Tsunami
| Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
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| Wall of Memories | Gray, Denis | Interviews the survivors from the tsunami attack on 26 December 2004 in Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Reflects how survivors carry their deep scars dated back to two years ago, showing signs of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Mentions the restoration and renovation of tsunami-stricken resorts and beaches along the areas, including the foreign survivors' feelings towards the hospitality of tsunami-stricken countrie ...Continue Reading | English | 72481 |
| We're Safer Now | Bean, Joseph W | Deals with the information technology of early warning system and decision support system that play an important role to decrease risks from Tsunami in the future. Introduces the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) of United States in Hawaii which has a mission to reduce disaster risks around the Pacific, across the Indian Ocean and beyond. Explains the development and function of Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), highlighting the c ...Continue Reading | English | 72454 |
| World Bank-Civil Society Engagement: Review of Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 | Highlights main issues and challenges facing the World Bank in its relations with civil society organizations (CSOs), covering civic engagement and participation. Considers operational collaboration and institutional partnerships, citing the Bank and CSOs joint efforts to support post-Tsunami reconstruction, information disclosure and knowledge sharing, and corporate social responsibility. Reviews civil society engagement at the global, regiona ...Continue Reading | English | 72381 | |
| House in Whose Sense? Diverse Viewpoints of Those Who Work for Housing Rights | Compiles the viewponts about the rigths on housing and settlements, dealing with the struggles of some urban poors, land reform for housing rights of slum dwellers, women's roles on housing rigths, and the Tsunami victims and their fightings for land and settlement rights. Mentions the Thai Rak Thai Party's promises on political reform after the April 2006 Election, related to the issues on people's participation and the rights to access governm ...Continue Reading | Thai | 72368 | |
| Crisis Public Relations & Crisis Management: Strategies & Tactics | Wirat Laphiratthanakun | Provides an overview of public relations (PR) and major development in today's world, considering its successful components. Looks at PR in knowledge-based society, dealing with the essential abilities and nanotechnology, virtual organization and virtual PR, globalization and crisis. Studies crisis communication theory, examing crisis communication strategies and issues management for PR. Deals with the issues on crisis audit, risk communicati ...Continue Reading | Thai | 72347 |
| Development and Use of Geo-information in Indonesia | Purnawan, Bebas United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (17th : 2006 : Bangkok, Thailand) |
Provides the development and use of geo-information in Indonesia. States that geo-information of Indonesia is produced by both central and regional government agencies and data utilization is limited to government institutions. Explains the development of the Indonesian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ISDI) to make Indonesian geo-information available, sharable and accessible by the whole Indonesian community. Discusses some geographical informat ...Continue Reading | English | 72163 |
| Application of Geo-informatics for Natural Disasters Management in Thailand | Syrachai Ratanasermpong United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (17th : 2006 : Bangkok, Thailand) |
Shows Thai government's efforts to set up Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center for emergency preparedness. Focuses on satellite data which play a major role in quickly assessing the damage caused by natural and man-made disasters, especially Tsunami disaster. Summarizes two types of damage caused by Tsunami in Thailand namely coastal shoreline erosion and damage to constructions. Reviews Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development ...Continue Reading | English | 72154 |
| Effects of Tsunami Upon Tourism in Thailand | Orawan Thongbaisri | Studies effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Thailand's tourism, focusing on the six provinces of Krabi, Phuket, Phangnga, Ranong, Trang, and Satun. Focuses on its impact during the first quarter of 2005, dealing with losses in physical infrastructure, tourism-driven economy, image, and psychology. Reveals the decreasing numbers of tourists in the 1st quarter of 2005 compared to 2004, looking at the problem solutions of government and pr ...Continue Reading | Thai | 72128 |
| Disaster Risk Management Training Assessment Under the Consultant Assistance Project from GTZ in the Feasibility Community at Ban Thap Lamu, Mu 5, Tambon Lam Kaen, Thai Muang District, Phangnga Province | Studies two sample groups related to the Tsunami disaster management training, divided into the group of village committee, prevention and mitigation committee, and common people and the group of local government officers, prevention and mitigation officers, and project officers. Explores the people's interest, knowledge and preparedness on Tsunami disaster, covering their opinions on participating in evacuation plan. Includes suggestions from ...Continue Reading | Thai | 72086 | |
| Forum-Asia: Compilation of E-Newsletters No.1-26 (Feb.-Nov. 2006) | Contains the issues presented in the weekly e-newsletters, regarding the topics on human rights and development. Reports on the regional activities, citing the response to draft human rights resolution, the voice of victims missing at final session of the commission on human rights, and the review of UN Human Rights Council's works. Includes news and activities on human rights in each Asian country, noting the NGOs' concerns over protesters at ...Continue Reading | English | 72082 | |
