scholarly journals Can we mitigate the effect of natural disasters on child health? Evidence from the Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélia Lépine ◽  
Maria Restuccio ◽  
Eric Strobl
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Tsunami: a history of the term and of scientific understanding of the phenomenon in Japanese and Western culture

2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julyan H.E Cartwright ◽  
Hisami Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Ocean Wave ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Tsunami ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Indian Ocean

In the past few years we have unfortunately had several reminders of the ability of a particular type of ocean wave—a tsunami—to devastate coastal areas. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, in particular, was one of the largest natural disasters of past decades in terms of the number of people killed. The name of this phenomenon, tsunami , is possibly the only term that has entered the physics lexicon from Japanese. We use Japanese and Western sources to document historical tsunami in Europe and Japan, the birth of the scientific understanding of tsunami, and how the Japanese term came to be adopted in English.

Responding to Natural Disasters: Managing a Hotel in the Aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
General Manager ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Resort Hotel ◽  
Dramatic Fall

The case describes the experiences of the General Manager of a luxury resort hotel on the Thai island of Phuket in the days immediately following the Indian Ocean tsunami at the end of 2004. Although the property escaped physical damage and there were no fatalities among residents and staff, the management had to deal with an unprecedented crisis caused by disruption to the tourism industry in the destination as a whole and a dramatic fall in arrivals. Recovery efforts are outlined and reference is made to longer-term impacts on business and the challenges of restoring confidence and returning to normality. Issues arising from the case are suggested in a final list of questions for discussion.

Survey Results of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Maldives

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Fujima ◽  
Yoshinori Shigihara ◽  
Takashi Tomita ◽  
Kazuhiko Honda ◽  
Hisamichi Nobuoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Myanmar Coastal Area Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tint Lwin Swe ◽  
Kenji Satake ◽  
Than Tin Aung ◽  
Yuki Sawai ◽  
Yukinobu Okamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Real Time ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
The West ◽  
Tide Level ◽  
The Indian Ocean

A post-tsunami survey was conducted along the Myanmar coast two months after the 2004 Great Sumatra earthquake ( Mw=9.0) that occurred off the west coast of Sumatra and generated a devastating tsunami around the Indian Ocean. Visual observations, measurements, and a survey of local people's experiences with the tsunami indicated some reasons why less damage and fewer casualties occurred in Myanmar than in other countries around the Indian Ocean. The tide level at the measured sites was calibrated with reference to a real-time tsunami datum, and the tsunami tide level range was 2–3 m for 22 localities in Myanmar. The tsunami arrived three to four hours after the earthquake.

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