Team #10 :

Coordinating with Global Tsunami Preparedness Efforts and Developing Funding Strategies	26-314
	Guerra, Alexander A Kim, Jong H Loney, Drew A Poon, Samuel H Provine, Harriet L Qian, Yinuo

                       
This is a beach site just before a tsunami. Photo from www.nodalpoint.net/tsunami/.       The three pictures above show topography before and during tsunami wave. Photo from
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Annotated Bibliography

1. Hofman, Karen J. and Katz, Flora N. (2005). A Global Prognosis. Harvard International Review, 27, 36-38.

This journal urges for organizational and constant concern about global health problem. The author also suggests the developed states take lead in research and organization of resources.

2. Akukwe, Chinua. (2005, February 19). Asia Tsunami Disaster: International Development Implications. WorldPress.

This article refers to international issues related to Asia Tsunami. The author writes about what the disasters require international organizations and countries to do and predicts that global coordination and information exchange will get stronger.

3. Bradt, D. A., Abraham, K., & Franks, R. (2003). A strategic plan for disaster medicine in Australasia. Emergency Medicine, 15(3), 271-282.

This article suggests how to deal with social infrastructure in preparation for catastrophes. It shows the way and need to incorporate scientific knowledge – medicine, in particular - and governmental strategies in confronting disasters.

4. OCHA(Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). (2004). Global Humanitarian Contributions in 2004: Totals per Sector. URL:

http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/reports/daily/ocha_R16_Y2004___05092221.pdf (visited 2005 September 22)

This is a chart indicating how much money was spent for what. Not only is the relative percentage available but the actual money spent is shown for each section.

5. Charlebois, Patricia. (2005, July). In the Aftermath of the Tsunami. IMO News Magazine, No.2, 10-11.

This is a personal reflection by Patricia Charlebois, Emergency Focal Point, IMO, about institutional difficulties involved in (financially) helping the affected countries. He states why it takes much time to respond to a disaster.

 

6. Benson, C., Clay, E. J. (2004, March). Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters. Disaster Risk Management series ; no. 4.

This is a document about how natural disasters affect the economies of damaged countries. The authors also wrote about how to respond to the natural hazards, both physically and economically.

7. Brooke, James. (January 21, 2005). U.S. vows to attain global warning system. The New York Times. 

This news says the U.S. pledged to do whatever it takes to expand the tsunami and earthquake warning system Japan promised to complete. The article states that there was a consensus that there should never be again such a disaster as the last year’s tsunami.

8. Editorial. (2005, January). Tsunami & US Priorities. The Nation, 280.

This editorial is a statement on U.S.’s funding aid and Americans’ respect for international relationships. This editorial also refers to the people’s influence on the government’s agenda and budget.

 

9. Sukarsono, Achmad. (19 Sep 2005). Tsunami relief needs a boost, says global food arm. Reuters Foundation. URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK276540.htm. Visited: 22 Sep 2005.

 

This article states the need to speed up relief efforts from other countries as thousands of tsunami survivors still rely on basic rations nine months after the disaster. World Food Programme executive urges donor countries to move to the next phase of recovery so that the tsunami victims do not have to undergo a disaster again. 

 

10. Colombo. (07 Sep 2005). TAFREN Chairman underscores the importance of transparency and reporting in the tsunami reconstruction process. TAFREN. URL: http://www.tafren.gov.lk/#   Visited: 22 Sep 2005.

This site refers to one of the most important considerations donors have when they are giving money: the transparancy of how their money will be spent in the process. The author implies that unreliable or false report may decrease the donation.
 

11. USAID. (Last updated: 07 July 2005). Indian Ocean – Earthquake and Tsunami. USAID Disaster Assistance. URL: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/indian_ocean/et_index.html Visited: 22 Sep 2005.

 

This site shows geographical maps changing gradually over the past seven months after tsunami. Through this alteration of lands and sea we can figure out how tsunami transformed the area it struck.

 

12. Sengupta, Somini. (26 January 2005). For Tsunami Orphan, No Name but Many Parents. NYTimes International. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/international/worldspecial4/26orphan.html?ex=1127620800&en=1246baaba0afa1aa&ei=5070 Visited: 22 September 2005.

