Putting houses in place: Rebuilding communities in post-tsunami Sri Lanka

Disasters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-456

  Ruwanpura, Kanchana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequality; Recovery; Spatial politics; Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLITICS; RELIEF WORK; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SRI LANKA; TIDAL WAVES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 59849097060     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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