LEADER 03429 am 22004933u 450 001 9910220013403321 005 20190325164856.0 010 $a9788202568351 035 $a(CKB)3800000000216583 035 $a(NO-OsBAS)150311373 035 $aBOKBASEN:25035 035 $a(EXLCZ)993800000000216583 100 $a20190211h2017|||| k|| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRecovering from a disaster $ea study of the relief and reconstruction process in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami 210 1$aOslo$cCappelen Damm akademisk$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (168 pages) $cillustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) 311 $a82-02-56835-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPart I. The tsunami: what happened and why? --chapter 1. Introduction --chapter 2. The Indian Ocean tsunami and its direct aftermath --chapter 3. Interpreting the natural disasters and their impacts: some theoretical considerations --part II. Hambantota case studies --chapter 4. Introducing the case studies --chapter 5. The disaster - an act of God? --chapter 6. The golden wave? --chapter 7. Bonds or bridges? --chapter 8. Back to business? --part III. Lessons learnt and what's next --chapter 9. Comparing findings --chapter 10. The next chapter. 330 $aOn 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours, 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.Today, more than ten years after, those parts of Sri Lanka that were damaged by the disaster are for the greater part reconstructed, some places even to a more advanced level than before. This has, however, not been a smooth and pain free process. This book is about what happened in the southern district of Hambantota during the disaster, and in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. 606 $aIndian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 606 $aTsunamis$zSri Lanka 606 $aTsunamis$zSouth Asia 606 $aTsunami damage$zSri Lanka 606 $aDisaster relief$zSri Lanka 607 $aSri Lanka$xHistory$y1972- 608 $bElectronic books. 615 0$aIndian Ocean Tsunami, 2004. 615 0$aTsunamis 615 0$aTsunamis 615 0$aTsunami damage 615 0$aDisaster relief 676 $a363.3494095493 700 $aØyhus$b Arne Olav$f1950-$4aut$0917875 801 0$bNO-OsBAS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220013403321 996 $aRecovering from a disaster$92058113 997 $aUNINA