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Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster - Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,080
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Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster - Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India (Hardcover): Martin Mulligan,...

Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster - Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India (Hardcover)

Martin Mulligan, Yaso Nadarajah

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This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It is the most extensive and intensive study of post-disaster community rebuilding yet reported in the literature on the subject. The authors draw on this research to develop a three-phase strategy for moving from quick and effective relief to long-term social recovery work. While there have been many big natural disasters since then, none have affected so many local communities spread over so many nations and none have evoked the same kind of global response. A great deal of post-tsunami recovery work was done in India and Sri Lanka, with more than 500 international aid and humanitarian agencies involved in Sri Lanka alone - many with little experience in long-term community development. This book argues that international aid agencies must work patiently to put in place meaningful partnerships with local, community-based organisations as soon as long-term physical and social planning becomes possible. The authors explain that such an approach could help address some pre-existing vulnerabilities in disaster-affected communities. They argue that it is much easier to rebuild damaged infrastructure than to rebuild shattered lives, and to ensure that traumatised communities are not put under new stresses and strains, the 'fault-lines' within these communities need to be lessened.

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Imprint: Routledge India
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2011
First published: 2012
Authors: Martin Mulligan • Yaso Nadarajah
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-50155-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General
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LSN: 0-415-50155-5
Barcode: 9780415501552

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