Post Tsunami Recovery In Thailand

Author : Monica Lindberg Falk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317690139

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Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand by Monica Lindberg Falk Pdf

Of all the huge natural disasters that claimed the lives of thousands in Asia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the largest, estimated to have killed more than 230,000 people. The scope of damage brought about by this natural disaster urges focus on recovery and post-disaster reconstruction from several perspectives. Here we find an in-depth ethnography of Thailand and the role of culture and religion as an underpinning issue in post-disaster recovery. Following the post-tsunami recovery over five years, the book provides knowledge on socio-cultural responses from affected local communities after natural hazards, and is based on original material collected in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami. With a focus on how culture and religion interplay in the processes of building resilience and decreasing vulnerability, it gives a deeper understanding of how disasters are experienced and dealt with on a local level. It examines survivors’ experiences of rituals and ceremonies that became a part of the survivors’ lives in new ways after the tsunami, offering psychological reassurance and religious efficaciousness as well as communication links between themselves and the deceased. Using observations, narratives and material from in-depth interviews with survivors, relatives, relief workers, officials and Buddhist monks and nuns, this book contributes to the research on anthropology of disaster and to the development of research on cultural resilience and religion in post-disaster recovery. It will be of interest to scholars of Disaster Studies, Buddhist Studies and Asian Studies.

Author : S. K. Jayasuriya,Peter McCawley
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781849806831

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The Asian Tsunami by S. K. Jayasuriya,Peter McCawley Pdf

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.

Author : Pradyumna Prasad Karan,Shanmugam P. Subbiah
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813126524

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The Indian Ocean Tsunami by Pradyumna Prasad Karan,Shanmugam P. Subbiah Pdf

December 2004, a tsunami swept over the coasts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and other South Asian countries, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and many more without the resources to rebuild their lives. With casualties as far away as Africa, the aftermath was overwhelming: ships could be spotted miles inland; cars floated in the ocean; legions of the unidentified deadùan estimated 225,000ùwere buried in mass graves; relief organizations struggled to reach rural areas and provide adequate aid to survivors. The Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Global Response to a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental, social, and economic costs of this tragedy. Soon after the tsunami, an international team of geographers, geologists, anthropologists, and political scientists traveled to the most damaged areas to observe and document the tsunami's impact. The Indian Ocean Tsunami draws on data collected by this team. Editors Pradyumna P. Karan and Shanmugam P. Subbiah, along with contributors from multiple disciplines, examine numerous issues that arose in the aftermath of the tsunami, such as inequities in response efforts, unequal distribution of disaster relief aid, and relocation and housing problems. The Indian Ocean Tsunami is organized into several sections, the first of which deals with the ecological destruction of the tsunami. It includes case studies and photographs of the damage in Japan, Indonesia, South India, and other areas. The second section analyzes the economic and social aspects of the aid responses, specifically discussing the role of NGOs in tsunami relief, the strengths and weaknesses of the reconstruction process, and the lessons the tsunami offers to those who are responsible for dealing with future disasters. In the tsunami's aftermath, the inadequacies of governmental and privately funded aid and the challenge of rehabilitating devastated ecosystems quickly became apparent. With this volume, Karan and Suhbiah illuminate the need for the development of efficient, socially and environmentally sustainable practices to cope with environmental disasters. They suggest that education about the ongoing process of recovery will mitigate the effects of future natural disasters. Including maps, photographs, and statistical analyses, The Indian Ocean Tsunami is a clear and definitive evaluation of the tsunami's impact and the world's response to it.

Author : Ngoh Tiang Tan,Allison Rowlands,Frances K. O. Yuen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136447112

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Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice by Ngoh Tiang Tan,Allison Rowlands,Frances K. O. Yuen Pdf

Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice presents an inside look at the complicated nature of disaster preparedness and how it relates to poverty, trauma, community development, and service delivery systems. Health, human services, and mental health professionals from countries still reeling from the devastations of the Asian Tsunami of 2004 reflect on the challenges facing survivors, the effects of the disaster, and interventions by the community and social work professionals. This unique book offers real-life accounts of practice models and the experiences of recovery from natural and man-made events. When disaster strikes, social workers and other human service professionals not only are the first responders, they are also called upon to help victims with the effects of trauma and displacement, providing social and emotional support in the recovery and rebuilding of families and communities. Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice explores social interventions used in relief efforts to aid hundreds of thousands of people who were left at risk and in need in affected areas of South Asia and East Africa, including Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Singapore, and Indonesia. Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice examines: mental health practice in emergency response the connections between disability and disaster social and physical conditions after the tsunami of 2004 state and civil society responses in India service delivery frameworks the effective use of volunteers training programs for social workers and recovery workers the economic, social, and psychological impacts on survivors and much more Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice is an invaluable aid for students, practice professionals, and educators in health and human services, as well as anyone working in international aid and disaster relief.

Author : Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9784431551171

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Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami by Rajib Shaw Pdf

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.

