Ban Nam Khem is a Thai village that was devastated, both physically and mentally, by the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami. This project provides the community with recommendations for improved tsunami mitigation, addressing the areas of tsunami evacuation towers, greater trust in the warning system and, community-wide tsunami education and training. Reflecting the mission of our project sponsor, the Duang Prateep Foundation, we took steps towards empowering the community in order to promote the mitigation plan's sustainability.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Beasley, Michael
• Rheault, Courtney L.
• Rigden, Damien K.
• DiTroia, Lisa Marie

Subject

• Security
• Community
• Culture
• Well-Being
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031207-000225

Keyword

• Community development
• Emergency management
• Public health

Advisor

• Tuler, Seth
• Addison, W. A. Bland

Year

• 2007

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• The Duang Prateep Foundation

Date created

• 2007-03-12

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-27