Disaster information: a bibliography
ID: 1802 Au: Gorham, Richard J. Ti: Waterborne disease control in natural disasters
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ID: 1802 Au: Gorham, Richard J. Ti: Waterborne disease control in natural disasters. So: In: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. Science, hazards and hazard management: abstracts. Kingston, University of the West Indies. Department of Geography and Geology. Unit for Disaster Studies, 1996. 11. Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Ab: Natural disasters can have profound deleterious effects on public and private water systems. These negative impacts also pose a threat to the public's health through the effects of hazardous materials released into the environment by the disaster or through the transmission of waterborne or water-associated diseases. Natural disasters, especially floods, may cause sewage contamination of water supplies and cause the proliferation of mosquitoes, flies and rats. One of the major health consequences of disasters is contamination of the water supply by pathogenic microbes. Prevention and control of waterborne diseases in the disaster area falls within the purview of the preventive medicine team. Protection of the health of emergency responders is given high priority. Provision of emergency supplies of potable water, restoration of water-treatment and sewage-treatment systems, food-service inspections, testing of water supplies for coliforms, sanitation in emergency shelters and environmental sanitation in general, monitoring and suppression (if necessary and feasible) of pest and vector populations, epidemiological surveillance and disease control, and collaboration with local health workers are all important activities of the preventive medicine team. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Oostdam, Ben L. Ti: World Wide Web against Caribbean natural hazards and disasters. So: In: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. Science, hazards and hazard management: abstracts. Kingston, University of the West Indies. Department of Geography and Geology. Unit for Disaster Studies, 1996. 18. Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Ab: Results are presented of investigations of the actual and potential use of World Wide Web in the ongoing battle against natural hazards and disasters in the Caribbean. WWW can be successfully used in linking investigators, coastal zone management experts, emergency preparedness managers, relevant Government Agencies and NGO's, as well as the general public. The need for improvements in connectivity between isolated and possible mechanisms for funding of acquisition, maintenance and training in WWW use is assessed and compared with present communication techniques. Summaries are presented and analysed of interviews with emergency management officials and others involved in the 1995 Caribbean hurricane season and of reports by and communications with authorities involved in emergency management of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in analogous tectonic island arc settings of Indonesia and Japan. In addition to real time use during and immediately after disasters. WWW can play a vital and preventative and pro-active role in increasing public awareness, reversing the still prevalent passive attitude against natural disasters, improving and making environmental education more relevant, and promoting appropriate codification, legislation and enforcement of zoning, construction, insurance and emergency measures. It is also proposed that the network of organisations to be established according to one of the major stated objectives of the Conference commit itself to the constructive use of the Internet and teleconferencing in order to speed up communications and to publish its proceedings on the World Wide Web in addition to more conventional, slower and much less accessible means of printed Proceedings. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Rivero Vega, Roger E; Garcia Bargados, Dositeo R; Rivero Jaspe, Roger R. Ti: Sistema de alerta temprana de la sequia agriola : experiencias de su uso durante la emergencia ganadera de 1995-96 en Camaguey. Pub: Camaguey; s.n; 1996. 10. Co: Forum Provincial de Ciencia y T‚cnica, 11; Camaguey, Nov. 1996. Ab: El balance hidrico de los ecosistemas y el contenido de humedad del suelo constituyen par metros relevantes para el desarrollo vegetativo de los bosques, cultivos y pastizales, los cuales est n en relación directa con la productividad primaria de ecosistemas naturales y artificiales y determina la producción de biomasa y los rendimientos agricolas. Expone un sistema de alerta temprana de la sequia agricola, las experiencias obtenidas, durante la sequia, y los beneficios económicos y sociales de su aplicación durante la emergencia ganadera. Lo: Cuba, Latin American Centre for Disaster Medicine.
