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050 4 _aHV603 2004.A78
_bJ39 2010
100 1 _aJayasuriya, Sisira.
245 1 4 _aThe Asian tsunami
_h[electronic resource] :
_baid and reconstruction after a disaster /
_cSisira Jayasuriya, Peter McCawley ; in collaboration with Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Budy P. Resosudarmo and Dushni Weerakoon.
260 _aCheltenham, U.K. :
_bEdward Elgar,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 272 p.) :
_bill., map.
490 0 _aADBI series on Asian economic integration and cooperation
500 _a"A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. The tsunami -- 2. Response to disaster : issues -- 3. The matter of money -- 4. Indonesia : the first two years after the tsunami -- 5. Sri Lanka -- 6. Thailand -- 7. Conclusion.
520 _aThe 2004 Asian tsunami was the greatest natural disaster in recent times. Almost 230 000 people died. In response, governments in Asia and the broader international community announced large aid programs. The resulting assistance effort was one of the largest humanitarian programs ever organized in the developing world. This book discusses the lessons of the aid effort for disaster protection policy in developing countries.
650 0 _aTsunami relief
_zAsia.
650 0 _aIndian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.
650 0 _aTsunami damage
_zAsia.
650 0 _aHumanitarian assistance
_zAsia.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aMcCawley, Peter.
700 1 _aNidhiprabha, Bhanupong.
700 1 _aResosudarmo, Budy P.
700 1 _aWeerakoon, Dushni.
710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z9781848446922 (hardback)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848446922.xml
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