Historical Disasters - Indian Ocean Tsunami
The following guide provides information about a historical disaster, a list of library resources and links to websites. To view the full list of library guides on significant disasters, go to the historical disasters index.
About the Indian Ocean Tsunami
On the morning of Sunday 26 December 2004, a severe earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale triggered a tsunami. Over 200,000 people were killed and widespread damage occurred across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the east coast of Africa.
Websites
- The Boxing Day 2004 tsunami: a repeat of the 1833 tsunami? (Ausgeo News)
- The Deadliest Tsunami in History? (National Geographic)
- Indian Ocean Tsunami (Global Education)
- Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster (BBC)
Library resources
The following books and journal articles are available to library members on request. To find more resources in the library collection, download the Indian Ocean Tsunami bibliography or search the Library Catalogue.
Books
- Athukorala, Prema-chandra 2005, The Indian Ocean tsunami: economic impact, disaster management and lessons, Australian National University, Canberra.
- Great tsunami: 26 December 2004, Sumatra region 2005, Geological Society of India, Bangalore.
- Lessons for a safer future: drawing on the experiences of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster 2007, ISDR, Geneva.
- Lyall, K 2006, Out of the blue: facing the tsunami, ABC Books, Sydney.
- Shepard, D (ed.) 2005, Survivors of the tsunami: one year later, United Nations Development Program, New York.
- Torres, JA 2005, Disaster in the Indian Ocean: tsunami 2004, Mitchell Lane, Hockessin, Del.
Journal Articles
- Croucamp, D 2005, 'Notes from the field: Jakarta deployment: tsunami response', Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 20 No.1, p.58.
- Cummins, P. 2005, 'The next tsunami', Australasian Science, Vol.26 No.4, pp.17-19.
- Doocy, S 2006, 'The delivery of humanitarian services after the tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia', Journal of Emergency Management, Vol.4 No.4, pp.43-50.
- 'In the wake of disaster', Focus, Vol.20 No.2 2005, pp.13-16.
- Leiba, A 2006, 'Response of Thai hospitals to the Tsunami disaster', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, Vol.21 No.1, Supplement 1, pp.s32-s36.
- McAneney, J 2004, 'December 206, 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami', Risk Frontiers, Vol.4 No.3, pp.1-3.
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