| Between Life and Death: Surviving Aceh's Tsunami | Compiles experiences of survivors in Aceh of Northwest Indonesia from the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004. Presents stories from ordinary people tragically caught up in extraordinary event, covering workers, drivers, school pupils, fishermen, housewives, and officers. Reflects the feelings between death and life, covering the topics of medical help and relief effort | English | 72060 | |
| Perception and Tourism Behavior Trend in 6 Southern Provinces of Andaman Coast after Tsunami Disaster of Thai Tourists in Bangkok Metropolitan Area | Sukkanya Charoensri | Studies tourism perception, tourism motivation factor, future tourism behavior trend, acknowledgement and understanding of tsunami disaster, in relation to tourism behavior in the future. Considers demographic factor affecting tourism behavior, aiming to provide guidelines to improve and develop tourism places in 6 southern provinces of Andaman coast which impacted from tsunami disaster on December 26, 2004. Employs questionnaires with samples ...Continue Reading | Thai | 72042 |
| Education in Thailand 2005/2006 | Presents information on education, regarding government and administrative structure, educational administration and management, educational system, educational standards and quality assurance. Indicaes government policy on eduation, related to information on development of pre-primary, basic, vocational and higher education. Reports on the reform of non-formal and informal education, covering utilization of ICTs for education, and development ...Continue Reading | English | 71941 | |
| A Collection of Articles on Sociology and Anthropology 2006 on the Retirement of Professor Dr. Amara Pongsapich | Compiles eight research and theoretical articles on sociology and anthropology. Considers how to create the system and formulate policies for coping with natural disasters like Tsunami in sociological perspectives. Discusses the issues of ethnic groups, crime and access to justice, focusing on the judicial process in three Southern border privinces. Attempts to understand the development of ethnic category and identity of ethnic groups that us ...Continue Reading | Thai | 71719 | |
| Tourism Crises: Causes , Consequences and Management | Henderson, Joan C | Examines current issues facing the tourism industry, considering the relationship between politics and tourism. Deals with host-guest relations and tourists as targets of unrest, relating to crises arising from economic uncertainties, natural disasters and heatlh crises, transport accidents and crises due to technical failure, as well as human resource matters and questions of corporate finance. Explores approaches to managing crises and approp ...Continue Reading | English | 71525 |
| Indicators of Sustainable Re-Development and Risk Management for Tourism in the Context of Tsunami Recovery, Phuket, Thailand, May 2005 | Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Indicators: Sustainable Redevelopment of Tsunami-Affected Destinations (2005 : Ohuket, Thailand) | Presents the workshop aimed at training officials from the tsunami affected countreis on a methodology to measure and monitor aspects of environmental and socio-economic sustainability, and advances with the re-development process. Uses indicators of the World Tourism Organization in reporting, communication and image-building processes, and uses the Phuket case for reporting and discussion. Concludes with the use of indicators to deal with ris ...Continue Reading | English | 71441 |
| Human Rights: The Citizen Edition, vol. 2 | Jaran Ditapichai | Contains case studies related to the questions of human rights violations, including the analyses and suggestions for coping with the problems. Deals with the issues on arresting wrong persons, violence in South Thailand, people's rights and public hearings, case of persons disappeared in Thai society, and rights of AIDS patients. Discusses the topics on information seeking for national security, Takbai incident, Tsunami victims, December 10 fo ...Continue Reading | Thai | 71428 |
| Globalization, Development, and Human Security in Asia-Pacific Region: Abstract, The 1st ICSD Conference on 18-20 October 2006 at Thammasat University's Learning Resort, Pattaya Campus, Chonburi, Thailand | ICSD Conference on Globalization, Development, and Human Security in Asia-Pacific Region (1st : 2006 : Chonburi, Thailand) | Compiles abstracts of papers presented at the conference on Globalization, Development, and Human Security in the Asia-Pacific Region. Covers the sessions of poverty, social policy, human security, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), rural develpment and culture. Includes the sessions of ageing, community development, social work, disasters, health, and children. Presents abstracts of papers such as human security in the FTA regime, pover ...Continue Reading | English | 71419 |
| The Tai Community | Presents strategy for restoring local community, dealing with development of welfare system, security of the Urban Poor, local housing, community life, and natural resources management and sustainable agriculture. Compiles accounts on restoring local communities by means of villagers' participation. Reflects the welfare system in the communities of Northeast Thailand, covering the development of housing in communities, network of community plan ...Continue Reading | Thai | 71124 | |
| Tsunami: One Year On--A Summary of the Implementation of the Phuket Action Plan | Reports the implementation for tourism recovery after one year of tsunami disaster on 26 December 2004. Deals with the Phuket Action Plan, outlining a series of measures for post tsunami recovery for Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives. Places marketing and communications in the plan as it is recognized as the cornerstone and most important element for tourism recovery. Covers activities in community relief, professional training, sust ...Continue Reading | English | 71109 |
