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The Indian Ocean Tsunami : The Global Response to a Natural Disaster /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gilbreath, Dick, Subbiah, Shanmugam P., Karan, Pradyumna P. (Pradyumna Prasad)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: when nature turns savage / Pradyumna P. Karan
  • The tsunami disaster on the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand / Masatomo Umitsu
  • The geoenvironment and the giant tsunami disaster in the northern part of Sumatra Island, Indonesia / Masatomo Umitsu
  • Geological and geomorphological perspectives of the tsunami on the Tamil Nadu Coast, India / S. R. Singarasubramanian ... [et al.]
  • Tsunami inundations and their impact in the Kaveri River delta, Tamil Nadu, India / S. Rani Senthamarai and J. Francis Lawrence
  • Impact of the tsunami on the coastal ecosystems of the Andaman Islands, India / Ramesh Ramchandran ... [et al.]
  • Environmental damage in the Maldives from the Indian Ocean tsunami / Koji Fujima
  • Tsunami disasters in Seenigama Village, Sri Lanka, and Taro Town, Japan / Kenji Yamazaki and Tomoko Yamazaki
  • Post-tsunami recovery in south Thailand, with special reference to the tourism industry / David Zurick
  • The role of NGOs in tsunami relief and reconstruction in Cuddalore District, South India / Muthusami Kumaran and Tricia Torris
  • Sociocultural frame, religious networks, miracles : experiences from tsunami disaster management in South India / Seiko Sugimoto, Antonysamy Sagayaraj, and Yoshio Sugimoto
  • Achievements and weaknesses in post-tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka / Martin Mulligan and Judith Shaw
  • Improving governance structures for natural disaster response : lessons from the Indian Ocean tsunami / Miranda A. Schreurs
  • Transnational geopolitical competition and national disasters : lessons from the Indian Ocean tsunami / Christopher Jasparro and Jonathan Taylor.