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Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book One Year After the Java Earthquake and Tsunami written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Daly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316538923
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Rebuilding Asia Following Natural Disasters written by Patrick Daly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to a series of major disasters in Asia over the past two decades, including massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, this book explores complex and changing understandings and practices of relief, recovery, and reconstruction. These critical investigations raise questions about the position and responsibilities of a growing range of stakeholders, and provide in-depth explorations of the ways in which local communities are transformed on multiple levels - not only by the impact of disaster events, but also by the experiences of rebuilding. This timely volume highlights how the experiences of Asia can contribute towards post-disaster responses globally, to safeguard future communities and reduce vulnerabilities. This is a valuable resource for academic researchers interested in post-disaster transformations and development studies, practitioners in NGOs, and government officials dealing with disaster response and disaster risk reduction.
Author : Patrick Daly
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814345199
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book From the Ground Up written by Patrick Daly and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2012 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tsunami that struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004 evoked international sympathy on a scale beyond any previous natural disaster. The international relief effort broke all records both in scale and diversity, with seven billion U.S. dollars donated from all over the world through public and private agencies for Sumatra alone. Simply as a reconstruction effort, therefore, the disbursement of those funds and the rebuilding of housing, infrastructure, and economy posed major national and international challenges. However this was not simply a reconstruction effort. Aceh at that time was a war zone, with Indonesia's military engaged in a major operation to crush a separatist rebellion that had been simmering since 1976. Even though the funds had been donated for tsunami relief, any real reconstruction of Aceh had to consider the impact of the conflict on the well-being of the population, as well as governance and administrative capacities. This volumes serves the purpose not only of discussing some of the lessons of the Aceh reconstruction and peace processes, but also of maintaining critical links between Aceh and the international community after the initial tranches of aid expire.
Author : Prarthna Agarwal Goel
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819974305
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Economics of Natural Disasters written by Prarthna Agarwal Goel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Manfred Zaumseil
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461493544
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters written by Manfred Zaumseil and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a broad theoretical foundation by relating and contrasting relevant international literature with the outcomes of a particular research project. It provides a critical reevaluation of the complex phenomena of coping with disasters on a general level by applying this integrative theory of disaster coping to a specific context. A cultural psychological model is developed in order to suggest ways of understanding and assessing local and cultural specificity. This interaction of the general and locally specific is central to our understanding of cultural psychology of coping with disaster. The book provides a basic overview, by presenting various approaches to coping with natural disasters and relating them to each other in a coherent manner. So far, most research approaches either focus on technical, social, psychological or cultural aspects of coping, neglecting their interconnectedness. Coping is seldom seen as an extensive, long-term process, in which disaster relief complexly interacts and is integrated with the local actors and conditions. Until now, a perspective is missing, in which the mentioned modes of coping are integrated with cultural interpretations and practices and long-standing forms of communal self-help, which possibly develop in places that are frequently threatened by natural disasters.
Author : Wolfgang Fengler
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Managing Post-Disaster Reconstruction Finance written by Wolfgang Fengler and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have confronted the international community with its most demanding reconstruction challenges since the aftermath of World War II. Managing the inflow of resources and spending those resources well have proven to be two of the main difficulties in such reconstruction projects, particularly after large-scale disasters. A central dilemma of the public financial management of reconstruction is the need for very high levels of accountability to demonstrate fiduciary credibility, while at the same time ensuring the rapid implementation of recovery programs. This paper identifies options and lessons for managing post-disaster reconstruction finance in three key areas: (i) the establishment of special institutions to manage the reconstruction process; (ii) the selection of public financial management systems with respect to the application of country systems, special fiduciary arrangements, or donor/NGO execution; and (iii) monitoring and evaluation systems. The authors synthesize the phasing of assistance and approaches in eight recent post-natural disaster reconstruction efforts (Aceh-Indonesia, Yogyakarta-Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Colombia, Grenada, and Honduras) to help guide the priorities and options for future instances of public financial management for disaster reconstruction. The paper also compares the challenges posed by post-conflict versus post-natural disaster public financial management.
Author : Samia Amin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821374532
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Data Against Natural Disasters written by Samia Amin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides guidance to policy makers seeking to design effective monitoring systems for disaster response management. This volume describes the data needs that arise after natural disasters, assesses current data management reform efforts, and discusses the institutional preconditions and tactical and strategic steps necessary for establishing systems that work. Six country case studies elaborate lessons from the success and failures of efforts to establish innovative monitoring systems in the aftermath of disasters in Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Author : Tad S. Murty
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203964438
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Indian Ocean Tsunami written by Tad S. Murty and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-12-14 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia. 175,000 people are believed to have lost their lives, almost 50,000 were registered as missing and 1.7 million people were displaced. As well as this horrendous toll on human life
Author : Abhas K. Jha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821382683
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Safer Homes, Stronger Communities written by Abhas K. Jha and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is designed to guide public sector managers and development practitioners through the process of large-scale housing reconstruction after major disasters, based on the experiences of recent reconstruction programs in Aceh (Indonesia), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Gujarat (India) and Bam (Iran).
