2. Background…
The Indian Ocean Tsunami happened on December the 26th (Boxing
Day) 2004 and affected lots of countries. The worst hit were
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
I’m going to focus this presentation on the country hit
worst, Indonesia, especially Aceh, a little fishing village in Indonesia.
Aceh was hit by destruction in the Tsunami.
3. Map of Indonesia and Earthquake epicentre
that caused the Tsunami.
]Where the Tsunami
happened, Indonesia.
Epicentre of the Here you can see
Earthquake which caused
the tsunami.
why Indonesia was
the worst hit as it is
right on the
epicentre of the
earthquake that
caused the whole
tsunami to happen.
5. Immediate Effects…
The houses along the coast, bridges and roads were all damaged. Buildings and
structures were damaged by the direct pressure from tsunami waves, the
receding waves then dragged rubbish along the coast. Many of the affected
structures consisted of non engineered, poorly constructed houses belonging
to the fishing community.
The tsunami had a total damage in Indonesia is estimated at $4.5 billion-$5
billion. This is almost equal to the entire GDP of Aceh (according to a damage
assessment prepared and released by the Indonesian Government, World
Bank, ADB, and other development partners in January)
Lots of people lost family members and friends, homes, businesses, work
places, livestock and crops. These have all affected Indonesia’s development.
6. Secondary and Long term effects…
A fishing village in Aceh, Indonesia had every home in their village and
most of the land washed away. New quake-proof homes were built on
stilts, but now almost half could be torn down to make way for a coastal
highway by the US government.
Even when the 118 homes in the village were being designed and
built, plans were already being laid for the road to be built from Banda
Aceh to Meulaboh when people didn’t even want it. The road could see
the demolition of almost 50 of the houses that were paid for by
£750,000 of money donated by Christian Aid in the UK and Lutheran
Churches in the US.
7. Cont.
The village had had 219 of the 928 locals killed and they were just
beginning to piece their lives back together when the US government
planned to build this road, meaning the villagers may have to face
homelessness again.
8. Why was the Tsunami so
devastating?
In Indonesia alone, there is an estimate of 167,736 deaths, of which 130,738
were confirmed. 37,063 went missing and more than 500,000 people were
without homes.
In Banda Aceh, lots of fishing boats were lost, so without them, the villagers
couldn’t carry on their livelihood and fish for a living. This means that no one
was earning money when they needed it most.
Some villages, after being hit, just ceased to exist and were completely
destroyed.
As in any natural or unnatural disaster, families were split up and separated.
They had to cope with the deaths of their loved ones.
9. How did India being an LEDC make
the situation worse?
They had to rely on other countries for aid because they couldn’t afford
all the aid themselves.
Even paying for just some of the aid meant India had less money to
spend on its development.
Being less developed, the proper healthcare and skills that were needed
weren’t available.
With so many people dead, less work could be done, less people were
getting paid and less money was being paid into the already less
developed country.
10. How did the Tsunami effect Indonesia’s
development?
There are lots of reasons why the Tsunami affected Indonesia’s
development:
Aid was coming in to help those in need, so Indonesia wasn’t taking in
much money- it was probably spending more to fix the damage.
With the economy low, the development in Indonesia would definitely be
very restricted until the damage of the Tsunami was all taken care of
because all money they had spare would’ve been going to help the
infrastructure, healthcare and basic necessities.
But, the economy is expected to rise by 5.9% in 2006.
