Social Response to Natural Disaster and Tsunamis in Micronesia and Peru

An Annotated Bibliography by Alexis Dale

23 September 2005

Beatty, A. (2005). Aid in faraway places: The context of an earthquake. Anthropology today, 21, 4, 5-7.

This article tries to describe the short- and long-term impacts of a natural disaster that were not covered by mass media. It points out ways to better manage dispersal of relief aid.

Benson, C., & Clay, E. J. (2004). Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

This resource discusses how economies of selected countries respond to natural disaster. It suggests ways to reduce risk and to find aid from outside the economy for both current and future disasters. Finally, it contains a section on informing the public on natural hazards.

Bradshaw, S. (2004). Socio-economic impacts of natural disasters: a gender analysis. Santiago, Chile: United Nations.

Bradshaw’s paper uses the effects of Hurricane Mitch to assess the difference in impact on and response to men and women. She then discusses the actions of society as a whole and uses her findings to recommend a refined approach to future disaster.

Bradt, D. A., Abraham, K., & Franks, R. (2003). A strategic plan for disaster medicine in Australasia. Emergency Medicine, 15, 271-282.

This article brings together data from natural disasters in the southwestern Pacific to highlight the most common weaknesses in infrastructure and medicine. The “strategic plan” includes implementing current technology and educating experts in medicine, management, and public health. It also gives an idea of how much disaster administration comes from each level of government.

Celenza, T. (1999). Emergency medicine: The state of play – Undergraduate education. Emergency medicine, 11, 224-228.

This author has acknowledged the benefit of adding an emergency medicine component to college curricula. He offers practical situations to use in conveying important information, and suggests the possibility of attracting outside funding for the programs.

Dalrymple, R. A. (Ed.). (1985). Physical modeling in coastal engineering. Boston: A. A. Balkema.

This book gives an idea of how one might simply display the motion of water waves. It includes models of coastlines and an investigation into how waves will impact structural walls.

Educational facilities and risk management: Natural disasters. (2004). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Author.

This resource examines the vulnerability of the educational systems - both social and structural aspects - in several areas of the world commonly affected by seismic activity and natural disaster. It includes a section on why it is helpful to target schools when protecting and strengthening the areas.

Goodman, G. K., & Moos, F. (1981). The United States and Japan in the Western Pacific: Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

The authors of this book provide a brief history of Micronesia, among other Western Pacific nations. They then explore economic development in the nation. The book also includes maps and photographs of Micronesia.

Griffiths, A. L. (Ed.). (2005). Handbook of federal countries, 2005. Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

The handbook explains the history of Micronesia in terms of its movement to Federalism, and then explores recent political movement in the nation. There are also brief demographic statistics.

Hamilton, M. K. (Ed.). (2002). Technologies, systems, and architectures for transnational defense. Orlando: SPIE.

The most applicable section of this book involves an outline of sensor systems and a survey of available information. There is a treatment of possible future infrastructure development toward a cross-nation security system.

Large-scale disasters: Lessons learned. (2004). OCED: Author.

This report assesses damage done by previous disasters and the lessons learned from them. It then analyzes the most pressing issues that presented themselves in the wake of those disasters. It concludes with a case study from earthquakes in Turkey.

Myles, D. (1985). The great waves. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.

This book has chapters on both ancient and relatively recent tsunami disasters. It explains the geographical reasons behind why they occur, and goes into some depth with how populations may be defended against them. Namely, the book analyzes the tsunami warning centers in the Pacific.

Pelling, M. (Ed.). (2003). Natural disasters and development in a globalizing world. New York: Routledge.

In general, this book covers the impact of various global changes on disaster risk and/or vulnerability. It includes case studies related to society’s response to natural disaster, and concludes with a section on current concerns.

Peluso, N. L. & Watts, W. (Eds.). (2001). Violent environments. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

This book provides an outlook on how to better secure the environment and not leave it subject to the population. It explores conflict over resources which might present itself after a natural disaster.

Poster, E. (2005). Providing tsunami assistance. JCAPN, 18, 1, 1.

Poster’s editorial expresses a concern for the people still affected by the December 2004 tsunami. She suggests resources for mental health care and a plan to include psychiatric nursing in post-disaster aid. She stresses the fact that volunteers will be useful well into the future.

Silva, A. (Ed.). (1996). Implementing policy innovations in Latin America: Politics, economics and techniques. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank.

This source outlines the successes and failures of various strategies to implement educational or economic policy changes. One case study deals with reforming the tax administration in Peru. It includes how policymakers followed success, and how reform is repeated.

Smith, K. (2004). Environmental hazards: Assessing risk and reducing disaster. (4^th ed.) New York: Routledge.

Smith details virtually all relevant hazards, including earthquakes, mass movement, floods, and technological hazards. His book relates how to assess the nature of hazards, appropriately define risk, and respond to impacts.

Torjesen, K. (2001). The role of community in helping children in disaster. Ambulatory child health, 7, 105-108.

Torjesen explains the sometimes-unnoticed effects of disaster on children and the subsequent effect on a community. The article outlines the possibilities of rebuilding communities or, if necessary, resettling.

Union of International Associations (Ed.). (1986). Encyclopedia of world problems and human potential. New York: K.G. Saur.

This encyclopedia provides brief entries regarding tsunamis and natural disasters in general. Most notably, it has several sections on inadequate infrastructure and subsequently inadequate disaster response. It provides suggestions of target areas in disaster mitigation.

Vo-Dinh, T., Gauglitz, G., & Lieberman, R. A. (Eds.). (2004). Advanced environmental, chemical, and biological sensing technologies II. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: SPIE.

This source explains biological and chemical sensing systems that could be implemented post-natural disaster to monitor the environment. It gives insight into ways of monitoring various types of locations.

Wu, K. B. (2001). Peruvian education at a crossroads: Challenges and opportunities for the 21^st century. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

This source provides general background on the educational system in Peru including enrollment statistics. It explores private and public education, standard assessments, and money spent on education.