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The Indian Ocean tsunami = the global response to a natural disaster /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Indian Ocean tsunami/ edited by Pradyumna P. Karan and Shanmugam P. Subbiah ; cartography by Dick Gilbreath.
Reminder of title:	the global response to a natural disaster /
other author:	Gilbreath, Dick.
Published:	Lexington, Ky. :University Press of Kentucky, : c2011.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 310 p.) :ill., maps. :
Subject:	Tsunami damage - Asia. -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780813126531 (electronic bk.)

The Indian Ocean tsunami = the global response to a natural disaster /
The Indian Ocean tsunamithe global response to a natural disaster /[electronic resource] :edited by Pradyumna P. Karan and Shanmugam P. Subbiah ; cartography by Dick Gilbreath. - Lexington, Ky. :University Press of Kentucky,c2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 310 p.) :ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 fornatural 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.

ISBN: 9780813126531 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

955229
Tsunami damage
--Asia.

LC Class. No.: HV603 2004.A78 / I53 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34/94091824090511

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