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dc.contributor.authorOlav Øyhus, Arne
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28 15:17:11
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:25:28Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier637306
dc.identifierOCN: 1030820275en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31156
dc.description.abstractOn 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherrebuilding
dc.subject.othertsunami
dc.subject.othersri lanka
dc.subject.otherEmergency management
dc.subject.otherHambantota
dc.subject.otherKirinda
dc.subject.otherRecovery approach
dc.subject.otherSocial capital
dc.subject.otherTangalle
dc.titleRecovering from a disaster
dc.title.alternativeA study of the Relief and Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.23865/noasp.15
oapen.relation.isPublishedBybf7b42a4-6892-42e3-aaf8-8f32c8470a8b
oapen.pages168
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Emergency management - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_management; Hambantota - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambantota; Kirinda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirinda; Recovery approach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_approach; Social capital - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capital; Sri Lanka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka; Tangalle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangalle; Tsunami - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
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