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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book deals with post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work in Sri Lanka after the tsunami of December 2004, and presently in a situation of war. This book was published as a special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. Zusammenfassung This book deals with post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work in Sri Lanka after the tsunami of December 2004, and presently in a situation of war. This book was published as a special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Editorial Ragnhild Lund 2. Introduction: The tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka: An introduction to impacts and policy in the shadow of civil war Piers M. Blaikie 3. ‘Unpacking’ the narrative of a national housing policy in Sri Lanka Cathrin Brun and Ragnhild Lund 4. Livelihoods in a conflict setting John Nigel 5. ‘Your subject of protection is a dangerous one’: Protracted internal conflict and the challenges for humanitarian agencies Hazel Lang and Anita Knudsen 6. Whose solution? Policy imperatives vis-à-vis internally displaced persons’ perceptions of solutions to their situation in the Sri Lankan conflict Suzanne Y.A. Tete 7. ‘Tsunami third wave’ and the politics of disaster management in Sri Lanka Kalinga Tudor Silva 8. Is ‘build back better’ a response to vulnerability? Analysis of the post-tsunami humanitarian interventions in Sri Lanka Sarah Khasalamwa 9. Siting conflict and peace in post-tsunami Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia Jennifer Hyndman

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Piers Blaikie, Ragnhild Blaikie Lund
• Con la collaborazione di: Piers Blaikie (Editore), Blaikie Piers (Editore), Ragnhild Lund (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.10.2009
• EAN: 9780415559096
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55909-6
• Pagine: 108
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Sociology, Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Public Administration, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Natural disasters, Development Studies, Indian sub-continent