Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives
More than 20 years have passed since the tragic 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed over 227 000 people and devastated the coastlines of 14 countries surrounding the Indian Ocean. This tragic event kickstarted a worldwide effort in advancing knowledge towards mitigating the catastrophic effects of future tsunami. The ensuing research has greatly enhanced our understanding of tsunami, informing better infrastructure design and risk mitigation practices.
Authors
- Nils Goseberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-3001)
- Liam Wotherspoon
- David McGovern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1844-4705)
- Marta Del Zoppo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-9825)
- Davide Wüthrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-3560)
- Tiziana Rossetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-3017)
- Denis Istrati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1210-0338)
- Ioan Nistor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8436-4781)
- Jonas Cels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-2266)
- André R. Barbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4547-531X)
- Miwako Kitamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7543-0879)
- Ian Chandler
- Keith Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-3188)
- Rashmin Gunasekera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-3039)
- William Allsop
- Zygmunt Lubkowski
Institutions
- National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (TW)
- Oregon State University (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Global Environment Facility (US)
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- HR Wallingford (GB)
- London South Bank University (GB)
- Williams & Associates (US)
- The London College (GB)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Ottawa University (US)
- Technische Universität Braunschweig (DE)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.25.00100
- Primary Topic
- Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00