Au: Maul, George A. ed. Ti: Small islands: marine science and sustainable development. Pub: Washington, D. C; American Geophysical Union; 1996. 467. Co: Small isalnds: marine science and sustainable development; s.l, 8-10, Nov. 1993. Ab: Small islands developing states (SIDS) were recognized at the 1992 United Nations Conference and Development Conference [UNCED] as requiring special attention by the scientific community in order to address problems associated with sustainable economic development and coastal area management. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO convened a meeting on small island oceanography (Martinique, 8-10 November 1993) that brought together specialist from marine science, geography, hydrology, ecology, fisheries, management, economics and sociology. Thirty participants from 15 countries and SIDS in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans approach the challenge from UNCED with cross-cutting lectures, debates, and problem solving exercises focusing on the three "c's" of successful interdisciplinary endeavor: communication, collaboration and coordination. Oceanographic science information to support coastal zone management was deemed essential to the following most critical and related SIDS issue areas: (1) water quality; (2) natural hazards prediction and response planning; (3) harvest of living marine resources; (4) shoreline coastal dynamics; and (5) habitat conservation. Cross-cutting solutions to these five issue areas emphasize the need for numerical modelling, enhance monitoring and inter-calibrations, education and training, data sharing, regional coordination and networking, and appropriate methodology development of for decision making, In particular, quantitative data from coastal physical oceanography was identified as the highest priority in an issue/solution matrix, and the expanded use of PC or workstation computer models that integrate the physical environment with socio-economic response such as climate change, sea level rise, and population growth was recommended. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Ti: Solid waste management project, sewerage and sewage treatment component interim report. So: Castries; Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); 1996. Lo: St. Lucia, St. Lucia Solid Waste Management. ID: 1807 Ti: The home companion: guide disaster preparedness. So: Castries; ISIS; 1996. Lo: St. Lucia, Hunter J. Francois Library. ID: 1808 Au: Tuitt, Carol. Ti: The socio-psychological impact of ongoing volcanic activity on the lives of people in Montserrat. So: In: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. The science, hazards and hazard management: abstracts. Kingston, University of the West Indies. Department of Geography and Geology. Unit for Disaster Studies, 1996. 39. Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Ab: On 18 July 1995, the lives of the approximately 10,000 people living on the island of Montserrat were changed dramatically as the Soufriere Hills volcano sprang to life. While life has been particularly difficult for the 4000 persons who have had to be relocated in the interest of safety, no resident on the island has been untouched by this crisis situation. The impact, from an economic/developmental standpoint, has been tremendous, but more so, in the socio-psychological sphere. It is the latter which is the focus of this study. A series of counselling sessions are being held with persons from all walks of life, relocated or not, both in groups and with individuals. Stress levels are extremely high as the activity nears its one year mark, and this is manifested in a number of ways. This includes feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and displacement; irritability and increased aggressiveness, reduced capacity for decision making, poor concentration and short-term memory. The limitation in available accommodation has forced separation of family members on one hand, or overcrowding on the other, as persons attempt to deal with this problem. Reports of increased sexual activity, less attention to rules/regulations and reduced ability to focus on academics have been raised among youths. While for others, loss of employment, impending layoffs and reduction in work hours are raising the panic button. Conversely, terms such as broadband tremor, pyroclastic flows, dome growth and EDM measurement have taken on new meaning, and are now part of the vernacular of the youngest child, as an island looks on with awe at the wonders of nature. For the first time since activity started, people are now coming to terms with the reality of the situation and are understanding the long-term repercussions of this crisis. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Barrett, Mearle. Ti: Waste management opportunities in developing countries: Paper prepared for presentation at the 18th Canadian waste management conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October, 1996. So: s.l; s.n; 1996. 5. Lo: Jamaica, Natural Resources Conservation Authority.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Barbados: disaster and emergency medicine course. So: Disasters; (65):4, Jan. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: The internet: tending to the basics. So: Disasters; (65):1+, Jan. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Tradewinds 1996. So: Disasters; (65):4-5, Jan. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Workshop on joint civilian military public health humanitarian interventions. So: Disasters; (65):2, Jan. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Shaklee, Ranold V. Ti: Tropical cyclone frequency in the Bahamas 1900-94. So: Bahamas Journal of Science; 3(2):23-9, Feb.1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Defining the military role in humanitarian assistance. So: Disasters; (66):3, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Montserrat volcano threatens. So: Disasters; (66):5, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Prevention – mitigation - preparedness: who should lead?. So: Disasters; (66):1, 7, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Project on disaster preparedness in Eastern Caribbean. So: Disasters; (66):4, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library..
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Safe hospitals by the Year 2001. So: Disasters; (66):1-2, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library..
