The Tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka: Impacts and Policy in the Shadow of Civil War - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041555909X ISBN 13: 9780415559096

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This book is based on empirical research in Sri Lanka conducted after the catastrophic tsunami which hit the country in December 2004. The aims of the research have been to develop new knowledge on post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work, on how to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and practitioners, as well as trying to use past research experiences from Sri Lanka to learn about the present day situation. The chapters use a common analytical frame related to the ‘policy narratives’ of post-tsunami recovery in the shadow of war, and deal with housing reconstruction, livelihoods, internally displaced, humanitarian interventions and protracted conflicts.

The authors represent various social scientific fields and they have experience from different geographical areas of Sri Lanka.

This book was published as a special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift.

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About the Author

Ragnhild Lund is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Piers M. Blaikie is Emeritus Professor in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041555909X
• ISBN 13: 9780415559096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 108
• Editor: Lund Ragnhild, Blaikie Piers