Author : Kenji Satake
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402033311
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Tsunamis written by Kenji Satake and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely review of state-of-the-art tsunami research, covering case studies and recent developments from various approaches. Provides a practical guide to improving operational tsunami warning systems and mitigating coastal hazard from tsunamis.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309209897
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Tsunami Warning and Preparedness written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning capabilities. Since then, the nation has made progress in several related areas on both the federal and state levels. At the federal level, NOAA has improved the ability to detect and forecast tsunamis by expanding the sensor network. Other federal and state activities to increase tsunami safety include: improvements to tsunami hazard and evacuation maps for many coastal communities; vulnerability assessments of some coastal populations in several states; and new efforts to increase public awareness of the hazard and how to respond. Tsunami Warning and Preparedness explores the advances made in tsunami detection and preparedness, and identifies the challenges that still remain. The book describes areas of research and development that would improve tsunami education, preparation, and detection, especially with tsunamis that arrive less than an hour after the triggering event. It asserts that seamless coordination between the two Tsunami Warning Centers and clear communications to local officials and the public could create a timely and effective response to coastal communities facing a pending tsuanami. According to Tsunami Warning and Preparedness, minimizing future losses to the nation from tsunamis requires persistent progress across the broad spectrum of efforts including: risk assessment, public education, government coordination, detection and forecasting, and warning-center operations. The book also suggests designing effective interagency exercises, using professional emergency-management standards to prepare communities, and prioritizing funding based on tsunami risk.
Author : Helen James
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398090971
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)
Download or read book THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS written by Helen James and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Consequences of Disasters: Demographic, Planning and Policy Implications presents innovative multi-disciplinary perspectives on how people and societies respond to, and recover from sudden, unexpected crisis events like natural disasters which impact tragically on the established patterns and structures of their lives. Through detailed empirical analysis which employs both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, the twenty-two chapters in this fine volume explore these critical issues. Chapters have a wide global range across both democratic and transforming governance systems which spotlight the many different ways in which different political jurisdictions respond to the demographic, planning and policy implications of the natural disasters affecting their citizens. The authors collectively provide insights into varying socio-cultural and political disaster frameworks from China, Japan, the USA, New Zealand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Taiwan, Iran, The Philippines and Pakistan. Taking the conceptual and analytical lens of social capital, family formation and migration patterns, the authors employ comparative demographic, anthropological and sociological approaches to present the human security contexts of natural disasters when they unexpectedly wreak havoc on human societies, and the coping and response behaviors they adopt, develop and use as survivors as they set about re-building their lives over periods that can extend over several years. This book provides many innovative insights which will be of value to disaster policy experts, practitioners in the humanitarian field, civil society and government sectors and researchers engaged in disaster recovery and reconstruction practice and research.
Author : M. P. Searle
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199653003
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Colliding Continents written by M. P. Searle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.
Author : K. Bradley Penuel
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452266395
Total Pages : 985 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief written by K. Bradley Penuel and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia covers response to disasters around the world, from governments to NGOs, from charities to politics, from refugees to health, and from economics to international relations, covering issues in both historical and contemporary context. The volumes include information relevant to students of sociology, national security, economics, health sciences, political science, emergency preparedness, history, agriculture, and many other subjects. The goal is to help readers appreciate the importance of the effects, responsibilities, and ethics of disaster relief, and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific cultural, scientific, and topical articles contained within the work. Including 425 signed entries in a two-volume set presented in A-to-Z format, and drawing contributors from varied academic disciplines, this encyclopedia also features a preface by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton of the 9/11 Commission. This reference resource examines disaster response and relief in a manner that is authoritative yet accessible, jargon-free, and balanced to help readers better understand issues from varied perspectives. Key Themes - Geography - Government and International Agencies - History - Human-induced Disasters - Infrastructure - Local Response - Major Disasters (Relief Case Studies) - Medicine and Psychology - Methods and Practices - Mitigation - Natural Disasters (Overviews) - Politics and Funding - Preparedness - Recovery - Response - Science and Prediction - Sociology - U.S. Geographical Response
Author : Martin Christopher
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749462477
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (494 download)
Download or read book Humanitarian Logistics written by Martin Christopher and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, there were 34 armed conflicts worldwide. That same year, a total of 414 natural disasters affected 211 million people. Overall, these natural disasters resulted in 16,847 deaths, and caused $74.9 billion in damages. Humanitarian Logistics examines the key challenges facing those whose role it is to organize and distribute resources in the most difficult of situations. This multi-contributor title includes insights from some of the world's leading experts in humanitarian logistics. It examines key issues including, warehousing, procurement and funding. With particular focus on pre-disaster preparation, rather than post-disaster assistance, Humanitarian Logistics provides current thinking as well as best practice for those who need to understand the many challenges and ways to respond effectively in this crucial area.
Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1514517019
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Indonesia Electoral, Political Parties Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information, Regulations, Procedures written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesia Electoral, Political Parties Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information, Regulations, Procedures
Author : Felix Riede
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 8771840249
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Past Vulnerability written by Felix Riede and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanic eruptions can affect everything--nature, wildlife, people. From the earliest times, human resilience has been tested by this most severe environmental hazard resulting in a variety of collective responses--from despair and helplessness to endurance, increased worship of the gods, and even mass migrations. Past Vulnerability breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the resent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines--from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology--discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions in human history and prehistory. The book sets the scene for a 'palaeosocial volcanology' that complements and extends current approaches to volcanic hazards in the natural and social sciences by presenting historically informed and evidence-based analyses on how traditional societies dealt with these dangers--or failed to do so.
