Caribbean tsunami hazard [[electronic resource] ] : NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop, March 30-31, 2004, San Juan Beach Hotel, Puerto Rico / / editors, Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Philip Liu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 341 p. ) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) |
Disciplina | 551.463709729 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Mercado-IrizarryAurelio
LiuPhilip L. F |
Soggetto topico |
Tsunamis - Caribbean Area
Natural disasters - Caribbean Area |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-91957-8
9786611919573 981-277-461-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Need for a Caribbean tsunami warning system. The case for an Atlantic Tsunami warning system / George A. Maul -- Overview of potential tsunami sources in the Caribbean sea region. Estimating the threat of tsunamigenic earthquakes and earthquake induced-landslide tsunami in the Caribbean / William R. McCann. Debris avalanche formation at kick'em Jenny Submarine Volcano (abstract) / Haraldur Sigurdsson, Steven Carey and Doug Wilson. Submarine slides north of Puerto Rico and their tsunami potential / Uri S. ten Brink ... [et al.]. Risk assessment of tsunami generation from active volcanic sources in the eastern Caribbean region / George Pararas-Carayannis. Two-dimensional simulations of explosive eruptions of Kick-em Jenny and other submarine volcanoes / Galen Gisler ... [et al.] -- The tsunami evidence in the Caribbean: paleotsunami studies. Geomorphologic and stratigraphic investigations on historic and pre-historic tsunami in northwestern Puerto Rico: implications for long term coastal evolution / Juan C. Moya and Aurelio Mercado. New evidence and datings of holocene paleotsunami events in the Caribbean (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla) / Anja Scheffers and Dieter Kelletat -- Recent Caribbean programs and studies. The Puerto Rico tsunami warning and mitigation program / Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Christa von Hillebrandt and Victor Hu�erfano. Local and regional waveform analysis for rapid monitoring of shallow Caribbean earthquakes / C. Mendoza and V. Hu�erfano. Emergent tsunami warning system for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade and Victor Hu�erfano Moreno. Tsunamis in the lesser Antilles / Narcisso Zahibo and Efim Pelinovsky. An 1867-class tsunami: potential devastation in the US Virgin Islands / Roy A. Watlington. The UNESCO/IOC International Tsunami Information Center and its role in the Caribbean (abstract) / Laura S. L. Kong. The Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and its role in the Caribbean (abstract) / Charles S. McCreery. NEES program's support for tsunami experimental research (abstract) / Cherri M. Pancake. Integrated tsunami scenario simulation (abstract) / Harry Yeh -- Tsunami physics and modeling efforts. Tsunami forces in the runup zone / Harry Yeh. Wave generation, runup and rundown from three-dimensional sliding masses (abstract) / Philip L.-F. Liu. Three-dimensional runup due to submerged and subaerial landslides / P. Lynett and P. L.-F. Liu. Physical modeling of landslide generated tsunami / Hermann M. Fritz. Generation and propagation of tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides: a theoretical and a simulation viewpoint (abstract) / Entile A. Okal and Costas E. Synolakis. Modeling of tsunamis in the eastern Mediterranean and comparison with Caribbean / Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner, Hulya Karakus and Ugur Kuran. Advances in tsunami inundation mapping in California (abstract) / Jos�e Borrero and Costas Synolakis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450999603321 |
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Caribbean tsunami hazard [[electronic resource] ] : NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop, March 30-31, 2004, San Juan Beach Hotel, Puerto Rico / / editors, Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Philip Liu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 341 p. ) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) |
Disciplina | 551.463709729 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Mercado-IrizarryAurelio
LiuPhilip L. F |
Soggetto topico |
Tsunamis - Caribbean Area
Natural disasters - Caribbean Area |
ISBN |
1-281-91957-8
9786611919573 981-277-461-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Need for a Caribbean tsunami warning system. The case for an Atlantic Tsunami warning system / George A. Maul -- Overview of potential tsunami sources in the Caribbean sea region. Estimating the threat of tsunamigenic earthquakes and earthquake induced-landslide tsunami in the Caribbean / William R. McCann. Debris avalanche formation at kick'em Jenny Submarine Volcano (abstract) / Haraldur Sigurdsson, Steven Carey and Doug Wilson. Submarine slides north of Puerto Rico and their tsunami potential / Uri S. ten Brink ... [et al.]. Risk assessment of tsunami generation from active volcanic sources in the eastern Caribbean region / George Pararas-Carayannis. Two-dimensional simulations of explosive eruptions of Kick-em Jenny and other submarine volcanoes / Galen Gisler ... [et al.] -- The tsunami evidence in the Caribbean: paleotsunami studies. Geomorphologic and stratigraphic investigations on historic and pre-historic tsunami in northwestern Puerto Rico: implications for long term coastal evolution / Juan C. Moya and Aurelio Mercado. New evidence and datings of holocene paleotsunami events in the Caribbean (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla) / Anja Scheffers and Dieter Kelletat -- Recent Caribbean programs and studies. The Puerto Rico tsunami warning and mitigation program / Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Christa von Hillebrandt and Victor Hu�erfano. Local and regional waveform analysis for rapid monitoring of shallow Caribbean earthquakes / C. Mendoza and V. Hu�erfano. Emergent tsunami warning system for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade and Victor Hu�erfano Moreno. Tsunamis in the lesser Antilles / Narcisso Zahibo and Efim Pelinovsky. An 1867-class tsunami: potential devastation in the US Virgin Islands / Roy A. Watlington. The UNESCO/IOC International Tsunami Information Center and its role in the Caribbean (abstract) / Laura S. L. Kong. The Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and its role in the Caribbean (abstract) / Charles S. McCreery. NEES program's support for tsunami experimental research (abstract) / Cherri M. Pancake. Integrated tsunami scenario simulation (abstract) / Harry Yeh -- Tsunami physics and modeling efforts. Tsunami forces in the runup zone / Harry Yeh. Wave generation, runup and rundown from three-dimensional sliding masses (abstract) / Philip L.