Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Post-Disaster Reconstruction

by Matthew ClarkeSue Kenny and Ismet Fanany
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 12/08/2010

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On Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami of up to 30 metres high hit the northern tip of Sumatera in Indonesia, causing immediate destruction and the deaths of at least 130,000 in Indonesia alone. The scale of the devastation and ensuing human suffering prompted the biggest response endeavour to any natural disaster in history.


Post-Disaster Reconstruction will be the first major book that analyses the different perspectives and experiences of the enormous post-tsunami reconstruction effort. It looks specifically at the reconstruction efforts in Aceh, one of the regions most heavily-hit by the tsunami and a province that has until recently suffered nearly three decades of armed conflict. Positioning the reconstruction efforts within Aceh's multi-layered historical, cultural, socio-political and religious contexts, the authors explore diverse experiences and assessments of the reconstruction. It considers the importance of the political and religious settings of the reconstruction, the roles of communities and local non-government organisations and the challenges faced by Indonesian and international agencies. From the in-depth examination of this important case study of disaster reconstruction - significant not only because of the huge scale of the natural disaster and response but also the post-conflict issues - the editors draw together the lessons learned for the future of Aceh and make general recommendations for post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction-making.

ISBN:
9781136541247
9781136541247
Category:
Natural disasters
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
12-08-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Sue Kenny

Sue Kenny is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University.

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