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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Indian Ocean Tsunami"”.
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The 'Gift' of the Disaster: Singaporeans' generous responses to the Indian Ocean Tsunami
The horrific Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004 was followed by a tidal wave of (dramatic and disturbing) media coverage focusing on the spectacular scale of destruction. Going beyond these immediate reactions to unpick the myriad geographies of the event, context and aftermath, my research …
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Geomorphology of Deposits from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Tamil Nadu, Southeastern India
… geologically suitable repositories for tsunami deposits are not well defined. This project characterizes the geomorphic environments on the southeastern coast of India that preserved depositional evidence of the catastrophic tsunami created by the M<sub>w</sub>9.0-9.3 Sumatra-Andaman …
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Exploring Disaster Recovery: Stakeholder Interfaces, Goals and Interdependencies
… on case studies from the mega –disaster of the Indian Ocean tsunami that affected India in 2004 and one case-study from repeated flooding in the Western Cape in South Africa. The key question addressed in this thesis is related to the factors affecting coordination for sustainable disaster …
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Thailand's openness and implications for economic and trade policy: an econometric study
… syndrome (SARS) and avian flu outbreaks, the Indian Ocean tsunami devastation, the Asian financial crisis and domestic economic policy reforms and political instability as well as military coups have affected the efficiency and success of this policy. While these issues have been important for …
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A Study of the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Economic Behavior and Human Capital Across the Life Course
… by a large-scale natural disaster, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. I utilize data from the Study of the Tsunami Aftermath and Recovery (STAR), a unique longitudinal survey of individuals and households living in coastal communities in Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia, at the time of the …
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Understanding stakeholder participation in post-disaster recovery (case study: Nagapattinam, India)
… (India) that were recovering from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The study found eight different forms of participation and non-participation in the case study communities, ranging from 'transformative' participation to 'marginalized' non-participation. These forms of participation and …
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Assessing the Rates of Post-Depositional Change Within 2004 Indian Ocean Sediments: Implications for Long-Term Records of Paleotsunamis
… are commonly used to examine patterns of tsunami inundation occurring over centennial to millennial timescales, but the impacts of post-depositional change on geologic reconstructions are unknown. In Sumatra, the taphonomic character (i.e., test surface condition) of a foraminifer can …
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SPH Modeling of Solitary Waves and Resulting Hydrodynamic Forces on Vertical and Sloping Walls
… quantify these impacts. Extreme waves, such as tsunamis generate, through breaking, extremely powerful hydraulic bores that impact and significantly damage coastal structures and buildings located close to the shoreline. The damage induced by such hydraulic bores is often due to structural …
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A framework for assessing the livelihood resilience of post-disaster relocated communities
… By studying five re-located villages post-2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar, Indonesia, this research has identified the indicators of livelihood resilience and the critical factors driving it for post-disaster relocated communities. A mixed approach, combining questionnaire …
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The MEso-SCAle Particle Transport model (MESCAPT) for studying sediment dynamics during storms and tsunamis
Tsunamis and storms are the most devastating coastal hazards that can cause great loss of life and infrastructure damage. To assess tsunami and storm hazard, the magnitude and frequency of each type of event are needed. However, major tsunamis and storms are very infrequent, especially tsunamis, …
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Sensing animal group behavior and bio-clutter in the ocean over continental shelf scales
… Thesis, it is shown how the recently developed Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (OAWRS) technique can be used to (1) quantify the acoustic scattering response of fish and remotely infer their physiological characteristics to enable species classification, and (2) remotely assess shoaling …
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A Framework for Building Back Better during Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery
… phase focused on two case studies: (1) The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka and (2) The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Recovery in Australia. The first phase of research was used to develop ―BBB Propositions‖ for implementing initiatives under the defined BBB categories and Principles. …
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Capacity building for post disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste
… to Sri Lanka which was severely affected by the Indian OceanTsunami in 2004 and from three decades of civil war. In this context, it is vital to explorecapacities which need to be enhanced for post disaster waste management. Accordingly,this study focuses on identification of existing capacities …
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Three essays in environmental health
… channel of exposure to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, to study its impact on the long-run health status of very young children in India. It exploits variation from the region and timing of birth for Indian children using information from the Demographic and Health Surveys. This …
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Essays in Health, Education and Development
… this question, this chapter uses the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as a plausibly exogenous source of variation in parental death. In addition, the paper uses a unique longitudinal dataset that has baseline information on the same sample of individuals interviewed after the tsunami. Also, given …
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Post disaster tourism crisis recovery in SIDS: development and testing of an integrated approach
… exemplar used was the Maldives (afflicted by the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004). Qualitative interviews were conducted in the field in the case study destination with individual tourism operators, the government and private sector agencies responsible for destination marketing and emergency services. …
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Experimental Study of Tsunami-Induced Loads on Bridges
… to major earthquake events in the Pacific Ocean, which makes it quite vulnerable to tsunami events. Over 14 major tsunami events struck the world’s coastlines, causing death and economic destruction, between 1990 and 2000 (Bryant, 2014), and at least 32 tsunami have been recorded in New …