Recovering from a disaster A study of the Relief and Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

• Tác giả chính: Olav Øyhus, Arne (auth)
• Định dạng: Điện tử Chương của sách
• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Được phát hành: Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 2017
• Những chủ đề: Society & social sciences; rebuilding; tsunami; sri lanka; Emergency management; Hambantota; Kirinda; Recovery approach; Social capital; Tangalle
• Truy cập trực tuyến: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Tóm tắt

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.

Mô tả vật lý

1 electronic resource (168 p.)

số ISBN

noasp.15

Truy cập

Open Access