Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions

by Dennis B. McGilvray

Book Overview

The Indian Ocean Tsunami, which devastated 70 percent of Sri Lanka's coastline and killed an estimated 35,000 people, was remarkable both for the magnitude of the disaster and for the unprecedented scale of the relief and recovery operations mounted by national and international agencies. The reconstruction process was soon hampered by political patronage, by the competing efforts of hundreds of foreign humanitarian organizations, and by the ongoing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415778778
• ISBN13: 9780415778770
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"