http://lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-6945 Mapping disaster research at LIRNEasia Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:06:21 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/#comment-6945 [...] The LK presentation was different from the others, because it said pretty much nothing about hazard detection and monitoring, other than to identify it as a necessary condition that LK hoped would be satisfied by international and regional action. This was not simply because of the focus on public warning in our own research; it was because LK is the only country among the four to not have an active program in developing a tsunami hazard detection capability. Shifting the emphasis from tsunami hazard detection to public warning was part of the thrust of LIRNEasia’s and Vanguard Foundation’s work in the aftermath of the tsunami (e.g., http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/). [...] [...] The LK presentation was different from the others, because it said pretty much nothing about hazard detection and monitoring, other than to identify it as a necessary condition that LK hoped would be satisfied by international and regional action. This was not simply because of the focus on public warning in our own research; it was because LK is the only country among the four to not have an active program in developing a tsunami hazard detection capability. Shifting the emphasis from tsunami hazard detection to public warning was part of the thrust of LIRNEasia’s and Vanguard Foundation’s work in the aftermath of the tsunami (e.g., http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/). [...]

]]> http://lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/comment-page-1/#comment-6944 Rohan Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:58:41 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/02/learning-from-the-tsunami/#comment-6944 A small clarification. The text of the Power Pages does not fully reflect what I said at the Breakfast meeting. The text was written in February and I had moved on by the time the talk came up. The Nanny State piece in LBO http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/new_full_story.php?subcatcode=24&subcatname=&newscode=1051960370 reflects the talk better. A small clarification. The text of the Power Pages does not fully reflect what I said at the Breakfast meeting. The text was written in February and I had moved on by the time the talk came up. The Nanny State piece in LBO http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/new_full_story.php?subcatcode=24&subcatname=&newscode=1051960370
reflects the talk better.

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