2004 Indian Ocean and the 2011 East Japan events by opening to research communities other than pure geoscience. The spectrum of topics addressed by tsunami science today ranges from the “classical” themes, such as analytical and numerical modeling of different generation mechanisms, propagation and run-up, hazard–vulnerability–risk assessment with deterministic and probabilistic approaches, and early warning and monitoring to applied themes such as the societal and economic impact of moderate-to-large events on coastal and nationwide communities, as well as the present and future challenges connected to the global climate change. This topic collection welcomes contributions from specialists in diverse disciplines and ranging from pure scientific research to applied aspects such as tsunami risk reduction, tsunami education, and tsunami awareness. We welcome papers dealing with the local and the global scale, focusing on specific themes or on interdisciplinary approaches, with the general scope of improving our understanding of the tsunami phenomenon per se and in the context of the global change, and our capacity to build safer and more resilient communities.

Dr. Alberto Armigliato
Dr. Rachid Omira
Collection Editors

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