Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami A Ten-Year Journey /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shaw, Rajib (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Natural disasters.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

During the past 10 years following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, invaluable lessons have been learned and great changes have been observed. Immediately after the disaster, the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held in Kobe, Japan, and formulated the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA:...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Overview of ten years of recovery lessons from Indian Ocean Tsunami
• Institutional and legal arrangements and its impacts on urban issues
• Environmental Recovery and Mangrove Conservation: Post Indian Ocean Tsunami Policy responses in South and Southeast Asia
• Lessons from the Recovery of the Education Sector after the Indian Ocean Tsunami
• Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS)
• Post-tsunami Urban Recovery Process and Afterwards in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia.