Empowering Disaster-Affected Communities for Long-Term Reconstruction: Intervening in Sri Lanka After the Tsunami

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 48-66

  Dominelli, Lena ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capacity building; community empowerment; disasters; exploitative practices; humanitarian aid; internationalizing practices; reconstruction; resilience; social work; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84878167736     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2013.784175     Document Type: Article

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