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Lessons Learned From The Tsunami Event December 26 2004
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Author : Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Lessons Learned From The Tsunami Event December 26 2004 written by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Tsunami Events And Lessons Learned
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Author : Y.A. Kontar
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-04
Tsunami Events And Lessons Learned written by Y.A. Kontar and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-04 with Nature categories.
This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011. The book is aimed at experts, scientists and decision makers seeking recent updated information, knowledge and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected by tsunamis.
Science And Technology Lessons Learned From The December 26 2004 Indian Ocean Disaster
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Science And Technology Lessons Learned From The December 26 2004 Indian Ocean Disaster written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Emergency management categories.
Tsunami 2004
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Author : Marvin Birnbaum
language : en
Publisher: World Health Organization
Release Date : 2013
Tsunami 2004 written by Marvin Birnbaum and has been published by World Health Organization this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Medical categories.
One of the lessons learned from emergencies or disasters in the South-East Asia Region is that information and knowledge management is a weak area. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 was no exception. In any emergency, no matter how difficult, information needs to be collected, stored, and retrieved systematically for analysis. This should be done before, during and after any event. By having a disciplined structure and practice around these activities, we can be more effective in turning information into knowledge and knowledge into action. This was one of the goals of this book; the other was to take up the challenge of documenting a mega-event. This way one can review what happened on 26 December 2004 by correlating diverse information from various sources and how this impacted health. This book, in two volumes, serves as a reference textbook for the event itself as it happened in each country of study and provides a method for documenting emergencies in the larger discipline of emergency risk management in health. Populations will always live with risks and managing them better can only come with well-informed, evidence-based action, especially those that have a bearing on health. The book contributes to this practice-the information is relevant for future events and contributes to better public health practice in emergencies.
Lessons From The Tsunami
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Lessons From The Tsunami written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with India categories.
On the 26th of December 2004, India and Sri Lanka suffered one of their worst natural calamities. A massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia off the west coast of Northern Sumatra at 6:29 a.m. (IST) followed by a second earthquake 81 km west of Pulo Kunji, Great Nicobar three hours later. The earthquakes triggered giant tidal waves, which hit 2,260 km of Indian coastline along the southeast coast and more than 1000 km along the north, east and southern coasts of Sri Lanka, causing colossal damage. The current estimates suggest that more than 31,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka and approximately 11,000 people were killed in India. More than two million people were affected by this disaster in the two countries, with the number displaced hovering at about 1 million. The reactions to the Tsunami were vastly different in each country. The Indian government declined international assistance for relief operations, declaring that sufficient resources were available in the country to assist those made vulnerable. A significant amount of coordination and actual relief effort was done by the government. In Sri Lanka, the government was initially slow to respond and international, regional and local NGOs were given relatively free access to Tsunami affected areas (except in the politically sensitive northern and eastern provinces). In both countries, the government (central, state and district levels), local NGOs, international NGOs already operating within the country, the private sector and religious groups all set relief processes in motion. In an effort to understand the dynamics of the relief operation and gather data to inform future relief efforts, Fritz Institute conducted a study of NGOs' and affected families in all the districts affected by the Tsunami in India and Sri Lanka. This report outlines the top line findings of the study. The NGO portion of the study included interviews with the relief coordinators of 226 NGOs in India and 150 NGOs in Sri Lanka. The affected families' component included 802 interviews from 100 villages in India and 604 interviews from 97 villages in Sri Lanka. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. All the interviews were conducted in March-April 2005 by trained, native, bilingual investigators using English and/or the local languages, as appropriate.
Recovery From The Indian Ocean Tsunami
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Author : Rajib Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-09-29
Recovery From The Indian Ocean Tsunami written by Rajib Shaw and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-29 with Nature categories.
During the past 10 years following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, invaluable lessons have been learned and great changes have been observed. Immediately after the disaster, the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held in Kobe, Japan, and formulated the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA: 2005–2015). HFA provided a platform and framework for changes and innovations, many of which were part of the recovery programs in the different countries affected by the 2004 disaster. This book is a modest attempt to review the lessons learned through the recovery process in the affected region. The book has 31 chapters, drawing lessons from four countries: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. There are five sections: Overview (10 chapters), Indonesia (8 chapters), India (6 chapters), Sri Lanka (5 chapters), and Thailand (2 chapters). The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of disaster risk reduction, environment, and development. The book provides them with a good idea of the current research trends and lessons over the past decade of recovery initiatives. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the knowledge collected here to establishing policy and making decisions.