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: University of Puerto Rico launches disaster management program. So: Disasters; (66):4, Apr. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Barbados: training in disaster and emergency medicine. So: Disasters; (67):4, Jul. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: Jamaica: UWI sponsors course on geological risks. So: Disasters; (67):5, Jul. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: The regional disaster documentation center six years of distribution. So: Disasters; (67):2, Jul. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: WHO issues new international guidelines for Drug Donations. So: Disasters; (67):1, Jul. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Perdersen, Scott C; Genoways, Hugh; Freeman, Patricia W. Ti: Notes on bats from Montserrat (Lesser Antilles) with comments concerning the effects of Hurricane Hugo. So: Caribbean Journal of Science; 32(2):206-13, Aug.1996. Ab: From August 1993 to August 1994, bats were surveyed on Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Four years after this small volcanic island was struck by Hurricane Hugo (1989), there remains a 20-fold decrease in bat populations as compared to levels before Hugo. After the hurricane, compositions of the community shifted from smaller fungivorous species to one of more omnivorous and larger fungivorous species. With the addition of a new record for Sturnira thomasi, voucher specimens from Montserrat exist for ten species of Chiroptera: Noctilio lrporinus, Monophylus plethodon, Sturnira thomasi, Chiroderma improvisum, Artibeus jamaicensis, Ardops nichollsi, Brachyphylla cavernarum, Natallus stramineus, Tardarida brasiliensis and Molosus molossus. Lo: UWI, Science Library. ID: 1826 Au: Moreno, Carmen. Ti: Salud ambiental con posterioridad a desastres : cuaderno de referencia para los técnicos de saneamiento ambiental, código 2.10.2. Pub:s.n; 1996. 22. Ab: Documento en el que se define y clasifican los desastres, así como se exponen las características diferenciales de los mas frecuentes en la región. En su parte intermedia se tratan los conceptos de planificación y medidas de prevención para desastres, así como las fases por las que atraviesa la preparación para los desastres. Posteriormente se describen cada una de las actividades de saneamiento ambiental que deben ejecutar los técnicos de saneamiento después del impacto. Lo: Cuba, Latin American Centre for Disaster Medicine. ID: 1827 Au: Pan Anerican Health Organization. Ti: Looking beyond hospitals to other health lifelines. So: Disasters; (68):1+, Oct. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Pan American Health Organization. Ti: St Lucia new web site under construction. So: Disasters; (68):5, Oct. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Blanchon, Paul; Jones, Brian; Kalbfleisch, William. Ti: Anatomy of a fringing reef around Grand Cayman: storm rubble, not coral framework. So: Journal of Sedimentary Research; 67(1):1-16, Jan. 1997. Ab: The authors describe the zonation, anatomy and architecture of a fringing reef complex around Grand Cayman in order to assess the relative importance of storm processes on reef development. By integrating data from aerial and sonar profiles, sediment analysis, cores, and underwater sections, it is shown that hurricanes control the anatomy of the fringing-reef complex and dictate where the reef develops on the shelf. In addition, consideration of how these hurricane processes interact with sea-level rise allows us to propose a process-response model of reef development that not only explains lateral architectural variations along the fringing-reef complex but also provides a mechanism by which fringing reefs can develop into barrier reefs and eventually into atolls. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library. ID: 1830 Au: Bender, Michael A. Ti: Effect of relative flow on the asymmetric structure in the interior of hurricanes. So: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 54(6):703-24, 15 Mar. 1997. Ab: Asymmetric structure of tropical cyclones simulated by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory high resolution triply nested movable-mesh hurricane model was analysed. Emphasis was placed on the quasi-steady component of the asymmetric structure in the region of the eyewall. It was found that the asymmetry was primarily caused by the relative wind, that is, the flow entering and leaving the storm region relative to the moving storm. A set of idealized numerical experiments was first performed both with a constant and a variable Coriolis parameter (f) and the addition of basic flows that were either constant or sheared with height. Analysis was then made for one case of Hurricane Gilbert (1988) to demonstrate that the quasi-steady asymmetric structure analyzed in the idealized studies could be identified in this real data case. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library. ID: 1831 Au: Li, Chun; Jones, Brian; Blanchon, Paul. Ti: Lagoon-shelf sediment exchange by storms-evidence from foraminiferal assemblages, East Coast of Grand Cayman, British West Indies. So: Journal of Sedimentary Research; 67(1):17-25, Jan. 1997. Ab: This study (1) identifies the foraminiferal species that can be used for tracing sediment movement, (2) considers the size distributions of those species across the shelf, and (3) develops a model that explains the movement of sediment on this shelf during severe storm conditions. