Tsunami
| Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
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| Tsunami Aftermath: More than Money Is Needed | Sanitsuda Ekachai | Deals with the restoration of Tsunami-hit communities of the fisherman village in southern provinces. Mentions a network of civil groups and credibility with the provincial authority together with non-governmental organizations to help with the restoration as the network encourages communities to identify their own needs, draw up their own restoration plans and manage them as a group in a transparent manner instead of the state top-down and unif ...Continue Reading | English | 68873 |
| Thai Health 2005: 12 Health Indicators, 10+10 Health Issues | Presents 12 health indicators of Thai population, dealing with pregnancy and birth, illness, mortality, disability, cancer, environment, food, poverty, human security, mental health, teenagers, and elderly people. Discusses health issues and recent events with their effect on health. Covers the tsunami on 26 December 2004, the conflict in the three southern-most provinces of Thailand, the dilemma on bird flu, rape and Thai society, sugar in chi ...Continue Reading | Multilanguage | 68807 | |
| Indonesia: The Challenge of Change | Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang | Presents the lecture of Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia. Mentions the examples of changes of various countries, related to the necessity of Indonesia to change also. Emphasizes the challenge of changes, regarding improvement in living standards of ordinary Indonesians, ensuring the growth of the nation, and bringing out the best of Indonesia. States Indonesia-Singapore relations, covering their cooperation on the Aceh tsun ...Continue Reading | English | 68381 |
| The Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, WHO Conference on 4-6 May 2005, Phuket, Thailand | Focuses on the health sector experiences and lessons learnt in the immediate health sector response to the December 2004 Asian Tsunami disaster, and during the early phase of recovery systems and processes. Focuses on three themes : health protection and disease prevention, health services delivery, and health policy and coordination. Contains papers on experiences of WHO representatives in some countries and health sectors in India, Indonesia, ...Continue Reading | English | 68380 | |
| Economic Review Mid-Year 2005 | Presents Thailand's economic conditions in the first half of the year 2005, including economic facts and figures. Contains information on foreign direct investment, competitiveness, capital markets, financial institutions and banking, covering free trade agreement and its impact on agricultural sector, chicken meat exports and the bird flu, and tourism after the Tsunami. Reviews industrial situation, related to automobiles, energy, petrochemica ...Continue Reading | English | 68299 | |
| ASEAN Economy, 2005: Overcoming Protectionism, Reviving Tourism | Projects ASEAN economic growth at around 5.5 percent in 2005, based on supportive factors as export growth, bright prospects a for foreign direct investment, and public sector's investment in mega-project. Mentions also the risk factors that affected economic growth, noting economic slowdown in US, China and Japan trade barriers of developed countries the end of garment quotas of WTO and the Multi-Fibre Agreement tourism glitches caused by th ...Continue Reading | Thai | 68036 | |
| East Asia Update: East Asia's Dollar Influx--Signal for Change Special Focus: Gender Equality in East Asia | Overviews economic growth in East Asia and the Pacific, highlighting the cross-country trends and policy issues, as well as developments at the country level. Analyzes expansion amidst uncertainty in East Asia, dealing with economic growth, poverty reduction and human development, and a new focus on tsunami and disease risks. Examines the international and regional environment, looking at the developed country growth, China's economy in 2004, c ...Continue Reading | English | 68001 | |
| Fan Club to the Rescue | Krittiya Wongtavavimarn | Reports how volunteer scuba divers race against time to repair coral reefs damaged by the tsunami. Describes their mission to save sea fans living in the waters around the Similan Islands Marine National Park in Phangnga province. Explains the sea fan (kalabangha in Thai) as a marine animal that forms erect, flattened, branching colonies in tropical and subtropical waters. Mentions how the December 26 tsunami damaged the reefs in a variety of ...Continue Reading | English | 67942 |
| Tsunami Hits South and Southeast Asia, Special Press Summary | Compiles the press summary on tsunami disasters in South and Southeast Asia. Reports the tsunami death toll and its impacts on Myanmar, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Deals with the security treats in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Covers the issues of health risks, early warning system, and tourism. Reports the global response and relief efforts by donor countries, covering Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China, France, India, Indonesia, ...Continue Reading | English | 67926 | |