The Asian Tsunami
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Author : S. K. Jayasuriya
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The Asian Tsunami written by S. K. Jayasuriya and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Science categories.
The 2004 Asian tsunami was the greatest natural disaster in recent times. Almost 230,000 people died. In response, governments in Asia and the broader international community announced large aid programs. The resulting assistance effort was one of the largest humanitarian programs ever organised in the developing world. This book discusses the lessons of the aid effort for disaster protection policy in developing countries.
Decision Support For Natural Disasters And Intentional Threats To Water Security
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Author : Tissa Illangasekare
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-06-04
Decision Support For Natural Disasters And Intentional Threats To Water Security written by Tissa Illangasekare and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop, “Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security” was the result of close collaboration between environmental, security, water resource, and health officials in the United States and Croatia. The premise of the Workshop is that multiple, disparate threats to water security exist, and that shared decision support structures provide effective means for avoiding and responding to potential or actual situations. The Workshop was co-directed by Professors Tissa Illangasekare of the Colorado School of Mines, and Dragutin Geres of Hrvatske vode. The Workshop was organized into a series of case studies, presentation of management tools, or a combination of the two. Presentations were further organized as to (1) Natural Occurrences, (2) Anthropogenic Causes, and (3) Decision Support Tools. Delegates from eleven countries assembled to explore these topics at the Hotel Dubrovnik President in Dubrovnik from April 22–25, 2007. A total of thirty delegates from NATO, Partner, Mediterranean Dialog, or other countries were in attendance. The final program included technical sessions using a presentation and dialog format, a field trip, and networking sessions. There were twenty five technical presentations supported by seventeen formal papers (many updated in late-2008 and 2009), and these form the basis for these proceedings. xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The co-directors and organizers of this Advanced Research Workshop a- nowledge the NATO Science Programme for major financial support and for providing detailed guidance on how best to organize and execute a meeting of this nature.
Disaster Mental Health Counseling
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Author : Mark A. Stebnicki, PhD, LPC, DCMHS, CRC, CCM, CCMC
language : en
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Release Date : 2016-12-07
Disaster Mental Health Counseling written by Mark A. Stebnicki, PhD, LPC, DCMHS, CRC, CCM, CCMC and has been published by Springer Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-07 with Psychology categories.
Focuses on understanding cultural and psychosocial contexts to promote optimal healing for disaster survivors This is the first book for mental health professionals working with survivors of mass trauma to focus on the psychosocial and culture contexts in which these disasters occur. It underscores the importance of understanding these environments in order to provide maximally effective mental health interventions for trauma survivors and their communities. Global in scope, the text addresses the foundations of understanding and responding to the mental health needs of individuals and groups healing from traumas created by a wide range of natural and human-made critical events, including acts of terrorism, armed conflict, genocide, and mass violence by individual perpetrators. Designed for professional training in disaster mental health, and meeting CACREP standards, the text promotes the knowledge and skills needed to work with the psychosocial aspects of individual and group adaptation and adjustment to mass traumatic experience. Reflecting state-of-the-art knowledge, the book offers detailed guidelines in assessment and brief interventions related to survivors’ posttraumatic stress symptoms and complex trauma associated with being at the epicenter of extraordinary stressful and traumatic events. In addition, this book also covers critical issues of self-care for the professional. Illustrated with first-person accounts of disaster survivors and case scenarios, this book emphasizes how counselors and other mental health professionals can foster resilience and wellness in individuals and communities affected by all types of disasters.Key Features: Considers disaster and mass trauma response from a culturally and globally relevant perspective—the first book of its kind Addresses CACREP’s clinical standards and content areas related to disaster mental health response Covers many types of disasters and categories of survivors Includes updated information on PTSD, complex trauma, and self-care Addresses cultivating resiliency in individual and group survivors along with social justice issues
Natural Hazards In The Asia Pacific Region
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Author : James P. Terry
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Release Date : 2012
Natural Hazards In The Asia Pacific Region written by James P. Terry and has been published by Geological Society of London this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Hazardous geographic environments categories.
Even a cursory glance at any map of the Asia-Pacific region makes a striking impression: in addition to the large continental landmass the region encompasses a truly vast expanse of ocean, dispersed over which are thousands of islands. Many might say that it could not be a worse time to live in this region. In the past few years we have experienced not only a number of devastating tsunamis (Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Japan), but should not forget either the seemingly endless list of other natural hazards such as tropical cyclones and typhoons, volcanic eruptions, river floods and wildfires, amongst numerous others.