TY - GEN TI - Tsunami risk assessment and mitigation for the Indian Ocean: knowing your tsunami risk and what to do about it PB - UNESCO KW - RISK KW - INDIAN OCEAN KW - UNCERTAINTY KW - RECOMMENDATIONS KW - NATURAL DISASTERS KW - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS KW - UNESCO N2 - Presents guidelines which aim to facilitate the assessment and mitigation of risks from tsunamis to coastal communities, their infrastructure and other supporting systems, as a necessary complement to various detection and warning systems under development for Indian Ocean countries within IOTWS. Describes procedures for assessing and improving awareness of the tsunami hazard and for assessing coastal communities vulnerabilities and deficiencies in preparedness. Provide recommendations for practice in the management of risks ER -