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100 1 _aOlav Øyhus, Arne
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245 1 0 _aRecovering from a disaster : A study of the Relief and Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
260 _bCappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing)
_c2017
300 _a1 electronic resource (168 p.)
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aOn 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.
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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aSociety & social sciences
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653 _arebuilding
653 _atsunami
653 _asri lanka
653 _aEmergency management
653 _aHambantota
653 _aKirinda
653 _aRecovery approach
653 _aSocial capital
653 _aTangalle
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