Author : Wannasorn Kruahongs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:855389675

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Community Participation in Tsunami Disaster Response and Recovery in Thailand by Wannasorn Kruahongs Pdf

Author : Kalinga Seneviratne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : OSU:32435079374757

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Media's Challenge by Kalinga Seneviratne Pdf

Author : V. Santiago-Fandiño,Y.A. Kontar,Y. Kaneda
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319102023

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Post-Tsunami Hazard by V. Santiago-Fandiño,Y.A. Kontar,Y. Kaneda Pdf

This monograph focuses on a variety of topics related to reconstruction and restoration in post-tsunami conditions. Aspects such as coastal engineering, early warning systems and technological approaches, urban planning and settlements relocation, socio-economic redevelopment and policy, coastal ecosystems and agricultural redevelopment as well as pollution assessment are included. The reader will benefit from the various case-studies drawn from a number of countries hit by the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of March 2011 in Japan. This book will appeal to scientists and scholars, decision makers, students and practitioners interested in post-tsunami reconstruction and restoration processes.

Author : Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 9781845449544

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Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster by Rajib Shaw Pdf

Author : Sunita Reddy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811301827

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The Asian Tsunami and Post-Disaster Aid by Sunita Reddy Pdf

Through the lens of the Asian tsunami, this book problematizes concepts that are normally taken for granted in disaster discourse, including relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation. The unprecedented flow of humanitarian aid after the Asian tsunami, though well-intentioned, showed adverse effects and unintended consequences in the lives of people in the communities across nations. Aid led not only to widespread relief and recovery but also to an exacerbation of old forms of inequities and the creation of new ones arising from the prioritization, distribution and management of aid. This, in turn, led to the incongruity between the needs and expectations of the affected and the agendas of aid agencies and their various intermediaries. This book examines the long-term consequences of post-disaster aid by posing the following questions: What has the aid been expended on? Where has the aid primarily been expended, and how? And what were the unintended consequences of post-disaster aid for the communities? This topical volume is of interest to social scientists, human rights and law researchers and environmental scientists interested in disaster studies.

Author : Dennis B. McGilvray,Michele R. Gamburd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135150624

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Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka by Dennis B. McGilvray,Michele R. Gamburd Pdf

The Indian Ocean Tsunami, which devastated 70 percent of Sri Lanka’s coastline and killed an estimated 35,000 people, was remarkable both for the magnitude of the disaster and for the unprecedented scale of the relief and recovery operations mounted by national and international agencies. The reconstruction process was soon hampered by political patronage, by the competing efforts of hundreds of foreign humanitarian organizations, and by the ongoing civil war. The book is framed within this larger political and social context, offering descriptions and comparisons between two regions (southwest vs. eastern coast) and four ethnic communities (Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, and Burghers) to illustrate how disaster relief unfolded in a culturally pluralistic political landscape. Approaching the issue from four disciplinary perspectives - anthropology, demography, political science, and disaster studies - chapters by experts in the field analyse regional and ethnic patterns of post-tsunami reconstruction according to different sectors of Sri Lankan society. Demonstrating the key importance of comprehending the local cultural contexts of disaster recovery processes, the book is a timely and useful contribution to the existing literature.

Author : Katrin Pfeifer,Niki Pfeifer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400750005

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Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses by Katrin Pfeifer,Niki Pfeifer Pdf

How do and how did people perceive, manage and respond to natural disasters? How are the causes of natural disasters explained in history, how are they explained today? This volume investigates relationships between forces of nature and human culture in a multidisciplinary context bridging science and the humanities. Forces of nature and cultural responses is divided into four sections: (1) ball lightnings, (2) earthquakes and tsunamis, (3) volcanic eruptions and plagues, and (4) hurricanes and floodings. Specifically, Section 1 investigates theories and case studies of ball lightning phenomena. Section 2 includes a psychological study on the impact of earthquakes on academic performance, a study on tsunami vulnerability and recovery strategies in Thailand and a study on the social and economic aftermaths of a tsunami and a hurricane in Hawaii. Section 3 consists of a chapter on volcanic eruptions and plagues as well as cultural responses in Ancient Times and a study on contemporary vulnerability and resilience under chronic volcanic eruptions. Section 4 investigates the impact of hurricane Katrina on the current jazz scene in New Orleans and cultural responses to floodings in The Netherlands in Early Modern Times.

Author : Miwa Abe
Publisher : Research Publishing Service
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Human settlements
ISBN : 9789810877255

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Adaptive and Sustainable Post-tsunami Human Resettlement by Miwa Abe Pdf

Author : Tew Bunnag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004
ISBN : UOM:39015063116498

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After the Wave by Tew Bunnag Pdf

Author : Gertrud Tauber
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783839428627

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Architects and Post-Disaster Housing by Gertrud Tauber Pdf

This book examines the different roles of architects in rural post-disaster housing and their impact on the degree of success of the projects from villagers' perspective. It is based around the building process of three case studies affected by the tsunami of 2004 in rural South India. It identifies the critical parameters and skills required at project level during the course of the building process. The results from villages and interviews with experienced international and Indian architects, engineers and NGO representatives show that architects are often poorly equipped to work in this context. Gertrud Tauber concludes with a proposal for a course to help architects in the building of people-oriented housing in post-disaster environments.