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Critical Factors for Sustainable Post-tsunami Resettlement: Cases from India and Sri Lanka

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After the Indian Ocean Tsunami, affected people were forced to leave their original place either due to the government policy or physical issues such as eroded shoreline caused by the waves. However, organizations that had supported the affected areas did not evaluate their resettlement projects nor the lives of the people who were relocated. Resettlement issues have been discussed by many organizations and researchers, however they were mainly case studies with non-specific conclusions. This study aims to: (1) identify the critical factors required to achieve sustainable settlement, and (2) identify problems arising from displacement. To obtain the relevant information, questionnaire survey was conducted in Tamil Nadu, India and Kalutara and Galle district in Sri Lanka.

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Acknowledgement

The first author acknowledges the support of JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) for the fellowship to conduct this research. The authors are thankful to Prof. R. R. Krishnamuty of University of Madras, Mr. Shanmugan and Mr. Ilayaraja of the University of Madras and Ms. S. Kabita for their assistance and support in the field work, and to the people of the villages for their spontaneous response to the questionnaires. And thankful to Dr. Deepthi Wickramasinghe, in the University of Colombo, and Dr. Vinya Aryaaratne and Mr. Nandana in Sarvodaya which one of the local NGO in Sri Lanka for their assistance and support in the field work, and to the people of the villages for their spontaneous response to the questionnaires.

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    Miwa Abe

  2. Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

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Abe, M., Shaw, R. (2015). Critical Factors for Sustainable Post-tsunami Resettlement: Cases from India and Sri Lanka. In: Shaw, R. (eds) Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55117-1_7

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