Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives

Tiziana Rossetto; Davide Wuthrich; Keith Adams; Zygmunt Lubkowski; Marta Del Zoppo; Ian Chandler; Jonas Cels; David McGovern; William Allsop; Ioan Nistor; Andre Barbosa; Nils Goseberg; Liam Wotherspoon; Miwako Kitamura; Rashmin Gunasekera; Denis Istrati

doi:10.1680/jcien.25.00100

Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives

Tiziana Rossetto
, Davide Wuthrich
, Keith Adams
, Zygmunt Lubkowski
, Marta Del Zoppo
, Ian Chandler
, Jonas Cels
, David McGovern
, William Allsop
, Ioan Nistor
, Andre Barbosa
, Nils Goseberg
, Liam Wotherspoon
, Miwako Kitamura
, Rashmin Gunasekera
, Denis Istrati

University College London
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of CEG, Delft University of Technology, Delft 2628, CN, Netherlands
UCL EPICentre, Dept. Of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London
William Allsop Consulting Ltd, The White House Denchworth Road, Grove, Wantage, Oxon, England OX12 0AR, UK
National Technical University of Athens

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

3 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
Publisher	ICE Publishing
Pages	148–152
Number of pages	5
Volume	178
Edition	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.25.00100
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2025

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0965-089X

Access to Document

10.1680/jcien.25.00100

Briefing-draft6Accepted author manuscript, 66.8 KBLicence: CC BY 4.0

Cite this

Rossetto, T., Wuthrich, D., Adams, K., Lubkowski, Z., Del Zoppo, M., Chandler, I., Cels, J., McGovern, D., Allsop, W., Nistor, I., Barbosa, A., Goseberg, N., Wotherspoon, L., Kitamura, M., Gunasekera, R., & Istrati, D. (2025). Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives. In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering (3 ed., Vol. 178, pp. 148–152). (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering). ICE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.25.00100

@inproceedings{923c66ff90074e9db9e2f103ac021fe9,

title = "Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on {\textendash} driving change and changing lives",

abstract = "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. ",

author = "Tiziana Rossetto and Davide Wuthrich and Keith Adams and Zygmunt Lubkowski and \{Del Zoppo\}, Marta and Ian Chandler and Jonas Cels and David McGovern and William Allsop and Ioan Nistor and Andre Barbosa and Nils Goseberg and Liam Wotherspoon and Miwako Kitamura and Rashmin Gunasekera and Denis Istrati",

year = "2025",

month = aug,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1680/jcien.25.00100",

language = "English",

volume = "178",

series = "Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering",

publisher = "ICE Publishing",

pages = "148{\textendash}152",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering",

address = "United Kingdom",

edition = "3",

}

Rossetto, T, Wuthrich, D, Adams, K, Lubkowski, Z, Del Zoppo, M, Chandler, I, Cels, J, McGovern, D, Allsop, W, Nistor, I, Barbosa, A, Goseberg, N, Wotherspoon, L, Kitamura, M, Gunasekera, R & Istrati, D 2025, Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives. in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. 3 edn, vol. 178, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering, ICE Publishing, pp. 148–152. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.25.00100

Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives. / Rossetto, Tiziana; Wuthrich, Davide; Adams, Keith et al.
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. Vol. 178 3. ed. ICE Publishing, 2025. p. 148–152 (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives

AU - Rossetto, Tiziana

AU - Wuthrich, Davide

AU - Adams, Keith

AU - Lubkowski, Zygmunt

AU - Del Zoppo, Marta

AU - Chandler, Ian

AU - Cels, Jonas

AU - McGovern, David

AU - Allsop, William

AU - Nistor, Ioan

AU - Barbosa, Andre

AU - Goseberg, Nils

AU - Wotherspoon, Liam

AU - Kitamura, Miwako

AU - Gunasekera, Rashmin

AU - Istrati, Denis

PY - 2025/8/1

Y1 - 2025/8/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1680/jcien.25.00100

DO - 10.1680/jcien.25.00100

M3 - Conference contribution

VL - 178

T3 - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

SP - 148

EP - 152

BT - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering

PB - ICE Publishing

ER -

Rossetto T, Wuthrich D, Adams K, Lubkowski Z, Del Zoppo M, Chandler I et al. Briefing: The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years on – driving change and changing lives. In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering. 3 ed. Vol. 178. ICE Publishing. 2025. p. 148–152. (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering). Epub 2025 Jun 2. doi: 10.1680/jcien.25.00100