 

This article shows a dismal reality in Sri Lanka where an unidentified orphan is being wanted so much by couples who lost their babies in tsunami and who claim that he is their son. There were even DNA tests to verify his parents. This article implies international organizations should do more than merely giving money to the tsunami-devastated areas.

 

13. Hanrahan, Charles E. (2005, April). Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Food Aid Needs and the U.S. Response. CRS Report for Congress, CRS 1-6.

 

This document explains the food needs in Indian Ocean region which Tsunami struck in December 2004. There are figures about how much money the U.S. plans to pay in subsequent years and how the amount of money was decided.

 

14. Collins, Larry. (2005, May). Implications of Indian Ocean tsunami calamity: in this exclusive expose on the Asian tsunami and global preparedness for similar earthquake-related disasters, ... responders. Fire.

Telling us about the implication of Indian Ocean tsunami calamity, specifically for the US west coast. , the author details new theories on tsunamis and the requirements of emergency responders.

15. Curry, Pat. (2005, February). Starting over: habitat begins building homes for tsunami survivors. Builder.

This article says that Habitat For Humanity International has begun building the first of roughly 30,000 transitional houses in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand for victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami. The author writes that many of the houses will be built on the foundations of homes that were destroyed.

16. Lorch, R. (2005). What lessons must be learned from the tsunami? Building Research and Information, 33(3), 209-211.

Lorch discusses the place of risk in society and the human side to a tsunami warning system. He also challenges governments to access the risk and, through education, address it.

17. Marris, E. (2005). Inadequate warning system left asia at the mercy of tsunami. Nature, 433 (7021), 3-5.

The article covers the detection and communication breakdown when the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami occurred.

18. Miller, G. (2005). The tsunami's psychological aftermath. Science, 309 (5737), 1030.

This article shows the toll that the tsunami took on the minds of the people affect. He discusses treatment and the initial chaos created among the organizations which provided for the psychological needs of victims.

19. Sheble, N. (2005, February). Tsunami sensing refined. InTech, 52(2) , 55-56. Retrieved September 22, 2005, from the Sciences Module database database.

Sheble writes about a new type of tsunami sensing device which vastly improves the accuracy compared to current technologies.

20.Smith, D. (2005). Tsunami; a research perspective. Geology Today, 21 (2), 64-68.

Smith discusses tsunami generation and measurement and details the possibility of a tsunami in the North Sea.

21. RelifeWeb. Posted on January 06, 2005. CAP: Flash Appeal South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami 2005. Retrieved from 10/02/05. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/40b19a67d90fb4b585256f800073eda1

This webpage shows an executive summary of Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). There is a chart about each sector(e.g.>agriculture)'s flash appeal 2005 for Indian ocean earthquake(tsunami) indicated in USD.

22. ReliefWeb. Updated as of October 03, 2005(You can view the updated version of this page everyday you visit). List of commitments/contributions and pledges. URL: http://www.reliefweb.int/fts (visited on 10/03/05)

This is a chart of the list of commitments/contributions and pledges by donors and channels, followed by descriptions and how much money was promised in USD.

23. ReliefWeb. Updated as of October 03. 2005(You can view the updated version of this page everyday you visit). List of Projects. URL: http://www.reliefweb.int/fts (visited on 10/03/05)

This webpage(in pdf) shows the list of projects grouped by sector(e.g>education). The chart indicates the codes of projects, sectors, appealing agencies, origian/revised requirements, commitments/contributions/carryover, % covered, unmet requirements and uncommited pledges in USD.

24. ReliefWeb. Appeals & Funding.South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004. URL: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc105?OpenForm&rc=3&emid=TS-2004-000147-LKA (visited on 10/03/05)

There is a bunch of links to statistics about appeals and funding on the last year's tsunami disaster.



A site after tsunami struck a village. In another picture on this website, there are even corpses lying on such ground. A photo from www.nodalpoint.net/tsunami/.




A medical center where patients from tsunami disaster are being treated. A photo from www.nodalpoint.net/tsunami/






















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