The population and property in urban areas facing waterfronts is rapidly increasing together with the probability that a huge tsunami will occur on the Pacific Rim. The huge potential damage reflects the need to develop a highly accurate simulation model for tsunami inundation to help mitigate tsunami effects. We developed a simulation model to estimate the inundation depth and speed of tsunamis in urban areas. The model was applied to calculate the vari- ation of inundation areas in a model city facing Tokyo Bay. Experiments of tsunami inundation in the model city on a 1/50 scale was carried out for validation of the numerical model.
Basrayatha, Muhammad Khudayyir’s innovative book, is both a personal memoir and a cityscape of Basra, Iraq. In it the author created a model city called Basrayatha, which is both based on but also serves as a mirror and critique of the actual city of Basra. This model then took on a life of its own and appeared in other works by Khudayyir. The book can be enjoyed at face value but is best understood with reference to his many critical writings. The work’s blend of influences from the visual arts, local history, and stories about the storyteller is rather special if not unique in Arabic literature.
The Development of Public Facility Applied by Ubiquitous Technology - Centered on the Planning Program for u-City of Mapo-gu as the Model City -
