TY - CHAP
T1 - The tsunami warning system in Thailand
T2 - A part of the reconstruction process after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
AU - Leelawat, Natt
AU - Suppasri, Anawat
AU - Imamura, Fumihiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Tokyo Tech Risk Solutions 2013 Program and the Tokyo Tech ACEEES Leading Program Educational Research Funds 2014. The authors would like to acknowledge the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Academy for Co-Creative Education of Environment and Energy Science (ACEEES) of Tokyo Tech and the IRIDeS of Tohoku University, as well as Capt. Song Ekmahachai (acting Director of NDWC), Mr. Burin Wechbunthung (Director of Seismological Bureau of TMD), Prof. Junichi Iijima (Tokyo Tech) and Iijima Laboratory.
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A disaster early warning system is an important tool to prevent a large number of human casualties from natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. In Thailand, an early disaster warning system has been established as a part of the reconstruction process after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. This chapter focuses on the establishment, development and management process of this early warning system, with particular emphasis on tsunami hazards. This study considers face-to-face interviews with executive officers from the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) and the Seismological Bureau of the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). Moreover, observations of a warning drill conducted in September 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand are also considered. Relevant issues and findings are discussed while providing suggestions for the potential development of early warning systems of a similar nature in other developing countries.
AB - A disaster early warning system is an important tool to prevent a large number of human casualties from natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. In Thailand, an early disaster warning system has been established as a part of the reconstruction process after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. This chapter focuses on the establishment, development and management process of this early warning system, with particular emphasis on tsunami hazards. This study considers face-to-face interviews with executive officers from the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) and the Seismological Bureau of the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). Moreover, observations of a warning drill conducted in September 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand are also considered. Relevant issues and findings are discussed while providing suggestions for the potential development of early warning systems of a similar nature in other developing countries.
KW - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
KW - Disaster reconstruction
KW - Early warning system
KW - Thailand
KW - Tsunami
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-10202-3_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-10202-3_8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85014058507
T3 - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
SP - 111
EP - 119
BT - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -