New Periodicals

Ten years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. A Special Issue of Forced Migration Review is now available via the Forced Migration review web site at: www.fmreview.org/GuidingPrinciples10.htm

(Source: Forced Migration Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html).

The Refugee Women's Resource Project (RWRP) at Asylum Aid has published issue no.76 of 'Women's Asylum News'.
Download the issue at:
http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/RWRP_Issue_76.pdf (pdf file, 1mb)

(Source: Institute for Race Relations News - http://www.irr.org.uk/).

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Includes an article on displacement from the Three Gorges dam in China.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Conflict Trends, no. 1 (2008) [full-text]
- Tenth anniversary issue.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 17, no. 3 (2008) [contents]
- Special issue on "Social perspectives on disasters in SE Asia."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Field Exchange, no. 33 (June 2008) [full-text]
- Focus is on nutrition problems.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Harvard Human Rights Journal, vol. 21 (Spring 2008) [full-text]
- Mix of articles on human rights.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 20, no. 1 (March 2008) [contents]
- Articles examine the EU refugee qualification directive, Canadian refugee status determination (RSD), Canadian jurisprudence, and the relationship between the ICC and RSD.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (June 2008) [full-text]
- New article added entitled "Have Islamic aid agencies a privileged relationship in majority Muslim areas? The case of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh."
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 9, no. 2 (June 2008) [contents]
- Theme of this issue is "Attracting new arrivals to smaller cities and rural communities: findings from Australia, Canada and New Zealand."

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

Torture Journal, vol. 18, no. 1 (2008) [full-text]
- Includes several articles on the impact of trauma and exposure to conflict on various populations, including displaced Turkish Cypriots.

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog - http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/).

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Disasters ToC

A new tables of contents for the Disasters journal has been released by Blackwell Synergy and is available online at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/disa/0/0?

Details of the articles included are as follows:

Disasters

Orginal Articles

The impact of disasters on small business disaster planning: a case study David T. Flynn

Designing new institutions for implementing integrated disaster risk management: key elements and future directions Chennat Gopalakrishnan and Norio Okada

Urbanisation and flood vulnerability in the peri-urban interface of Mexico City Fernando Aragón-Durand

Immediate and long-term assistance following the bombing of the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania Saade Abdallah, Rebekah Heinzen and Gilbert Burnham

Learning from others: the scope and challenges for participatory disaster risk assessment Mark Pelling

Information technologies and the sharing of disaster knowledge: the critical role of professional culture Fausto Marincioni

Effects of the tsunami on fisheries and coastal livelihood: a case study of tsunami-ravaged southern Sri Lanka Dr D.A.M. De Silva and Professor Masahiro Yamao

Impediments to recovery in New Orleans' Upper and Lower Ninth Ward: one year after Hurricane Katrina Rebekah Green, Lisa K. Bates, and Andrew Smyth

Earthquake survivors' quality of life and academic achievement six years after the earthquakes in Marmara, Turkey Esra Ceyhan and A. Aykut Ceyhan

Managing volunteers: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue programme and interactions with unaffiliated responders in disaster response Lauren E. Barsky, Joseph E. Trainor, Manuel R. Torres and Benigno. E. Aguirre

Comparison of the expectations of residents and rescue providers of community emergency medical response after mudslide disasters Carlos Lam, Mau-Roung Lin, Shin-Han Tsai, Cheuk-Sing Choy, Wen-Ta Chiu

Still falling short: protection and partnerships in the Lebanon emergency response David Shearer and Francine Pickup

Strategic planning for post-disaster temporary housing Cassidy Johnson

New Journal Table of Contents [ToC]

New journal table of contents are now available for the following journals:

Disasters, Volume 31 Number 3, (September 2007) - [Table of Contents]

Development Policy Review, Volume 25 Number 5, (September 2007) - [Table of Contents]

MRS N°30 - Migration, Development and Natural Disasters: Insights from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Migration, Development and Natural Disasters: Insights from the Indian Ocean Tsunami When natural disasters strike populated areas, the toll in human lives, infrastructure and economic activities can be devastating and long-lasting. The psychological effects can be just as debilitating, instilling fear and discouragement in the affected populations. But, adversity also brings forth the strongest and best in human beings, and reveals initiatives, capacities and courage not perceived before. How is development undermined by natural disasters, what is the effect on migrants and migratory flows and what is the role of migration in mitigating some of the worst effects of natural calamities? This paper explores how the advent of a natural disaster interplays with the migration-development nexus by reviewing the impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on migration issues in three affected countries; Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. This paper focuses on three particular aspects of how natural disasters interplay with the migration/development dynamic: (a) Impact of natural disasters on migrant communities, in particular heightened vulnerabilities and lack of access to humanitarian/development assistance; (b) Effect of natural disasters on migratory flows into and out of affected areas due to socio-economic changes which undermine pre-disaster development levels, (c) Diaspora response and support in the aftermath of disaster and the degree to which this can offset losses and bolster “re-development”. Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Linkages Between Migration, Development and Natural Disasters Context Vulnerability of Migrants Post-Natural Disaster Migratory Movements Following Natural Disasters Diaspora Response to Natural Disasters Conclusions Glossary and Acronyms References Publication Details Year of Publication: 2007 Number of Pages: 94 ISSN: 1607-338X Price: USD 16.00 Volume Number: 30