1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457962803321

Autore

Poole Otis Manchester <1880-1978, >

Titolo

The death of old Yokohama : in the great Japanese earthquake of September 1, 1923 / / Otis Manchester Poole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2011, c1968

ISBN

1-136-92483-3

1-136-92484-1

1-283-03766-1

9786613037664

0-203-84510-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 41

Disciplina

952.032

952.13

952/.13

Soggetti

Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923

Earthquakes - Japan - Yokohama-shi

Electronic books.

Yokohama-shi (Japan) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1968.

Nota di contenuto

1. Yokohama before the catastrophe -- 2. Saturday, September 1, 1923 -- 3. Sunday, September 2 -- 4. Exodus -- 5. Phoenix -- 6. Aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

It was almost noon in the picturesque city of Yokohama on Saturday, September 1st 1923 when the first sway of one of the world's most destructive earthquakes was felt. The first great shock lasted for four minutes and in that time every building in the city was destroyed, together with 100,000 of its Japanese inhabitants and one eighth of its foreign community. Other shocks followed and then fire which swept through the ruins with hurricane speed, suffocating and burning to death thousands trapped in wreckage or trying to flee. A first-hand account of the disaster told by a survi



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437933403321

Titolo

Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories / / Charles R.C. Sheppard, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

1-299-40814-1

94-007-5965-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Coral reefs of the world, , 2213-719X ; ; v.4

Altri autori (Persone)

SheppardCharles (Charles R. C.)

Disciplina

578.7789

Soggetti

Coral reef ecology - Great Britain - Territories and possessions

Coral reefs and islands - Great Britain - Territories and possessions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. An appraisal of the extent and geomorphological diversity of the coral reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories -- 2. Coral Reefs of Anguilla -- 3. Introduction to reefs and shorelines of the British Virgin Islands -- 4. Marine protected areas and management in the British Virgin Islands -- 5. Anegada:  An emergent Pleistocene reef island -- 6. Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 7. Biology and ecology of the coral reefs of the Cayman Islands -- 8. Coral Reefs of Montserrat -- 9. The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands -- 10. Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate -- 11. Biology and ecology of corals and fishes on the Bermuda Platform -- 12. Biogeography, biodiversity and connectivity of Bermuda’s coral reefs -- 13. Threats to coral reefs of Bermuda -- 14. Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda’s reefs and deep-water coral communities: a taxonomic perspective including new records -- 15. Total Economic Value of Bermuda’s Coral Reefs: A summary -- 16. Ascension Island’s hermatypic but non-reef building corals -- 17. British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): setting, connections and the Marine Protected Area -- 18. Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean -- 19. The status of coral reef fish assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with implications for protected area management and climate change -- 20. Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and



impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands.Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) -- 21. Pollution and impacts in BIOT -- 22. Coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands.

Sommario/riassunto

The tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs.  Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse.  Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected.  Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity in a fast-degrading world.  This book reviews all of the UK reefs, from those scarcely known to those where substantial research has already been performed.