Full Description
The 2004 Asian Mega Tsunami had a devastating impact on South Asia, affecting the East Coast of India and several other territorial nations in the region. In response to this disaster, the NRDMS Division of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, launched the All India Co-ordinated Programme on Tsunami Disaster Assessment and Mitigation. This program utilized Geomatics technology, including Arial Photography, Photogrammetry, Satellite Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing, GPS Surveys, and GIS modeling, to create geo-spatial databases on Tsunami disasters related to Natural, Physical, and Human Resources. The program also developed futuristic mitigation strategies to address these disasters.
The book provides an overview of the studies conducted along the Indian Coast and offers a birds eye view of the tsunami studies in Norway. In addition, the book includes special papers on the role of mangroves in Tsunami mitigation, the impact of Tsunami on marine water quality and coral ecosystems, as well as the administrators experience in crisis management, NGO perspectives, societal issues triggered by the disaster, and citizen perspectives.
Contents
1. History of Tsunami
2. The Role of Oscillations of the First and Second Class in Tsunami around Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3. Photogrammetry Applications for Tsunami Damage Assessment
4. Indian Tsunami (2004): Initiatives by NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology, India
5. S&T Input: Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Andaman Islands, India
6. Damage Assessment and Mapping of Tsunami Affected Areas in parts of Nellore coast, India
7. Tsunami 2004 Damage Assessment Mapping, Chennai Region
8. Damage Assessment in the Tsunami Affected Pondicherry Cuddalore coast, India
9. Geomatics in Tsunami Damages, Nagapattinam coast, India
10. Geospatial Assessment of Tsunami 2004 Damages along the Rocky Coast of Kanyakumari, India
11. Physico - Chemical Perturbation on Coastal System by Tsunami Events
12. 26, December 2004 Great Tsunami: It's Characteristic and Coastal Responses in Car Nicobar Island, India
13. Reflection of Boxing Day Tsunami on Coral Reef Ecosystem of India
14. Reflections of Recent Tsunami on Mangrove Ecosystem, Cuddalore coast, India
15. Tsunami Induced Water Quality Changes in Buckingham Canal, Chennai Region, India
16. Syndrome of the Tsunami (2004) Ravaged Society - A Microscopic view from Nagapattinam, India
17. Tsunami: The Citizen's Perspective
18. Partners in Action: NGOs in Tsunami Relief and Rehab
19. The Tsunami Disaster and Tamil Nadu's Response, India
20. Landslide Triggered Tsunami in Norway
