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Recovering from a disaster

Hardcover • 2016 • English • 1. edition

Recovering from a disaster: a study of the relief and reconstruction process in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

By Arne Olav Øyhus

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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 di...Show more

Social and cultural anthropology
Natural disasters

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ISBN

9788283140958

Publisher

Portal

Published year

2016

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Recovering from a disaster

Format

Hardcover

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