| Tsunami Aftermath: Helping of Hurting?: Labour Pains | Sanitsuda Ekachai | Considers how workers in the six tsunami-hit provinces are struggling for the compensation from employers affected by the disaster. Reveals how the labour law did not protect hotel employees, including informal workers who are sub-contractors, self-employed, or small-scale fisherfolk. Reports that hotel employees in Phangnga province do not have labour unions to know their rights and to fight for them, whereas some hotel owners did not enroll t ...Continue Reading | English | 67922 |
| Japanese Studies 2005 | Compiles articles on Japanese studies, analyzing Japanese economy during 1998-2004. Examines Buddhism in Japanese Society, questioning the religious life of the Japanese, the kind of Buddhism in Japan and its relation with the government, as well as the role of new religious movement in contemporary Japanese society. Focuses on Japan's political system and political parties both in the changing and continuing periods. Looks at Japanese society ...Continue Reading | Thai | 67914 | |
| Tsunami: Shock and Suffering | Considers whether the tsunami disaster could lead to a peace dividend in two of the worst affected areas : Sri Lanka and Aceh in Indonesia. Remarks that the impact of the tsunami on conflicts in Sri Lanka and Aceh is likely to be negative, questioning how the rehabilitation and rebuilding process continues after direct foreign intervention ends. Questions the inflows of funds with little guarantee that they will not be delivered to other purpos ...Continue Reading | English | 67862 | |
| An Uncertain Future | Sanitsuda Ekachai | Reveals how the Thai authorities treated Burmese migrant workers who survived the Tsunami, noting their suffers from ethnic prejudices, being arrested, and forced deportation. Mentions the helps from the Tsunamic Action Group, a coalition of Thai and Burmese rights organizations, covering the question on the real number of dead and missing migrants | English | 67764 |
| We Care: Double Trouble | Sanitsuda Ekachai | Narrates life after tsunami of women in a Muslim village in Khura Buri district, Phangnga province. Reflects burdens of these tsunami widows who lost spouses, have small children, and no source of income to rebuild their shattered lives. Looks at their needs for long-term scholarships for their children, and for assistance in finding jobs in order to start earning for their families. Highlights the roles of the Foundation for Women in giving p ...Continue Reading | English | 67687 |
| We Care: Help for the Long Haul | Karnjariya Sukrung | Reports how volunteers have flocked to the Andaman coast to help displaced and affected tsunami victims in South Thailand. Looks at how the volunteers work at the Khao Lak Nature Resort Tsunami Volunteer Centre, covering collecting corpses, building a database with information on the deceased, supporting for IT work, website, language coordinators, project staff, and fund-raising personnel | English | 67660 |
| Through the Wasteland | Usnisa Sukhsvasti | Presents a dedicated account of three volunteers in Phangnga during the urgent period after the tsunami disaster on December 26, 2004. Describes their works for the dead bodies to help relatives to claim bodies of their loved ones as quickly as possible. Mentions the volunteer teams in body separation, examination, DNA, dental, and information technology. Gives an opinion on the working conditions between Khunying Dr. Porntip Rojanasunan, Depu ...Continue Reading | English | 67627 |
| Preparing for the Worst | Chompoo Trakullertsathien | Reports the natural devastation along Thailand's southern shores after the tsunami. Deals with cracks under the sea, sink holes, landslides, fractures in cave walls. Considers how these geo-hazards can cause damage to people's lives and property if preventive measures are not immediately put into place. Examines the need for awareness of natural disasters, covering tsunami-warning signs, evacuation zones and routes, updated information on eart ...Continue Reading | English | 67609 |
| Tsunami in Thailand and Methods to Handle It in the Future: Uncovering the Emergence of Tsunami Wave in Thailand on 26 December 2004 and Tsunami Alert in 2013 | Charoen Thanasathitkun | Compiles questions & answers, and lessons learned from tsunami on December 26, 2004. Explains the definition, causes, and process of tsunami, detailing its impact and damage to six southern provinces, covering Phuket, Phangnga, Krabi, Ranong, Trang, and Satun. Considers aftershock of tsunami in Thailand, focusing on earthquakes caused by active fault or capable fault. Mentions the survival of Moken, the Andaman sea gypsies at Surin Islands, fr ...Continue Reading | Thai | 67566 |
| Sand Dune Saviour: How One Community Survived the Tsunami | Vasana Chinvarakorn | Considers how a two-kilometre-long sand dune has protected Phuket's Kata-Karon beach from tsunami with less damage than other spots along the western coast of the Andaman. Reflects the community participation in striking a balance between business interests and the interests of the local community. Mentions a unique tripartite system at Kata-Karon beach whereby the municipal government, an independent advisory council and representatives of loc ...Continue Reading | English | 67544 |
| Closing the Legend of Andaman Sea Gypsies and the Granting of Thai Mokens Nationality After Tsunami Disaster | Tuangsak Chuensinthu | Gives definition and introduces way of life of Moken, the Andaman sea gypsies at Surin Islands of Phangnga province. Looks at the effect of tsunami on 26 December 2004, upon the Moken. Mentions their changing way of life, and the granting of Thai nationality to the Moken after tsunami disaster | Thai | 67524 |
