THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: WHEN NATURE TURNS SAVAGE PART 1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS 1 THE TSUNAMI DISASTER ON THE ANDAMAN SEA COAST OF THAILAND 2 THE GEOENVIRONMENT AND THE GIANT TSUNAMI DISASTER IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SUMATRA ISLAND, INDONESIA 3 GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE TSUNAMI ON THE TAMIL NADU COAST, INDIA 4 TSUNAMI INUNDATIONS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE KAVERI RIVER DELTA, TAMIL NADU, INDIA 5 IMPACT OF THE TSUNAMI ON THE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA 6 ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN THE MALDIVES FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 7 TSUNAMI DISASTERS IN SEENIGAMA VILLAGE, SRI LANKA, AND TARO TOWN, JAPAN PART 2 SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF RECOVERY, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RESPONSE 8 POST-TSUNAMI RECOVERY IN SOUTH THAILAND, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY 9 THE ROLE OF NGOS IN TSUNAMI RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION IN CUDDALORE DISTRICT, SOUTH INDIA 10 SOCIOCULTURAL FRAME, RELIGIOUS NETWORKS, MIRACLES: EXPERIENCES FROM TSUNAMI DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH INDIA 11 ACHIEVEMENTS AND WEAKNESSES IN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION IN SRI LANKA 12 IMPROVING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FOR NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE: LESSONS FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI PART 3 GEOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 13 TRANSNATIONAL GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION AND NATURAL DISASTERS: LESSONS FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI