The 2004 Tsunami of 2004
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Week wise Journal Entry
Table of ContentsWeek 1 Disaster Concepts...............................................................................................................3Week 2 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF DISASTERS: VULNERABLE GROUPS..................4Week 3 Disaster Management Frameworks....................................................................................7Week 4 Case Studies.....................................................................................................................11Week 5 International Case Studies................................................................................................12Week 6 Psychosocial Management in Disasters...........................................................................13Week 7 Public Health and Refugee Health...................................................................................14
Week 1 Disaster ConceptsTopic 1I have experienced one of the biggest disasters of the 21 Century that is the Tsunami of 2004. Atsunami is a huge tidal wave or a sea earthquake which starts off deep in the ocean and couldaffect a whole region and can cause mass destruction. The 2004 tsunami claimed huge number oflives and affected countries like India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan et cetera whichclearly shows the power of the mammoth tidal waves and sea earthquake. I was young and afraidto see the aftermath of the Tsunami and its impact all across the world. I was pretty curious toknow more about this incident. Topic 2
This lecture has been effective and has helped to understand about the different disasters andtheir classifications. In the lecture there was discussion about cyclones and tsunami which hashelped me to think deep and focus on the new strategies of managing disaster like Tsunami.After understanding the disaster discussion I have focused more on developing effectivestrategies to manage disasters like Tsunami. Better technological devices and wave radars areimportant to get initial notification of Tsunami which is important.Topic 3Disasters are extremely dangerous and this is very clear from the way they claim life. It isimportant to note that most of the disasters happening in the world have claimed huge numberlives over the years and this clearly shows that disasters are biggest threat to human lives. Fromthe table 2 this aspect is justified. From the given table it is clear that mostly water disasters likeflood has claimed more lives than anything else in the world. In the Asian region naturaldisasters have claimed most lives. Topic 4There is a significant impact of the disaster in Australia and this is undeniable. As compared tothe other natural hazards in the Australia Bushfire causes significant damage. Due to bushfireand floods maximum of the houses are damaged, assets affected, crops damaged et cetera. Forinstance the 2009 black Saturday fire showed that there is a huge potential for business casualty.This also shows that 13% of the properties faced significant problems. From the present statisticsmy person view is that fire is one of the major problems in the Australia and hence it is importantto make sure proper strategies are in place. Week 2 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF DISASTERS: VULNERABLE GROUPS Topic 1The blue mountain bushfire is one of the biggest bushfire in Australia. There are number ofpeople who were affected by the fire to a large extent. The incident burnt around 196 homes andimpacted huge number of people across the area of Blue Mountains. Children have beensignificantly impacted due to this issue. The residents of the Blue Mountains are Englishspeaking native Australians and there are also some indigenous communities who stay in this
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