Capacity of the Construction Industry for Post‐Disaster Reconstruction: Post‐Tsunami Sri Lanka

Seneviratne, Krisanthi

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“…This paper presents some key lessons learned from a study into the planning and design decisions that housing providers (i.e., architects and donors) made when designing resettlement projects in Sri Lanka in the wake of the disastrous December 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, and the feedback from residents of those resettlements. The tsunami affected more than two-thirds of Sri Lanka's 1,340 km long coastline in the eastern, southern, and south-western coasts, unleashing extraordinary human, physical, socioeconomic, and environmental impacts (Ratnasooriya, Samarawickrama, and Imamura 2007;Seneviratne 2011;Somasundaram 2014). Nearly 100,000 house units were completely or partially destroyed, displacing nearly a million people with over 35,000 killed (Government of Sri Lanka and Development Partners 2005).…”

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Sustainable Rehousing after Disasters: Learning from Post-tsunami Resettlements in Sri Lanka

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Ballinger

2021

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Most post-disaster resettlement projects reflect the ideals of providers (state, donors, and designers) rather than those of the displaced. Thus, most such projects ultimately failed to provide the intended benefits for their residents. This paper presents some key lessons learned from studying the planning and design decisions that housing providers (architects and donors) made when designing resettlement projects in Sri Lanka in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. Through interviews, this article studied five housing projects by gathering the providers’ design intentions and the residents’ feedback on their lived experiences. Findings indicate that residents of these new settlements are dissatisfied as the designs did not align with their cultural and lifestyle aspirations. The providers lacked knowledge of the community design process, the housing needs of this primarily economically disadvantaged population, and how to provide for displaced peoples. The findings of the study indicate four key lessons for sustainable resettlement designs: the need for residents’ involvement in the design process, the provision of physical and social support systems, the need for incremental growth of housing, and finally the use of appropriate building technology. These lessons would be useful for future post-disaster reconstructions, especially in the less-affluent communities around the world.

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Section: Sustainable Rehousing After Disasters: Learning From Post-ts...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Rehousing after Disasters: Learning from Post-tsunami Resettlements in Sri Lanka

Silva

Ballinger

2021

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Capacity of the Construction Industry for Post‐Disaster Reconstruction: Post‐Tsunami Sri Lanka

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Sustainable Rehousing after Disasters: Learning from Post-tsunami Resettlements in Sri Lanka

Sustainable Rehousing after Disasters: Learning from Post-tsunami Resettlements in Sri Lanka

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