10 years back in 2004, 26th of December, the Indian Ocean Tsunami devastated several countries in Asia, and the impacts also reached to East Africa. Over last 10 years, lots of innovations were made in different aspects of disaster risk reduction. The book has 31 chapters, drawing lessons from four countries: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. There are five sections: Overview (10 chapters), Indonesia (8 chapters), India (6 chapters), Sri Lanka (5 chapters), and Thailand (2 chapters).
One of the chapter that deals with the role of IT & GI Services in Emergency Response Management is authored by me.
10 yrs after the 2004 Sumatra quake Indian Ocean has a Tsunami Warning System, but still issues with the 'last mile'.
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