-F. Liu. Three-dimensional runup due to submerged and subaerial landslides / P. Lynett and P. L.-F. Liu. Physical modeling of landslide generated tsunami / Hermann M. Fritz. Generation and propagation of tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides: a theoretical and a simulation viewpoint (abstract) / Entile A. Okal and Costas E. Synolakis. Modeling of tsunamis in the eastern Mediterranean and comparison with Caribbean / Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner, Hulya Karakus and Ugur Kuran. Advances in tsunami inundation mapping in California (abstract) / Jos�e Borrero and Costas Synolakis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785093903321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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Eastern Caribbean currency union [[electronic resource] ] : selected issues / / [prepared by Paul Cashin ... et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (45 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.1/52 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CashinPaul |
Collana | IMF country report |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Caribbean Area
Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area Monetary unions - Caribbean Area Business cycles - Caribbean Area Ponzi schemes - Caribbean Area Foreign exchange rates - Caribbean Area Competition - Caribbean Area Debts, Public - Caribbean Area |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4755-1953-2
1-4755-4774-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; I. Credit Unions in the ECCU: Prospects and Challenges; A. Introduction; B. Recent Developments of Credit Unions in the ECCU; Boxes; 1. A Brief History of Credit Unions in the Caribbean; C. Are Credit Unions Different from Commercial Banks; D. Challenges: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Strengthening Regulation and Supervision; E. Policy Recommendations and Conclusions; 2. PEARLS Indicators; Appendix Table; 1. ECCU: Selected Indicators of Financial Institutions, end-2010; References; II. Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU; A. Introduction; Boxes
1. Harmonization of Macroeconomic Statistics in the EUB. The Current State of Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU; C. Real Sector Statistics; 2. Features of the ECCU Rebased National Accounts Series; 3. Improvements to the CPI in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU); D. External Sector Statistics; E. Government Finance Statistics; F. Monetary and Financial Statistics; G. Data Dissemination Practices; H. Technical Assistance to the Region; I. Challenges for the Production of Statistics in Small Island States; J. Modalities of Institutional Organization; K. Plans for Improvement L. ConclusionAnnex; The Comparator Matrix of Statistical Issues in the ECCU; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452617403321 |
Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2012 | ||
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Eastern Caribbean Currency Union : : Selected Issues |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (45 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.1/52 |
Collana | IMF Staff Country Reports |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Caribbean Area
Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area Monetary unions - Caribbean Area Business cycles - Caribbean Area Ponzi schemes - Caribbean Area Foreign exchange rates - Caribbean Area Competition - Caribbean Area Debts, Public - Caribbean Area Banks and Banking Finance: General Macroeconomics Statistics Industries: Financial Services Banks Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology Computer Programs: Other General Aggregative Models: General Price Level Inflation Deflation Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data Data Access Finance Econometrics & economic statistics Banking Data capture & analysis Credit bureaus National accounts Commercial banks Consumer price indexes Monetary statistics Financial markets Financial institutions Prices Economic and financial statistics Credit ratings Banks and banking National income Price indexes Economic indicators |
ISBN |
1-4755-1953-2
1-4755-4774-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; I. Credit Unions in the ECCU: Prospects and Challenges; A. Introduction; B. Recent Developments of Credit Unions in the ECCU; Boxes; 1. A Brief History of Credit Unions in the Caribbean; C. Are Credit Unions Different from Commercial Banks; D. Challenges: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Strengthening Regulation and Supervision; E. Policy Recommendations and Conclusions; 2. PEARLS Indicators; Appendix Table; 1. ECCU: Selected Indicators of Financial Institutions, end-2010; References; II. Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU; A. Introduction; Boxes
1. Harmonization of Macroeconomic Statistics in the EUB. The Current State of Macroeconomic Statistics in the ECCU; C. Real Sector Statistics; 2. Features of the ECCU Rebased National Accounts Series; 3. Improvements to the CPI in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU); D. External Sector Statistics; E. Government Finance Statistics; F. Monetary and Financial Statistics; G. Data Dissemination Practices; H. Technical Assistance to the Region; I. Challenges for the Production of Statistics in Small Island States; J. Modalities of Institutional Organization; K. Plans for Improvement L. ConclusionAnnex; The Comparator Matrix of Statistical Issues in the ECCU; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779500903321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 | ||
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