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TSUNAMI LOADING ON BUILDINGS WITH OPENINGS
Published 2009-01-01“…Reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with openings in the masonry infill panels have shown superior performance to those without openings in the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Understanding the effect of openings and the resulting tsunami force is essential for an economical and safe design of vertical evacuation shelters against tsunamis. …”
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The GITEWS ocean bottom sensor packages
Published 2010-08-01“…The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) aims at reducing the risks posed by events such as the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. To minimize the lead time for tsunami alerts, to avoid false alarms, and to accurately predict tsunami wave heights, real-time observations of ocean bottom pressure from the deep ocean are required. …”
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Interactive internet-based disaster risk information system for tsunami-hit Aceh province of Indonesia
Published 2016“…Aceh is facing not only tsunami threats, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that caused massive devastation to the region, but also other natural disasters, such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions.One of the factors that can contribute to reducing disaster is the availability and accessibility of risk knowledge. …”
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Dental Evidence as a Sole Human Identifier in World Disasters: A Literature Review with Emphasis on the 2004 Tsunami Disaster
Published 2018-06-01“…This paper discusses the role of forensic odontology in establishing the identity of disaster victims, with specific emphasis on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as an example of good practice, during which the author had first-hand experience.…”
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Microbial ecology of Thailand tsunami and non-tsunami affected terrestrials.
Published 2014-01-01“…This ecosystem was catastrophically impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as well as the 600 year-old tsunami in Phra Thong island, Phang Nga province. …”
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Education, Vulnerability, and Resilience after a Natural Disaster
Published 2013-06-01“…Using longitudinal population-representative survey data collected in two provinces on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, before and after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, we examine changes in a broad array of indicators of well-being of adults. …”
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Role of religious leaders as disaster risk communicators: a study in Peukan Bada District-Aceh
Published 2023-01-01“…After the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, where many religious leaders themselves were victims, their influence has only grown. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Morphological Changes due to the 2004 Tsunami Wave around Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Published 2019-03-01“…The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused massive morphological changes around the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. …”
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Transmission of solitary waves through slotted barriers : a laboratory study with analysis by a long wave approximation
Published 2013“…Economic and long-term social impacts of tsunami waves, as shown in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, have been devastating. …”
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Early Warning Systems: Lost in Translation or Late by Definition? A FORIN Approach
Published 2019-09-01“…But as disasters continue to affect countries where EWSs have already been implemented, the striking disaster consequences have led us to reflect on the focus, architecture, and function of the warning systems. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami there has been a rapid rise in the promotion and use of EWSs to minimize disaster losses and damage. …”
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Humanitarianism and Unequal Exchange
Published 2017-08-01“…I assess the manner in which humanitarian aid became a central part of the reconstruction process in India's Tamil Nadu state following the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. This article focuses on how the humanitarian “gift” of housing became a central plank of the state's efforts to push fishers inland while opening up coastal lands for various economic development projects such as ports, infrastructure, industries, and tourism. …”
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New tsunami damage functions developed in the framework of SCHEMA project: application to European-Mediterranean coasts
Published 2011-10-01“…<br><br> Since no sufficient post-tsunami observations exist in the Mediterranean areas, we based our work on data collected by several authors in Banda Aceh (Indonesia) after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Obviously, special attention has been paid in focusing on Indonesian buildings which present similarities (in structure, construction material, number of storeys) with the building typologies typical of the European-Mediterranean areas. …”
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Local inundation distances and regional tsunami recurrence in the Indian Ocean inferred from luminescence dating of sandy deposits in Thailand
Published 2012-07-01“…The Holocene beach-ridge plain of Phra Thong Island (Ko Phra Thong, SW Thailand) provides sedimentary evidence of several palaeotsunamis, in addition to the deposit of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Due to poor preservation conditions, these palaeoevent layers are restricted to swales. …”
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Bedding structures in Indian tsunami deposits that provide clues to the dynamics of tsunami inundation
Published 2013“…The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami deposited an extensive sandsheet on the coastal plain of SE India. …”
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Right temporal cortical hypertrophy in resilience to trauma: an MRI study
Published 2016-07-01“…Methods: Twenty-four participants, who all directly experienced the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and 25 controls, underwent structural MRI using a 3T scanner. …”
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Business grants following natural disasters and their different impact on the performance of female and male-owned microenterprises: Evidence from Sri Lanka.
Published 2022-01-01“…<h4>Method</h4>A panel data-set from an experiment in Sri Lanka is used to measure the difference in the treatment effects of a business grant on the performance of female and male-owned firms following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The sample of 608 microenterprises includes 297 female-owned firms and 311 male-owned firms. …”
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Preserving past tsunami information for future preparedness in Indonesia and the Philippines
Published 2018-01-01“…Recent tsunamis, especially after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, provided a better understanding and knowledge of tsunami science as well as on how to build awareness and preparedness. …”
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Potential of remote sensing techniques for tsunami hazard and vulnerability analysis – a case study from Phang-Nga province, Thailand
Published 2012-06-01“…Recent tsunami disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami or the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, have highlighted the need for effective risk management. …”
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Dispersion of tsunamis: does it really matter?
Published 2013-06-01“…The examples are taken from both historical (e.g. the 2011 Japan tsunami and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami) and potential tsunamis (e.g. the tsunami after the potential La Palma volcanic flank collapse). …”
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Longitudinal course of physical and psychological symptoms after a natural disaster
Published 2013-12-01“…Method: A longitudinal study of citizens of Stockholm who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. A total of 1,101 participants completed questionnaires on somatic symptoms, general distress, posttraumatic stress, exposure, and demographic details 14 months and 3 years after the disaster. …”
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