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Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Tsunami in Samoa 2009
Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Global inequalities are
exacerbated by physical
and human factors.
Environmental factors –
the impact of natural
hazards. A case study of a
natural hazard.
Why? Because more people
have died this week
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Key question
• How serious were the problems caused by
the tsunami and what were the
implications for managing them?
• Was the Tsunami warning system
effective?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Responses
Short-term
Long term
• Hundreds of millions
of pounds pledged by
governments /
charities / individuals
• Ships, plans, soldiers,
rescue specialists,
food and water
• Billions pledged to
rebuild the
infrastructure
• Home rebuilding
• Tsunami warning
system
• Disaster management
plans
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Why will Samoa and Indonesia find this week’s disasters so difficult to deal with?
What are the implications for response?
What’s the obvious impact of the tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Rainbow Thinking
MOST effective strategy
LEAST
Effective strategy
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?
Date: 11 April 2016
Aim – Have we learnt from the South Asian tsunami?