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.. ID: 1832 Au: Rahmstorf, Stefan. Ti: Risk of sea-change in the Atlantic. So: Nature; 388(6645):825-26, 28 Aug.1997. Ab: Emissions of greenhouse gases could weaken or even half ocean overturning in the North Atlantic, radically altering the regional climate. It seems that the rate of greenhouse-gas increase may be as important as the final concentrations reached. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library. ID: 1833 Au: Ekwue, E. L; Stone, R. J; Smith, R. Ti: Statistical analysis of Caribbean rainfall data: formulating linear models relating dependable rainfall to mean monthly rainfall. So: West Indian Journal of Engineering; 19(2):49-58, Jan. 1997. Ab: Monthly aggregate rainfall for 25 stations in the English-speaking Caribbean region were analysed using the computer software, RAINBOW in order to obtain rainfall values with different levels of probability. Most of the monthly aggregate rainfall data for the stations were homogeneous and log-normally distributed. The method to be used to obtain the rainfall values of different probabilities using the given parameters of the log-normal distribution is described. Simple linear regression models were developed to relate dependable rainfall at 20, 50 and 80 percent probability levels to mean monthly aggregate rainfall for individual stations as well as for the entire English-speaking Caribbean region. The dependable rainfall of some other 10 Caribbean stations estimated by the derived models were close to the published values. The use of these models is expected to remove the tedium involved in obtaining such rainfall probability data particularly for locations with insufficient recorded data. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library. ID: 1834 Au: Montserrat Volcano Observatory Team. Ti: The ongoing eruption in Montserrat. So: Science; 276(5311):371-2, 18 Apr. 1997. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Caribbean Meteorological Institute. Ti: Monthly weather summary (part A 1997). So: St. James; Caribbean Meteorological Institute; 1997. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Caribbean Meteorological Institute. Ti: Monthly weather summary (part B 1997). So: St. James; Caribbean Meteorological Institute; 1997. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. Ti: Natural hazards and hazard management in the greater Caribbean and Latin America. So: Kingston; University of the West Indies, Department of Geography and Geology,Unit for Disaster Studies, 1997. 235 Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library. ID: 1838 Au: Chen, A. A; McTavish, J; Abraham K, Roy. Ti: A Caribbean data base for thee earth sciences. So: In: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. Natural Hazards and Hazard Management in the Greater Caribbean and Latin America. Kingston, Unit for Disaster Studies, University of the West Indies, 1997. p.202-11 Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Ab: A Caribbean data base developed by the Climate Modelling Group, Mona (CMGM) is described. The engine of the database is the Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS), which is an interactive desktop tool that is currently in use world wide for analysis and display of earth science data. GrADS was developed by the Center for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies (COLA) with whom CMGM is associated. The data base presently contains precipitation, temperature and sea level pressure from Caribbean stations and, with expanded computing facilities, other earth science data can be added including sea level and ecology data on a gross scale. Data can be presented in graphical form or extracted in an ASCII file. A data base such as the one described, available on the Internet, is a powerful regional resource for researchers and other persons interested in climate, hazards and disasters. It can afford easy and quick access to updated data which can be used for graphical presentation, for statistical analysis and for inputs to research programmes. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
Au: Turk, Michael A. Ti: Analysis of an objective Dvorak Technique during the 1995 hurricane season. So: In: Ahmad, Rafi. ed. Natural hazards and hazard management in the Greater Caribbean and Latin America. Kingston, University of the West Indies, Department of Geography and Geology, Unit for Disaster Studies, 1997. 38-42. Co: 2nd Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards and Disasters; Kingston, 9-12 Oct. 1996. Ab: The Dvorak technique is the internationally recognized means of estimating tropical cyclone intensity using satellite imagery. A drawback of the technique is that it can be highly subjective. This paper analyzes an improved objective satellite technique for use on strong tropical storms and hurricanes. The objective technique uses the warmest eye temperature and the coldest surrounding ring temperature to determine the final T number. The unusually active 1995 Actlantic hurricane season provided the basis for a preliminary analysis of the objective technique. An initial study based on this single season revealed that (1) a negative bias existed in the Satellite Analysis Branch's subjective Dvorak estimates compared to reconnaissance observed mean sea level pressure observations; (2) a negative bias also existed with the objective technique; and (3) a critical review of the current intensity-wind-pressure relationship is warranted. Lo: UWI, Mona, Science Library.
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