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"Critically examines the role of humanitarian aid and disaster reconstruction"--

Fisheries --- Non-governmental organizations --- Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. --- Humanitarian assistance --- Disaster relief --- Tsunami relief --- Indian Ocean. --- India

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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.

Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Environmental Management. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Geography. --- Geology. --- Environmental management. --- Regional planning. --- Géographie --- Géologie --- Environnement --- Aménagement du territoire --- Gestion --- Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 --- Tsunami relief --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- Tsunami damage. --- Damage, Tsunami --- Earth sciences. --- Culture --- Natural disasters. --- Study and teaching. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004) --- 2004 --- Indian Ocean. --- Indische Oceaan.

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The Asian tsunami in December 2004 was reported on exhaustively all around the world. But this is the first full-length examination of the disaster. Providing an in-depth ethnography of the tsunami and its effects on a fishing village on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, the author shows how disaster survivors have dealt with the tsunami and worked to regain their confidence in the environment on which they depend for their livelihood. The book testifies to a remarkable local recovery process and demonstrates the survivors' commitment to restoring a sense of certainty and future possibilities ev

Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. --- Tsunamis --- Natural disasters --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Earthquake sea waves --- Seismic sea waves --- Seismic surges --- Tidal waves --- Tunamis --- Ocean waves --- Asian Tsunami, 2004 --- Boxing Day Tsunami, 2004 --- Indonesian Tsunami, 2004 --- Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami, 2004 --- Tamil Nadu (India) --- Tamilnad (India) --- Tamishagam (India) --- Tamizhagam (India : State) --- Tamil Nadu --- Tamilnadu (India) --- Tamilanāḍu (India) --- Thamilnadu (India) --- Madras (India : State) --- Social conditions. --- Environmental conditions.

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Tsunamis are primarily caused by earthquakes. Under favourable geological conditions, when a large earthquake occurs below the sea bed and the resultant rupture causes a vertical displacement of the ocean bed, the entire column of water above it is displaced, causing a tsunami. In the ocean, tsunamis do not reach great heights but can travel at velocities of up to 1000 km/hour. As a tsunami reaches shallow sea depths, there is a decrease in its velocity and an increase in its height. Tsunamis are known to have reached heights of several tens of meters and inundate several kilometres inland from the shore. Tsunamis can also be caused by displacement of substantial amounts of water by landslides, volcanic eruptions, glacier calving and rarely by meteorite impacts and nuclear tests in the ocean. In this SpringerBrief, the causes of tsunamis, their intensity and magnitude scales, global distribution and a list of major tsunamis are provided. The three great tsunamis of 1755, 2004 and 2011are presented in detail. The 1755 tsunami caused by the Lisbon earthquake, now estimated to range from Mw 8.5 to 9.0, was the most damaging tsunami ever in the Atlantic ocean. It claimed an estimated 100,000 human lives and caused wide-spread damage. The 2004 Sumatra Andaman Mw 9.1 earthquake and the resultant tsunami were the deadliest ever to hit the globe, claiming over 230,000 human lives and causing wide-spread financial losses in several south and south-east Asian countries. The 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and the resultant tsunami were a surprise to the seismologists in Japan and around the globe. The height of the tsunami far exceeded the estimated heights. It claimed about 20,000 human lives. The tsunami also caused nuclear accidents. This earthquake has given rise to a global debate on how to estimate the maximum size of an earthquake in a given region and the safety of nuclear power plants in coastal regions. This Brief also includes a description of key components of tsunami warning centres, progress in deploying tsunami watch and warning facilities globally, tsunami advisories and their communication, and the way forward.

Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. --- Tsunami. --- Tsunamis -- Portugal -- Lisbon. --- Tsunamis. --- Natural disasters. --- Natural calamities --- Earthquake sea waves --- Seismic sea waves --- Seismic surges --- Tidal waves --- Tunamis --- Earth sciences. --- Geophysics. --- Oceanography. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Disasters --- Natural disasters --- Ocean waves --- Geology. --- Physical geography. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Geography --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Measurement   . --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics