Team 10: Tsunami Preparedness and Relief Funding

Annotated Bibliography

This site lists the organizations that collect donations to distribute for the tsunami disaster relief.  There are a total of 80 international and domestic organizations listed.  The websites for the     organizations are also provided.  Some are religious organizations; some are medical organizations; and some are peace organizations.

This article describes the scenes after the tsunami.  It goes into detail about the efforts made to clean up the disaster areas.  It is concluded with request for donations to the tsunami recovery effort.

This article talks about the tsunami models.  It goes into detail about the difficulty of making an accurate model for the warning system and the complications of adjusting the model to exceptions from the norm.  The article also presents the improvements needed for the warning system.

This article urges the scientists and humanitarian organizations to look at the history of tsunami and its after-effects before taking any further action to help out the tsunami relief program or the tsunami damage prevention program.

This report talks about the response of the agencies donating to the tsunami cause.  It talks about how the initial quick response faded throughout the collaboration effort.  In the end, the collaboration made the tsunami relief less efficient because aid overwhelmed certain areas while other areas were isolated.

This is a thorough report on the aftermath of the tsunami.  It goes into details about the damage and deaths, funding from government and NGOs, and new educational, health, and employment programs to help protect and rebuild the communities affected by the tsunami.

This is a proposal for a better tsunami system to be put in place in the oceans.  It talks about the engineering components of the proposed system and gives information on the budget, management, and implementations needed to maintain the system.

This article talks about the Bush Administration’s proposal of building a global tsunami system.  It goes into details about the locations that the warning system will be placed and the way the communications will happen so that countries can be warned in a timely fashion.

Before the tsunami, no improvements were made on the warning system.  However, afterwards, the U.S. is planning to place more sensors around the world, in particular the Pacific Ocean.  The article talks about the plans made for the warning system.

This article explains the physics of tsunami waves.  It also proposes a warning system that is dependent on the tide-gauge readings and offers insight that a better understanding of the physics of tsunami is essential in developing an effective tsunami warning system.

This article sums up the ineffectiveness of the tsunami relief effort.  It summarized that the agencies could not collaborate with each other and agrees with what to fund.  The article suggests joint assessment as a solution to the futility of the whole project.

This article gives information on the devastating affects of the tsunami disaster on the local people and land.  It describes the life before the tsunami and talks about how the Red Cross will try to reorganize the community and bring back the culture and community ties.

This site gives instructions on how to donate to the Tsunami relief program.  It outlines the goals of this program and gives many ways to donate to the program.  It also tells about where the funding will go after it is received.

This research article describes how the Satellite telephone helps to collect data for Tsunami-related weather phenomena.  It gives some examples of the data that has been collected already.  This article also explores the problems of the system that is in place and proposes a few solutions and explanations.

This site gives updates on the progress made on rebuilding various countries affected by the tsunami.  It gives not only the actions made to rebuild, but also the plans that are in place for rebuilding.  The plans are not vague as specific numbers and actions support them.  It gives a basic insight on how the relief is faring on the whole.

This journal article talks about the difficulties in organizing funding for tsunami relief.  It explores the history of disaster relief and analyzes the problems associated with aid commitments.  It gives advice on how to better manage and improve the efforts to build better tsunami warning systems with the funds given.

This is a report on all of the countries that were affected heavily by the tsunami.  It includes the needs, funding, coordination, and local participation in effort to recover form the tsunami.

This article is about the quick response of the Red Crescent for the tsunami.  In its attempt to revive the community in Maldives, the Red Crescent is sending out volunteers to help with disaster prevention and relief through teaching, building health facilities, and keeping a centralized effort to help rebuild communities and prevent damages in future tsunamis.

This article is about Caritas Internationalis’ work toward the tsunami relief.  It reports that they have raised 450 million USD and outlines what they are going to do with the money specifically.  It also gives some general goals that the Caritas Internationalis is trying to reach in their effort to being back the countries damaged by the tsunami.