TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olav Øyhus, Arne
AB  - On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and southern coastline of Sri Lanka, crushing hundreds of villages and towns, killing and maiming tens of thousands of people within seconds. When the waves pulled back, and the ocean calmed down, local people came running to the scene to help. In the first couple of days after the disaster the survivors and their helpers had to manage largely on their own. When the professional experts arrived, most of them without any prior knowledge about the country, they took full command over the situation, brushing aside the local communities and their indigenous emergency systems. At this stage, those who were meant to die had already succumbed, and most of the wounded had received assistance from friends and neighbours.
DO  - 10.23865/noasp.15
ID  - OAPEN ID: 637306
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030820275
KW  - rebuilding
KW  - tsunami
KW  - sri lanka
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Hambantota
KW  - Kirinda
KW  - Recovery approach
KW  - Social capital
KW  - Tangalle
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/2834de0e-efcb-43ca-9cc2-67d70a6244dc/637306.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31156
PB  - Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing)
PY  - 2017
TI  - Recovering from a disaster : A study of the Relief and Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
ER  - 
